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The BASSRIG Super Vintage is an all-analogue amp recreation and overdrive pedal, based on the legendary Ampeg SVT valve bass amp and its unmistakable 8x10 ...
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DocumentDocumentOWNER'S MANUAL Version 2.2 BASSRIG Super Vintage www.origineffects.com ORIGIN EFFECTS is a trademark of Origin Effects Limited and is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom, China and the EU. The ORIGIN EFFECTS Totem Device is a trade mark of Origin Effects Limited and is a registered trademark in the United States, China and United Kingdom. BASSRIGTM is a trademark of Origin Effects Limited. AMPEG® is a registered trademark of Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. Origin Effects has no afÏliation with Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. SVT® is a registered trademark of Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. Origin Effects has no afÏliation with Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, whether mechanical or electronic, without the written permission of Origin Effects Limited. 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Origin Effects Limited cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from any error or omission in this manual. © Origin Effects Limited 2024 Origin Effects LTD Unit 4, Top Angel, Buckingham Buckinghamshire, MK18 1TH United Kingdom 2 BASSRIG Super Vintage Contents Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introducing the BASSRIG Super Vintage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connecting the BASSRIG Super Vintage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Main Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the DI OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting your AMP OUT EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sample Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Appendix A: Physical Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix B: Performance Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix C: Connector Pin Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix D: Environmental Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix E: Directives & Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix F: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 BASSRIG Super Vintage Safety Notices: General Information: This document contains important information for the safe operation of the product. Read and follow the safety instructions and all other guidance. Our products and documentation are subject to a process of continuous development. They are therefore subject to change. Please refer to the latest version of the documentation, which is available on our website https://origineffects.com/manuals/ Keep these instructions and heed all warnings. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, stoves or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. ! NOTICE! Damage may be caused to the device should it be tampered with! No user-serviceable parts inside. In the event of damage to the unit, service or repair must be done by quali- fied service personnel only. Symbols and signal words: In this section you will find an overview of the meaning of symbols and signal words that are used in this document. Signal Word DANGER! WARNING! NOTICE! Meaning This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a dangerous situation that could result in serious injury or even death if it is not avoided. This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a potentially dangerous situation that could result in serious injury or even death if it is not avoided. This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a potentially dangerous situation that could result in material and/or environmental damage if it is not avoided. Warning Symbol Meaning Warning - dangerous situation 4 BASSRIG Super Vintage Safety Instructions: Intended use: This device is intended for use as effects pedal for sound processing of signals from musical instruments with electromagnetic pickups. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in personal injury or property damage. No liability will be assumed for damages resulting from improper use. Safety: DANGER! Risk of injury and choking hazard for children! Children can suffocate on packaging material and small parts. Never allow children to play with packaging material or the device. Always store packaging material out of the reach of babies and small children. Always dispose of packaging material properly when it is not in use. Never allow children to use the device without supervision. Keep small parts away from children and make sure that the device does not shed any small parts (such as knobs, rubber feet) that children could play with. WARNING! Possible hearing damage due to high volumes on speakers, headphones, bass & guitar amplifiers! With loudspeakers or headphones connected, the device can produce volume levels that may cause temporary or permanent hearing impairment. Over an extended period of time, even levels that seem to be uncritical can cause hearing damage. Do not operate the device permanently at a high volume level. Decrease the volume level immediately if you experience ringing in your ears or hearing impairment and seek medical advice. ! NOTICE! Damage to device if powered incorrectly! This product is designed to be powered from a 9VDC, >150mA power supply with 2.1mm centre- negative barrel connector. Use of an incorrectly rated power supply could result in damage to the pedal and the power supply. ! NOTICE! Possible staining due from rubber feet! The plasticiser used in the manufacture of the rubber feet on this product may react with floor coatings and result in permanent dark stains after some time. If necessary, use a suitable mat to prevent direct contact between the device's rubber feet and the floor. 