Fryette D120H Owner's Manual

VACUUM TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER

MODEL D120H

OWNERS MANUAL

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

Congratulations and thank you for choosing th e Deliverance On e Twenty Guitar A mplifier!
At Fryette Amplification, we know you are constantly searchi ng for new sounds and new ways to improve your

existing sound. We understand the constantly evolvin g nature of a rtistic creativity an d the search for th e perfect
sound to complement your ever-widening musical vision. Providing the tools to help you to create your own
sonic signature is our primary mission.

As with all Fryette amplifiers, the Deliverance One Twenty amplifier beautifully accentuates the inherent
qualities of any instrument. It breathes and dynamically responds to your playing technique exactly the way a
great guitar amp should. And as s tomp bo xes h ave ga ine d mo re w idesp read appea l, you w ill find D elive rance
amps to be pedal friendly and ultra-responsive to the many co lors pedal effect s produce.

The Deliverance preamp section has a broad dynamic range, which accounts for its extra touch-sensitivity a nd
excellent guitar volume response. In addition, clean and overdriven voicings can easily be dialed up on the
Deliverance Sixty using the unique GAIN I / GAIN II structure, tone controls, presence and depth. From there,
just a little tweaking on your guitar volume and t one controls will yield a surp rising amount of control .

The D120H power amp section is designed for big round tone and dynamic response at low to medium guitar
volumes and a rapid but smooth transition into saturation, turning rich and thick at full guitar volume. This
combination of preamp voic ing and power amp response enhances the unique character of any guitar and
pick-up type.

Specially designed, precision wound power and output transformers produce optimum performance, reliability
and stability, delivering excellent power tube response and just the right amount of natural output transformer
saturation and compression.

Getting familiar with the Deliverance amplifier is easy, so don’t be terribly surprised when you find yourself up
and running in no time. First hand experience and real world application will yield the ultimate satisfaction of
finding your own path of comprehension and self-expression.

IT ALL STARTS HERE

The Input Sensitivity of an amplifier, commonly referred to as GAIN, determines how much overdrive and
sustain your guitar will produce. Tonal balance, which we refer to as VOICING determines how the amp will
respond to your playing style and sound with a pa rticular g uita r. Like all am plifiers, the D12 0 has t one an d gai n
controls, but unlike any other amplifier th e D1 20 gives y ou total control over VOICING and GAIN. This GAIN I /
GAIN II / MASTER VOLUME configuration is the key to dialing in the Deliverance sound and volume to your
specific requirements.

GAIN I increases the gain amount a s you rotat e the kn ob clockwi se. As the gai n increase s, the t onal balan ce is
shifted from a treble and upper mid emphasis, which produces an up front sparkling tone, to a lower mid and
bass emphasis, which produces a thick meaty tone.

GAIN II increases the gain amount as you rotate the knob clo ckwise but with no alte ration of the tonal bal ance.
Different combinations of GAIN I and GAIN II settings, will have a dramatic effect on the response of the

amplifier and the personality of your instrument. It is easy to get familiar with the action of these controls and
you’ll be amazed with your ability to make any guitar sound mellow, fat, soulful or aggressive.

The MORE / LESS switch activates or defeats a tube gain stage. The interesting and often overlooked benefit
of this switch is that you can use it in conjunction with the gain controls to tailor your tone as well as distortion
amount. For example, set GAIN I, GAIN II, MORE/LESS and MASTER VOLUME as shown in the photo above
and play for a few minutes. Now set these controls as shown in the photo be low. Notice that the overall amount
of overdrive is approximately the same as it wa s but th e tonal bala nce has shift ed m arkedly f rom f ull and warm
to crisp and spanking.

As you will see, by experimenting with combinations of settings you can cover an awful lot of tonal territory
before you even begin to start thinking a bout tone control settin gs.