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Thank you for purchasing your new Splawn amplifier. We have put together a little information that will help you
understand the amp and all of its functions. All of our amps are built in our shop in Dallas NC right here in the USA. We
build all of our speaker cabs, head boxes, amp chassis’s and footswitches in house. Some parts of the amplifier
are out sourced such as the
made in the
USA. We hope that this amplifier will give you years of tonal pleasure.
circuit boards and transformers. The transformers are custom wound and are also
_______________________________________OVERDRIVE CHANNEL_______________________________
POWERONSTANDBYONPRESENCE
1. Power Switch
2. Standby Switch
3. Presence Control
4. Bass Control
5. Middle Control
6. Treble Control
7. Solo Volume
8. Master Volume
-Switches main AC power on or off
-Controls the bass frequency on the overdrive channel
-Controls the middle frequency on the overdrive channel
-Controls the treble frequency on the overdrive channel
-Switchable volume control on the overdrive channel activated by the footswitch
-Controls the overall volume of the overdrive channel
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Quickrod & Pro Mod Front Panel Controls
-Switches the high voltage on or off
-High frequency control on the output section
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MODE
3rd Gear
2nd Gear
1st Gear
BASS
TREBLE
VOLUME
9. Gain Control
10. Mode Switch
11. Clean Bass Control
12. Clean Treble Control
13. Clean Volume Control
14. Clean Gain Control
-Controls the amout of pre-amp gain to the overdrive channel
-Three position switch that gives different pre-amp styles
(1st gear Classic ) (2nd gear Hot rodded) (3rd gear Super Hot rodded)
-Controls the bass frequency on the clean channel
-Controls the treble frequency on the clean channel
-Controls the overall volume of the clean channel
-Controls the amount of pre-amp gain to the clean channel
Splawn Amplification
115 South Gaston St.
Dallas, NC 28034
704-922-0020
www.splawnguitars.com
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LOOP
VOLUME
OUT/+4 db
IN/-10 db
LEVEL
EFFECTS LOOP
OUT/BYPASS
IN/ACTIVE
BYPASS
RETURN
SEND
HALF POWER
FULL POWER
SPEAKERS
100 WATT RMS
SELECTOR
4
Quickrod & Pro Mod Rear Panel Controls
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OUTPUT
16
MAINS INPUT
100v-120v
220v-240v
VOLTAGE
MAINS FUSE
4A 120V
2A 220/240V
HT FUSE
1A Slow-Blow
1. Footswitch A
2. Footswitch B
-TRS 1/4" Jack Tip switches Solo Volume-- Ring switches OD1/OD2
-TRS 1/4" Jack Tip switches Clean/Overdrive-- Ring switches Mode Switch
3.Effects Loop Volume Master volume control for the effects loop (when using the efx loop do not run
channel volumes over noon)
4.Series Effects Loop Level Switch
5. Series Effects Loop Bypass Switch
6. Series Effects Loop Return Jack
7. Series Effects Loop Send Jack
-+4db -10db switch for matching line levels to effects units
-True bypass switch for effects Loop and loop volume
-Connection from the output of the effects device
-Connection to the input of the effects device
8. Half Power Switch
Disconnects the outside power tubes
always set the amps impedence to half of the speaker cabs impedence when using half power
9. Speaker Outputs
10. Impedence Selector
11. Main Voltage Selector
12. Main Fuse
13. High Tension Fuse
-Connection to the speaker cabinet (never run a tube amp without a speaker)
-4/8/16 ohm selector to match the load of the speaker cabinet
-120/220/240 voltage selector to match the input voltage
-Use 4 amp 250 volt fuse for 100 or 120 volt setting Use 2 amp 250 volt fuse for 220/240 volt setting
-Use 1 amp 250 volt Slow Blow Fuse
1. Pre-amp tube
2. Pre-amp tube
3. Pre-amp tube
4. Pre-amp tube
5. Power Tube
6. Power Tube
7. Power Tube
8. Power Tube
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
Tube Layout
- 12AX7b 2nd gain stage of the clean channel
-12AX7b Side A 1st gain stage for clean & OD channels -- Side B 2nd gain stage of OD channel
-12AX7b Side A 3rd gain stage of OD channel -- Side B 4th gain stage of OD channel
-12AX7b Phase Inverter
- EL34B (Quickrod) -- KT88
- EL34B (Quickrod) -- KT88
- EL34B (Quickrod) -- KT88
- EL34B (Quickrod) -- KT88
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Clean/Overdrive
Overdrive 1/ Overdrive 2
Quickrod & ProMod Footswitch Operation
Solo Boost
1. Clean/Overdrive Switch
2. Overdrive 1 / Overdrive 2 Switch
3. Solo Boost Switch
Footswitch connections -- Two 1/4" TRS plugs marked A and B with a DIN connector at the box end on a 25' cable
New Quickrods in 2013 are shipped with a 4 button footswitch which includes the mode switch, which allows
you to switch between two gears, if the front panel switch is set to 1st gear you can switch between
1st and 2nd gears, if the front panel switch is set to 3rd gear you can switch between 2nd and 3rd,
you cannot switch between 1st and 3rd.
This 4 button switch will also work on all Streetrod amps and older Quickrods and Promods after serial number 460.
These are available for purchase from our online store.
are the number of amps produced at that time.
For instance if your serial number is QR109996 this would be a Quickrod 100 watt built in 2009 and was the 996 amp built.
Please Check the Voltage selector on the back for proper Voltage selection! Please check the volume
control levels on all channels before powering on. After you plug in the amplifier, Flip the power switch
down to turn on. Wait for a minute for the tubes to warm, then turn on the Standby switch. The Amp is ready
- LED on indicates Clean Channel -- Led off indicates OD Channel
- LED on indicates OD2 gain boost -- LED off indicates OD1
- LED on indicates Solo Volume control activated -- OD2 also is activated
WARNING:
for explosive guitar sounds!
This Amplifier will get VERY loud. Remember you only have one set of ears!
Dimensions
29” Wide, 11.5” Tall, 8.5” Deep, 50lbs
Limited Lifetime Warranty.
New Amplifiers are lifetime warranted to the original purchaser
against failure of materials and workmanship. No other warranty applies. Tubes, transformers and speakers are
warranted for a period of ninety days. This warranty applies only if the amplifier has not been damaged by
accident, misuse or as a result of repair or modification. Splawn reserves the right to make any design changes
without notice or obligation to incorporate these changes in products previously purchased.
All warranty repairs are to be done by Splawn Amplification.
Splawn Amplification
115 South Gaston St.
Dallas, NC 28034
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