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WARP FACTOR - MANUAL

KNOBS / SWITCHES

GAIN: Controls input sensitivity and determines the degree or amount of distortion.

PURE DARK ENERGY

YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT.
The WARP FACTOR was designed specifically to help you blast through creative barriers and supercharge your powers of musical expression. A specially designed circuit puts at your disposal a sonic force of awesome dimensions. The perfect powerhouse for pumping out massive riffs, this amps to-die-for metal tone sounds as if forged with hammer and anvil. Be prepared for overtones, sustain and bottom end without end! Courtesy of its highcurrent circuitry, the WARP FACTOR delivers the in-your-face brand of sound pressure, transporting the sound of drop D-tuned and seven-string guitars to your audience and, given the right rig, into the next county. Of course you need a wall wart to do this. Only then will this little monster get the juice it needs to shatter the dynamic barriers of battery-operated devices. Words fail: Simply twist your guitars volume knob and vary the intensity of your attack and youll discover exactly what we mean.
WARP: Shapes midrange frequencies. Set to the far left position, it boosts low mids from 250 Hz to high mids at 1 kHz. Set to the far right, it cuts mids at 500 hertz with a slight presence boost at 3 kHz. LEVEL: Controls output level without influencing tone. SUB: Boosts the low end at 90 hertz. (The red ring is no longer visible when activated.) This is the resonance frequency of a truly evil-sounding 4 x 12" cab. Step on this when you want to put the pedal to the metal. ! CAUTION ! Not suitable for

all combos and speakers!

POWER UNIT: Be sure to use an original Hughes & Kettner power unit only. Damage caused by the use of another power unit invalidates the manufacturers warranty!

NOTES ON SAFETY

Make sure that the mains voltage indicated on the power unit corresponds to the local mains voltage. Always connect the power units output with the device first before plugging the power unit into a socket. Do this to prevent short circuits that can harm you or your device.

LIMITED WARRANTY

The manufacturer warrants that this product is free from defects in material and workmanship at the time of manufacture. This warranty is valid only for two years from the date of original purchase. This warranty shall not apply and the manufacturer disclaims any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any damage or defect resulting from alteration, misuse, abuse, neglect, or faulty operation or for any product the serial number of which has been damaged, altered or removed.

SETTING UP

Connect the WARP FACTOR between your guitar and amp. This is strictly a front-end stomp box. It wasnt designed to plug it into an FX loop and has no business being there! Your best bet is to dial in the cleanest sound you can get and turn your amp up loud. After you have activated the WARP FACTOR, use the SUB switch to adjust its bottom-end response to suit your setup.

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GAIN: Regelt die Eingangsempfindlichkeit und bestimmt den Grad der Verzerrung

YOUVE GOT IT

Der WARP FACTOR wurde dazu entwickelt, die Grenzen Deiner Kreativitt zu sprengen und Deinem spielerischen Ausdruck den ultimativen Kick zu versetzen.Ein spezielles Schaltungsdesign bietet Dir ein gewaltiges Soundspektrum fr Riffs - als wren sie mit einem Hammer aus einem Stck Edelmetal geschmiedet worden. Obertne, Sustain und Bottom-End ohne Ende! Den Druck, den Du mit einem Drop D Tuning oder mit einer 7 String und dem WARP FACTOR erzeugen kannst, ist aufgrund seines High current Schaltungsdesigns unglaublich. Dies erfordert natrlich die Verwendung eines Netzteiles. Denn nur so ist es mglich, aus der Dynamikeinschrnkung eines batteriebetriebenen Gertes auszubrechen. Arbeite mit dem Volumenpoti Deiner Gitarre und mit der Intensitt Deines Anschlages, dann wirst Du verstehen, was gemeint ist.

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Ultra - low, ultra - mean, and ready to erupt with explosive energy the dawn of the 21st century demands a type of guitar sound that did not exist until now. Conventional rock n roll amps cant deliver it. Thats why Hughes & Kettner created the WARP series. This is heavy earth - moving equipment, and it puts Pure Dark Energy in your hands.
The New Master of NuMetal. The big bold bright Clean channel alone is worth the price of admission. Provoke the sullen Warp channel, and its angry roar will move mountains of air. A walloping 120 watts of pure tube power, ingenious effects routing, and MIDI upgradeability make the WarpX a dream machine for modern day riff - masters. The hellish glow emanating from the plexiglass front panel reveals the source of its demonic powers: eight red - hot vacuum tubes! WARP X. Have no fear you will be heard.