5 BASSRIG Super Vintage Introducing the BASSRIG SUPER VINTAGE The BASSRIG Super Vintage is an all-analogue amp recreation and overdrive pedal, based on the legendary Ampeg® SVT® valve bass amp and its unmistakable 8x10 speaker cabinet. Introduced in 1969, the SVT® was the first purpose-built, high-powered bass amp, designed to fill big stages. It set a new standard for bass amplification and remains the first choice for many of the world's most respected players. The BASSRIG Super Vintage recreates the sound, feel and character of this revolutionary bass rig. Familiar, responsive controls let you dial in instantly recognisable vintage and modern tones, from deep soul and funk to growling rock and metal, while the BLEND control adds in clean signal for low-end clarity and extra articulation. Our powerful AMP OUT EQ tailors the voicing of the pedal to suit any amp and cab, never compromising your clean tone, and the cabinet-simulated DI OUT means you don't need to use an amp at all the perfect bass tone, direct to your PA or studio console. The BASSRIG Super Vintage gives you the world's biggest bass amp tones in a pedal you can take anywhere. Key Features All-Analogue Amp Recreation Including: · Full valve amp-style signal path recreated using discrete, transistor-based circuitry Peerless Build Quality: · High-current, low-noise electronics · Ultra-high input impedance · Push-pull output section with reactive load, · High-quality buffered bypass simulating interaction between amp and speaker · Advanced power supply filtering and · Analogue 8x10 cabinet simulator protection Flexible, intuitive controls: · Wide gain range, from clean to full-on saturation · Premium components throughout · Designed and built in England · BLEND knob to mix in your dry signal · Powerful tone-shaping AMP OUT EQ 6 BASSRIG Super Vintage Connecting the BASSRIG SUPER VINTAGE 9VDC: Connect a 9VDC 2.1mm centre-negative mains power adaptor (minimum 150mA). ! NOTICE! Damage to device if powered incorrectly! This product is designed to be powered from a 9VDC, >150mA power supply with 2.1mm centre-negative barrel connector. Use of an incorrectly rated power supply could result in damage to the pedal and the power supply. INSTR: Connect to your bass, guitar or other instrument. AMP OUT: Connect to your amp or power amp. DI OUT: Connect to your mixer, audio interface or PA system. Main Controls DRIVE: The gain control functions exactly like the volume knob on a non-master-volume valve amp. Turn it clockwise for more gain, drive and distortion. Turn counterclockwise to clean things up. 7 BASSRIG Super Vintage Main Controls (continued) BLEND: This control blends in your clean signal in parallel with the recreated amp tone. Set the control fully clockwise then turn it counterclockwise to progressively mix in your original clean signal. This can help add definition to your tone, especially in the low end when using overdriven sounds. OUTPUT: The output control sets the pedal's overall output level. As it isn't part of the BASSRIG's recreated amp circuitry, the OUTPUT control will not alter the pedal's overdrive character. It simply lets you make it louder or quieter. TREBLE: Just like on the original Ampeg® SVT®, the tone controls are placed before the overdrive. Turning the TREBLE control up will not only increase top end but also change the character of the overdrive, making it grittier and more aggressive. Turning this control down will result in a warmer tone and softer overdrive. MIDRANGE: This control can cut or boost mids at three different frequencies. Cutting the lower frequencies, especially with clean sounds, will result in a clear, scooped tone. Boosting the higher mids with an overdriven sound can create some fierce, howling rock distortion. MIDRANGE switch: Selects the frequency affected by the MIDRANGE control (220Hz, 800Hz or 3kHz). BASS: This control adjusts the amount of low frequencies as well as how "tight" or "thick" overdriven tones are. In general, higher BASS settings work better with cleaner sounds, with some really deep tones available. Heavily overdriven sounds can benefit from having the BASS turned down, preventing the distortion from becoming too "woolly". But there are no rules use a clean sound with the BASS set low for a percussive `60s tone, or turn the DRIVE and BASS up and unleash some fuzzy mayhem! ULTRA HI/LO CUT switch: The ULTRA HI position behaves like a standard bright switch, adding extra high frequencies in the preamp. Its effect is reduced as the DRIVE is increased. The LO CUT position activates a high-pass filter in the preamp, removing some low frequencies before the drive. This helps overdriven sounds stay tight and defined. 8 AMP OUT EQ Controls BASSRIG Super Vintage The post-drive AMP OUT EQ ensures compatibility with a wide range of amps and cabs. Instead of compromising your amp's tone controls to suit the BASSRIG, set your amp for your preferred clean sound then use the EQ controls to adjust the pedal's output accordingly (see tables on page 8). HORN CUT EQ switch: This switch engages a choice of low-pass filters for use with tweeter-equipped cabs. Even with the most modern, hi-fi cabs, this will allow the BASSRIG to produce a natural, smooth overdrive tone, without any harshness. Choose between 2kHz or 4kHz depending on the response of your cab, or disable it altogether (centre position) when using a cab without a tweeter. HF: This post-drive high frequency control cuts or boosts upper-mid and treble frequencies. This is perfect for adjusting the BASSRIG's high-end response to match your clean tone, adding some vintage speaker character to a modern cab or fine-tuning the effect of the HORN CUT filter. LF: This post-drive low frequency control cuts or boosts bass frequencies. This is perfect for adjusting the BASSRIG's low-end response to match your clean tone, fattening up a small cab or taming excessive boominess in a big cab. Using the DI OUT: This balanced XLR output is equipped with a meticulously engineered analogue cabinet simulator, accurately capturing the response of the industry standard SVT® 8x10 speaker cabinet. Using this output gives you the complete sound of a vintage