Fender Frontman-15B Operation Manual

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Frontman 15B Owner's Manual

Your new Frontman™15B has been designed by the
same Fender®Tone-Team that has created many
other Fender bass amps like the popular BXR
Series and Rumble Bass. Moreover, it’s crafted in
the same tradition and given the same care and
attention to detail as our classic ‘59 Bassman and
the versatile Hot Rod Series.

Solidly built and affordably priced, the Frontman 15B
is a great amp by any measure. Because of its
illustrious family tree, your new amp is capable of a
lot more than meets the eye.

Featuring convenient all front panel mounted
controls and jacks, the Frontman 15B also offers our
exclusive Deltacomp™adaptive compression
system. When the Deltacomp circuitry is engaged,
any clipping or distorting in the power amplifier is
virtually eliminated. Furthermore with output jacks
for both an 8Ω external speaker enclosure and
headphones, your Frontman 15B has the flexibility of
volume levels for everything from private listening to
small live performances.

Please read through this manual. Spin the tone
controls and see what happens.

Take the time to get to know each other... Tune-up,
Plug-in and ...Play-on.

Frontman 15B Front Panel Functions

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A. INPUT - Plug your bass guitar in here.

B. VOLUME - Adjusts the overall loudness of the

Frontman 15B.

C. LOW - Adjusts the amount of boost or cut in the
low frequency range where the “deep” fundamentals
reside.

D. MID - Adjusts the overall tone quality without
affecting the signal level. High MID settings will
provide emphasis in the midrange frequencies
whereas a lower setting will notch the midrange
causing the sound to become “tight” or “punchy.”

E. TREBLE - Adjusts the amount of boost or cut in
the high frequency range. Turning the high up will
cause the sound to become “brighter” and “crisper”.

F. HEADPHONES - This jack provides an output to
a standard stereo or mono pair of headphones for
private listening. Using this jack automatically
disables the speaker. This jack can also be used as
an unbalanced line output by using either a stereo or
mono 1/4" phone plug connection. Caution:

Prolonged listening at high levels may be hazardous
to your hearing and possibly cause hearing damage.

G. EXTERNAL SPEAKER - This jack provides an
output to an external speaker enclosure. The
enclosure must have a minimum impedance of 8Ω.
Using this jack automatically disables the internal
speaker. DO NOT PLUG HEADPHONES IN HERE.

H. POWER INDICATOR - When this indicator is
illuminated, the Frontman 15B is receiving AC
power.

I. POWER SWITCH - This switch turns the AC
power ON and OFF. When the switch is OFF, the
amplifier is completely shut down.

Frontman 15B Rear Panel

LINE CORD - The Frontman 15B amplifier is
equipped with a grounding type supply cord to
reduce the possibility of shock hazard. Be sure to
connect it to a grounded receptacle. DO NOT

ALTER THE AC PLUG.

Frontman 15B Specifications

TYPE PR 260
PART NUMBER 22-1573 (100V)

22-1503 (120V)
22-1563 (230V)
22-1543 (230V) UK
22-1533 (240V) Aust

POWER 100V version: 100V AC, 50/60 Hz, 45W
REQUIREMENTS 120V version: 120V AC, 60 Hz, 45W

230V version: 230V AC, 50 Hz, 45W
240V version: 230V AC, 50 Hz, 45W

POWER OUTPUT 15W R.M.S.
RATED LOAD IMPEDANCE 8Ω
DISTORTION AT RATED POWER 5%
POWER BANDWIDTH 40 Hz to 20 kHz
COMPRESSION RANGE 19 dB
INPUT IMPEDANCE 202k Ω
SENSITIVITY (@ 1 kHz) 4 mV at onset of compression
EQUALIZATION RANGE HIGH +/- 15dB at 8 kHz

MID +/- 15dB at 800 Hz
LOW +/- 15dB at 40 Hz

SPEAKER COMPLEMENT One 8Ω Special Design

8" Speaker (P/N 025421)

DIMENSIONS Height: 15 in. 38.1 cm

Width: 17.25 in. 34.3 cm
Depth: 9.75 in. 24.8 cm
Weight: 21 lbs. 9.5 kg

WARNING: -NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE, REFER SERVICING

TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY.

THIS EQUIPMENT CONFORMS TO
THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIVES :
EMC 89/336/EEC AND LV 73/23/EEC

-TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD,
DO NOT EXPOSE THIS AMPLIFIER TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

-THIS UNIT MUST BE EARTH GROUNDED.

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Product specifications are subject to change without notice.

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