Award Session AceTone User manual

Brand
Award Session
Model
AceTone
Category
Musical Instrument Amplifier
Type
User manual

Award Session AceTone is a guitar amplifier that offers a wide range of tones, from clean to distorted, and is particularly well-suited for replicating the sounds of early rock and roll and surf music. With two channels, A and B, the AceTone provides distinct sonic options. Channel A specializes in modern, high-gain distortion tones, while Channel B excels at capturing the classic "British Invasion" sound of the 1960s. The AceTone also features a built-in effects loop, allowing you to connect external effects pedals or processors to further customize your sound. Here are example settings provided by Charlie Hall, a leading authority on the Shadows and other early instrumental sounds, to achieve specific tones on Channel B:

Award Session AceTone is a guitar amplifier that offers a wide range of tones, from clean to distorted, and is particularly well-suited for replicating the sounds of early rock and roll and surf music. With two channels, A and B, the AceTone provides distinct sonic options. Channel A specializes in modern, high-gain distortion tones, while Channel B excels at capturing the classic "British Invasion" sound of the 1960s. The AceTone also features a built-in effects loop, allowing you to connect external effects pedals or processors to further customize your sound. Here are example settings provided by Charlie Hall, a leading authority on the Shadows and other early instrumental sounds, to achieve specific tones on Channel B:

Echoes From The Past
Echoes From The Past
Echoes From The Past
Echoes From The Past
Echoes From The Past
Echoes From The Past
The Sessionette AceTone
™
Guitar Amplifier
AceTone
AceTone
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HANK - MODERN DISTORTION
TREBLEDRIVE MIDDLE BASS VOLUME
PPAAFFttoonnee
DRIVE
ACCENT
HANK - MODERN CLEAN
TREBLEDRIVE MIDDLE BASS VOLUME
PPAAFFttoonnee
DRIVE
ACCENT
HANK - EIGHTIES CLEAN
TREBLEDRIVE MIDDLE BASS VOLUME
PPAAFFttoonnee
DRIVE
ACCENT
USING CHANNEL A: Channel A is
able to reproduce the later or modern
Hank tones. Setting up is described in
detail in the main manual. For a clean
sound, turn the VOLUME to full and set
the DRIVE to approximately the 9
o’clock position. This will vary
according to the signal strength of your
pickups or their adjustment. Remember
that there is far more mid range than
normally available on other amps.
Because the EQ circuitry is passive, the
controls are interactive. Therefore, the
BASS control can effect the MID range
too.
GENERAL: The overall volume of the
amplifier is controlled by the MASTER
section. To silence the amp for
recording, insert a jack plug into the left
EXTENSION SPEAKER socket.
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OUT
Pre-Top Boost Tone
IN
Top Boost Tone
Here are some example settings, which
have been devised by Charlie Hall of
Echoes From The Past. Charlie
designed and programmed the
Quadraverb echoes currently used by
Hank Marvin and is a leading authority
on The Shad’s and other early
instrumental sounds.
These apply to Channel B... the main
channel for early Shadows sounds.
APACHE
Please use this additional manual in
conjunction with your main manual
‘Getting To Know The Sessionette:75
Guitar Amplifier’. You will notice that
some of the instructions in the main
manual do not apply to the AceTone
version. The differences are:
MAIN IN: This input is not routed via
the REVERB, FX LOOP, G12T speaker
simulation or the MASTER VOLUME, as
described on page six. However, it can
be used as a PARALLEL FX RETURN
input or as a direct connection to the
power amp, by-passing the rest of the
amp. Using this input does not affect
the sound of the instrument pre-amp,
whose controls are situated on the front
panel. The two inputs can be used
simultaneously if you wish.
CHANNEL A: AceTone’s Channel A is
more easily able to be used as an
additional clean channel. It produces a
smoother British distortion tonality. The
levels of distortion can be rich and
deep, whereas, the standard
SESSIONETTE has a more brash
American flavour. AceTone is
exceptional at all modern tones too.
CHANNEL B: This channel has
different EQ circuitry and voicing from
the standard Sessionette. It has been
specially designed to to produce the
tones of the early sixties valve amps
used by The Shadows and Beatles etc.
Those old amplifiers which gave them
their distinctive sounds are still in wide
use today, but for most of us, they are
too expensive, unreliable and very
heavy to carry around. AceTone has
been designed to give you the sounds
you hear on record... not merely a copy
of those amps. After all, it’s the records
you love! This channel does not
produce distortion, unless you play the
amp loudly beyond the rated output
power.
EFFECTS LOOPS: There is one
EFFECTS SEND and two EFFECTS
RETURNS. The second return is
labelled as MAIN IN and can be used
as a PARALLEL RETURN. Some effects
units will not work properly with this
kind of return, so, use the SERIES
RETURN. When using the PARALLEL
return, turn off the direct (DRY) signal
output from your processor.
Everything else works as described in
the main manual.
When AceTone is run on 240 VAC
mains, it produces 100 watts RMS into
it’s internal 8 ohm speaker. At 220
VAC it produces around 85 watts RMS.
As always, Session amplifiers are fitted
with efficient speakers with large
magnets, which are able to turn much
more of the amplifier’s power into
acoustic sound output.
The construction is modular to allow
quick inexpensive servicing in the future
and is made with components
commonly available throughout the
world.
SUPPLEMENTARY OPERATING MANUAL FOR THE
SESSIONETTE ‘ACETONE’ AMPLIFIER
TREBLE BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
FBI
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
BRIGHT BRIGHT
Turning the BASS control
between the shaded area
controls the MID range. Fully
clockwise = LEAST MID
BASS
WONDERFUL LAND
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
FRIGHTENED CITY
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
SHADOOGIE
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
PEACE PIPE
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
KON-TIKI
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
THEME FOR YOUNG
LOVERS
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
SHINDIG
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
MODERN HANK - CLEAN
TREBLE
BASS VOLUME
BRIGHT
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Award Session AceTone User manual

Brand
Award Session
Model
AceTone
Category
Musical Instrument Amplifier
Type
User manual

Award Session AceTone is a guitar amplifier that offers a wide range of tones, from clean to distorted, and is particularly well-suited for replicating the sounds of early rock and roll and surf music. With two channels, A and B, the AceTone provides distinct sonic options. Channel A specializes in modern, high-gain distortion tones, while Channel B excels at capturing the classic "British Invasion" sound of the 1960s. The AceTone also features a built-in effects loop, allowing you to connect external effects pedals or processors to further customize your sound. Here are example settings provided by Charlie Hall, a leading authority on the Shadows and other early instrumental sounds, to achieve specific tones on Channel B:

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