bass amp direct to your recording console or PA system. No amp required. The DI output is designed for compatibility with a wide range of microphone and line level inputs. Its output level is configured to prevent unwanted clipping at the mixer or interface to which the pedal is connected. DI CAB SIM switch: Lets you select whether the cabinet simulator is always on or only active when the pedal is engaged. Select FX if you want a completely clean DI signal when the pedal is bypassed. Select FX+BYP if you want to keep the cab sim on, even when the pedal is bypassed for example: if you want to use the BASSRIG cab sim with other drive pedals. DI GROUND switch: Lifts the ground of the DI Output. This is necessary to avoid unwanted ground loop hum when connecting the BASSRIG to multiple pieces of equipment (e.g. a bass amp and a PA system). If you hear a hum when connecting the BASSRIG to two pieces of equipment, set this switch to LIFT. If you are only connecting the BASSRIG's DI OUT, this should be set to GND. This switch does not affect the AMP OUT. 9 BASSRIG Super Vintage Setting your AMP OUT EQ: Use the tables below to help you set up the BASSRIG Super Vintage for the first time with a new bass amplifier or flat-response device. Working through Steps 1 and 2 allows you to "set-and-forget" the AMP OUT EQ controls and move on to having fun dialling in your ideal tone with the main controls. Step 1: Set HORN CUT for the connected amp or device AMPLIFIER OR CONNECTED DEVICE Amplifier and horn-loaded cab Amplifier and non-horn-loaded cab HORN CUT SWITCH POSITION 2K or 4K, depending on cab crossover frequency Off Direct to mixer, PA or interface from DI OUT The AMP OUT EQ does not affect this output. Step 2: Fine-tune the AMP OUT EQ with the HF and LF controls HOW IS THE BASSRIG's TONE? I used the HORN CUT switch and my tone is still fizzy ADJ CONTROL POSITION Try turning the HF control counterclockwise I used the HORN CUT and now my tone is too dull Try turning the HF control clockwise It sounds too boomy through my big cab Try turning the LF control counterclockwise It sounds too thin through my small cab Try turning the LF control clockwise It's perfect! Great. Stop tweaking and start playing! *Please note: the AMP OUT EQ is only applied to the AMP OUT jack. The DI OUT is not affected. 10 Sample Settings BASSRIG Super Vintage RAGING MACHINE A mid-forward, aggressive tone, heard on some of the greatest modern bass riffs. Plenty of DRIVE and a MIDRANGE boost at 800Hz give you classic SVT® distortion, while the BLEND knob and LO CUT switch keep things tight and defined. STADIUM STACK Bright, crunchy and powerful, this stage-filling tone is the epitome of `70s classic rock. With a touch of overdrive, a boost at 3kHz and the ULTRA HI switch engaged, there is plenty of presence to balance out the chunky bass response NEO SOULFUL Deep, warm and punchy, this huge clean sound has massive low end all the character of a classic valve amp. Cutting a little MIDRANGE at 220Hz helps this fat tone sit perfectly in the mix, whether you're plugged into an amp or using the 8x10 cab sim on the DI OUT. DISCO DRIVE Before the hi-fi, scooped slap sounds we know today, there were the funk and disco bass tones of the late `70s and early `80s. Just on the edge of overdrive and with a big boost at 800Hz, this thick, gritty tone is never too much. 11 Sample Settings (continued) BASSRIG Super Vintage DIRTY NINETIES A cranked SVT® is a big part of the blown-out sounds of `90s heavy rock. With cranked DRIVE and BASS, and a howling 800Hz boost, this destructive, grungy tone is kept just on the right side of mayhem by the LO CUT switch. 12 Appendix A: Physical Specification Measurement Weight Length Depth Height Unboxed 846g (30oz) 146mm (5.7") 93mm (3.6") 64mm (2.5") BASSRIG Super Vintage Boxed 930g (33oz) 160mm (6.2") 116mm (4.5") 95mm (3.7") Appendix B: Performance Specification Measurement Input impedance Output impedance Current draw Power supply requirements Value 1M 500 150mA 9VDC 2.1mm centre negative connector Appendix C: Connector Pin Out DI OUT male XLR: Pin Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Instrument & Amplifier 1/4" TS Sockets: Pin Tip Sleeve Description Ground Positive Negative Description Signal Ground 13 BASSRIG Super Vintage Appendix D: Environmental Information The crossed out wheely bin symbol indicates this product is classified as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the European Union and should not be discarded with household waste. Other territories may vary. Contact your local authority or Origin Effects for more information. The packing materials for this product are recyclable. Do not dispose of these materials with your normal household waste. Please refer to the symbols on the packaging for recycling information. Contact your local authority for further guidance on recycle in your region. Les matériaux d'emballage sont recyclables. Points de collecte sur www.quefairemesdechet.fr Privilégiez la réparation ou le don de votre appareil ! Appendix E: Directives & Regulations This product complies with Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) directive 2014/30/EU. Origin Effects Ltd has conformed where applicable to European Union's Directive 2011/65/ EU on Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) as well as the following sections of California law which refer to RoHS, namely sections 25214.10, 25214.10.2, and 58012, Health and Safety Code; Section 42475.2, Public Resources Code. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 14 BASSRIG Super Vintage Appendix F: Warranty This product is covered by a 2-year manufacturer's warranty from the date of purchase. This applies only to original purchasers who have bought their product from an authorised Origin Effects dealer or directly from Origin Effects. All returns or servicing should be arranged through the original dealer. Proof of original ownership may be required in the form of a purchase receipt. For full warranty details visit www.origineffects.com/warranty. 15