Suhr Badger 18 User Manual

Badger 18

USER MANUAL

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Badger 18

This 18-watt, all-tube ampliﬁer offers a wide range of classic guitar sounds. Driven by a cathode biased EL-84 power section and features a 5Y3GT tube rectiﬁer, the

Badger 18 delivers a variety of warm, sparkling cleans and rich, dynamic overdrive tones.

Whether playing a large stage, small club or your home studio, Badger’s Power Scaling feature provides added ﬂexibility. This makes it easy to dial in your ideal tone at

any volume - from loud and cranked, all the way down to one watt.

Drive:

Feeds the input to the power section. With Power at 10 it acts as a

master volume. As a rule of thumb, when you turn down the Power

always set the Drive control within 2 numbers of the Power setting. If

you set the drive lower than the power it will sound brighter, like a

"master volume" amp.

Note: Keeping the Drive within 2 numbers of the Power setting will

retain the natural amp overdrive characteristics all the way down to 1

watt.

WARNING: Setting the Drive control more than 2 numbers higher than

the Power setting will cause the output section to clip beyond what is

typical and may produce artifacts and compression that the user may

or may not find appealing.

Power:

Power Scaling emulates the tonal response of a high wattage

amp on 10, at manageable volumes. Power controls the voltage

that feeds the output section and in turn, the wattage. As you

lower the voltage of the power section you are reducing the

amount of signal it can handle before clipping the output section.

To c omp ensa te f or t his we u se t he " Dri ve" co ntro l s o y ou c an

easily scale down to 1 watt without losing tone & feel.

Tone controls:

Bass, Middle and Treble tone controls for each channel are post-

gain and passive cut-style. We recommend starting around 5

and dialing to taste. As you increase Gain and/or Drive we

recommend dialing back the Bass to retain clarity and definition

in the low-end.

Gain:

Controls the amount of preamp gain by controlling 2 cascading

gain stages simultaneously to drive the input stage.

ON/OFF:

To pow er up the Ba dger 1 8, f lip

the ON/OFF select switch to the

ON position. To power down,

simply switch the power switch

to the OFF position.

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