Engl Screamer 100 User Manual

Input

TUBE - AMPLIFIER

Bright Lead

Lead

Lead

Presence

Reverb

Boost

Volume

MasterClean Lead Bass Middle Treble

Clean
Lead

Screamer

00

1

PowerStand By

Screamer 100

Operator´s Manual

Please, first read this manual carefully!

Screamer - a really great fully-tube guitar amplifier: The right choice for Rock and Blues!

Sensible features and a very clear arrangement of the controls allow an easy handling of this amp. An
exeptional noble optical design and the unique, creamy warm tube-sound combined with an excellent
sounding spring reverb gives this amplifier an noninterchangeable character. Channel selection, Lead
Boost, two different Master volumes (V.L.S.) and the Reverb can be switched via conventional double
footswitches or with the help of the MIDI Switcher (Z-11, optional) via MIDI. Futheron quality
components, excellent workmanship and strict quality control measures ensure this amp retains its
value. You will find guidelines on care and maintenance of tube amps on the last page of the manual.
Please read and heed these before operating your amp. The boxes shaded in gray located between the
diverse descriptions of the amp´s functions contain interesting tips covering the preceding function.
All crucial information pretaining to the operation of this amp is preceded by "NOTE" or "CAUTION."
Please read and heed these as well. The -team wishes you a "harmonic future" together with this
amplifier!

Front Panel

Lead

Lead

Presence

Input

Bright Lead

Boost

Reverb

Volume

Clean

Lead

MasterClean Lead Bass Middle Treble

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PowerStand By

1

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7

8 9 10 11

13 14 15

12

16

1 Input: Unbalanced 1/4" input jack.
2 Clean: Input sensitivity control (Gain) for the Clean channel, adjust the volume by means of this

control and the Master (13).
Gain settings depend on what type of pickups are installed in your guitar. The recommended setting
for humbuckers or active pickups lies between the 10 and 1 o’clock positions and 12 to 3 o’clock for
single coils for a pure clean response.
3 Bright: Alters the EQ by boosting the upper treble range; effectiveness decreases at higher Gain (2, 4)
settings; affects both channels.
For a crisp glassy tone, set the Bright switch to the On position. This setting boosts
the treble response of muddy pickups.

4 Lead: Gain for the Lead channel, controls the amount of preamp overdrive in the Lead mode.
To get Crunch-sounds, set this control between the 9 and 12 o´clock´s position (depending on the

type of pick-up) and leave the Lead Boost pusbutton in the Off-position.
CAUTION: Extremely high gain and volume levels in the Lead mode can produce
strong feedback. Avoid feedback squeals, they lead to hearing loss and damaged speakers!
5 Lead Boost: Boosts the degree of the distortion in the Lead channel. This feature can also be switched
via a footswitch connected to jack (20), the pushbutton is deactivated once a footswitch is connected to
the footswitch jack.

6 Bass: Bottom end voicing control.
7 Middle: Mid-range voicing control.
8 Treble: Upper range voicing control.
To get an idea of this amp's capabilities, we suggest you set the tone control pots Bass (6),

Middle (7), Treble (8) and Lead Presence (10) to the 12 o'clock position.
9 Reverb: Reverb control, adjusts the portion of the reverb signal and increases reverb intensity
if you rotate it clockwise; the reverb can be switched on/off via a footswitch connected to jack (19).
10 Lead Presence: This control defines the Treble response in the poweramp stage for the Lead
channel.

11 Lead Volume: Volume control for the Lead channel (in front of the FX loop, affects the Send level).
12 Clean / Lead: Channel selector pushbutton for Clean and Lead modes, red LED indicate Lead mode;

This function can also be activated via a footswitch connected to jack (20). Once a footpedal
is connected, the channel selector pushbutton is deactivated.
13 Master: Master volume control for power amp output. The feature to switch between two Master
volume levels (V.L.S.) can be accessed by means of a footswitch connected to jack (19).

14 Power LED: This LED indicates the operation of the amp.
15 Stand By: Poweramp standby switch.
16 Power: AC power on/off.