WARP 7

Dark, dank and deadly
The WARP 7 pounces and pummels you. Just the thing for seven-stringers or detuned guitars. With the now legendary Warp sound and an amazing Clean channel. Easy to move from gig to gig, and easy to operate without an engineering degree. Big, bold 100 -watt power amp and a 12"Celestion speaker custom-fitted to its violent voice. The WARP 7/212 combo in fact has two of them

WARP X Head

for even more punch and pummeling low-end. The real kick in the head is the WARP 7 halfstack, a perfect match between head and XXL 4 x 12" cab, guaranteed to make every drummer sweat! An FX loop is included for connecting your favorite multi-effects, and an optional footswitch lets you select channels (Clean/Warp)r emotely. The integral head-phone jack lets you play till the wee hours of the morning without a single visit from the police.
This is no prim - and - proper 80s rock n roll sound. This is no fancy-schmancy 80s rock n roll look, either. The WARP T half-stack puts the brutally raw guitar tone of the 21st century in your hands with a look as unforgiving as its sound! WARP T what is this miscreant? A bubbling cauldron of sonic fury with 120 moltenmetal watts of all-tube 6L6 power. Quintessential Pure Dark Energy is unleashed from the merciless Warp channel like the baying hounds of hell. The amazingly powerful Clean channel hurls glassy effect sounds across the room like panes of glass slung from a catapult.
But WARP T is also a smart set of uniquely useful features that no other amp in the world offers. You want ultimate responsiveness? You want an amp that makes your guitar strings feel like a natural extension of your fingers? Press the Warp channels LUBE switch, and your guitar wont just say I can, it will scream I will! Want to switch both your amp and external effects at the same time using a MIDI pedal? No problem! The optional MSM-1 MIDI module will let you do just that. And probably the coolest liveperformance feature is the FXLoop Assign, which lets you
apply external effects either to the entire amp or to just one of the two channels. In one moment, for example, youve got a Clean sound with chorus, echo, etc., and one press of the footswitch later youve got nothing but pure, unadulterated Warp sound. The WARP T comes complete with matching 4 x 12" Cabinet. And what a cabinet it is: oversized volume and custom Celestion speakers provide the extra air needed for heavy drop-D tuning and seven-string sounds. And the same unforgiving look as the head. Gear up for the 21st century Get Warped!
The WARP FACTOR is the first preamp/distortion pedal that can infuse pure NuMetalenergy into every amp.The special circuitry of the WARP FACTOR generates the kind of fierce overdrive and dark, massive crunch that powers todays metal styles. Simply plug it in between your guitar and your amps clean channel, drop your axes tuning, and stand back: a mammoth metal sound is about to bowl you over! This sought-after drop-D tone with its explosive low-end energy cannot possibly come from a battery-driven
circuit. Thats why the WARP FACTOR gets its juice from an external power supply fed by the AC mains. There are separate controls for Warp Character, Gain and Output Level. The Sub selector switch modifies the sound to match either a combo amp or a 4 x 12" stack. The WARP FACTOR can turn practically any amp into a merciless NuMetal monster!

WARP FACTOR

WARP T Half Stack

Features

WARP X & WARP T Head
120-watt power amp with 4 x 6L6 tubes preamp with 4 x 12AX7/ECC83 tubes 2 channels: Clean, Warp
WARP 7 Head, Cabinet & Combos

2 channels: Clean, Warp

Controls
Clean: Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble Warp: Gain, Master, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence
Clean: Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence Warp: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence, Master FX Level

Connections

Input, FX Send, FX Return, Footswitch, Headphones, Speaker Out 100-watt current-feedback power amp 12 custom Warp speaker (WARP 7 112) 2 x 12 custom Warp speaker (WARP 7 212) 4 x 12 Celestion speaker (WARP 7 half-stack)

Switches

Master switch Clean: FX On Warp: FX On, Sub, Lube FX Parallel/Serial MIDI Learn 10 dB Send/Return

Dimensions and Weight

WARP 7 212: 25-3/4 x 23-7/16 x 13 (654 x 595 x 330 mm) 57.2 lbs (26 kg) WARP 7 112: 23-1/4 x 20-7/8 x 12-5/8 (590 x 530 x 320 mm) 44 lbs (20 kg) WARP 7 head: 24 x 9-1/4 x 10 (610 x 235 x 255 mm) 19.8 lbs (9 kg) WARP 7 cabinet: 30-1/8 x 32-1/2 x 13-5/8 (765 x 825 x 345 mm) 83.6 lbs (38 kg)
Input, FX Send, FX Return, Footswitch Speaker outputs: 1 x 4 ohms, 1 x 8 ohms or 2 x 16 ohms, 1 x 16 ohms Slot for the optional MSM 1 MIDI module
5-5/8 x 9-7/8 x 9-7/8 (650 x 250 x 250 mm) 45 lbs (20.5) kg

WARP T Cabinet

4 x 12 Celestion speaker (2 x Vintage 30 and 2 x Hot 100)

Switches Controls

Gain, WARP, Level Sub WARP-/Bypass-Footswitch

Parallel

30-1/8 x 32-1/2 x 13-5/8 (765 x 825 x 345 mm) 88 lbs (40 kg)

In and Out 12 V

6-3/4 x 1-5/8 x 6-5/8 (170 x 40 x 160 mm) 1.54 lbs (700 g)
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