tcelectronic JIMS800 Twin Channel Guitar Preamp Faithfully Recreates User Guide

tcelectronic JIMS800 Twin Channel Guitar Preamp Faithfully Recreates

Safety Instruction

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9. Use only attachments/ accessories specified by the manufacturer.

10. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

11. Correct disposal of this product: This symbol indicates that this product must not be disposed of with household waste, according to the WEEE Directive (2012/19/EU) and your national law. This product should be taken to a collection center licensed for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). The mishandling of this type of waste could have a possible negative impact on the environment and human health due to potentially hazardous substances that are generally associated with EEE. At the same time, your cooperation in the correct disposal of this product will contribute to the efficient use of natural resources.
    For more information about where you can take your waste equipment for recycling, please contact your local city office, or your household waste collection service.

12. Do not install in a confined space, such as a book case or similar unit.

13. Do not place naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus.

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the JIMS 800 PREAMP pedal. In this unit you will find a true-to-life digital simulation of a Marshall JMP 2203 (JCM 800) tube amplifier, created using TC Electronics unique AMPWORX modeling technology. Every detail of the original tube amp has been lovingly re-created in painstaking detail by the TC tone technicians, right down to every last component in the circuit. Bringing you the best digital amp modeling experience available.
Marshall JMP 2203 and JCM 800 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Marshall Amplification PLC.

Celestion CAB SIM
To provide you with a DI-ready pedalboard setup solution for connection to PA systems, recording interfaces and headphones, we’ve partnered up with the best in the business and supplied you with an official Celestion Digital impulse response of a 4 x 12 G12-65 loaded cabinet, so it’s ready to roll right out of the box via dedicated DI and Headphone outputs.

Custom MODS
What would a beautiful vintage tube amp be without a couple of hand-crafted boutique mods?
In that spirit, we’ve added some highly sought after custom shop modifications based on mods by legendary amp builders.

• TREBLE BLEED MOD – The treble bleed across the gain control has been reduced but not removed completely. This results in sweeter high-mids and a less shrill top end bite than a stock JCM 800*,but without loosing the amplifiers trademark characteristics.
• CUSTOM TONESTACK – The stock JCM 800* amplifier inherited its tonestack from classic plexi and PA-style tube amplifiers. For the BASS, MID and TREBLE knobs, the center frequency of these controls have been slightly tweaked resulting in a more versatile range of adjustment and more ‘dialed in’ sounding amp tone.
• GAIN MOD – We added a touch more level to the 2nd gain stage, resulting in slightly more gain and compression. This reduces the stiffness of the amp and gives a more effortless feeling under the fingers.

Controls

NOTE: All controls on the back panel of the pedal are global and not saved per channel. Intended to “set and forget”.

NOTE: All controls values on the top panel of the pedal and the BOOST footswitch status, are independent per channel and save their settings automatically when you switch between channels.

1.  IN – Connect your instrument to this jack by using an instrument cable with a ¼” TS connector.

2. OUT – Outputs the amplifier model without speaker cab sim. Connect to dedicated power amplifier, amp FX RETURN, amplifier input or external IR (Impulse Response) loader.

3. DI (CAB SIM) – Outputs the amplifier model, combined with official Celestion Impulse Response speaker cabinet for direct input to audio interface, FRFR (full range) cabinet or PA system.

4. PRESENCE – This control globally sets the presence for both channels.
   The PRESENCE ‘set it and forget’ knob allows you to adjust the overall brightness of your sound to suit your setup and outboard gear.

5. BOOST (PRE/POST) – This switch controls whether the boost is applied before the amp (PRE) for more distortion or after the amp (POST) for a volume boost.

6. DC IN – Connect to a standard 9 VDC / 300 mA power supply with center pin negative connector.

7. USB – Connect to a computer using the included mini-USB cable for firmware updates.

8. PHONES – Connect headphones with a 1/8″ (3.5 mm) stereo jack. Includes AMP MODEL with CAB SIM.

9.  GAIN – Sets the input gain.

10. BOOST – Sets the amount of gain provided by the boost.

11. LEVEL – Sets the output level with independent control per channel.
    Caution: AMPWORX pedals have a lot of output level on tap.

12. BASS – Adjusts the level of low-end frequencies within the tone stack.

13. MID – Adjusts the level of midrange frequencies within the tone stack.

14. TREBLE – Adjusts the level of high range frequencies within the tone stack.

15. BOOST FOOTSWITCH – Press this footswitch to engage/disengage the gain boost. The LED will light when the boost is active.

16. CHANNEL FOOTSWITCH – Press to toggle between the Green (clean) and Red (lead) channels in Dual Channel mode.
    Press to toggle pedal on/off in Bypass Mode

17. BOOST + CHANNEL – Press both footswitches simultaneously to change between footswitch modes.
    See “Footswitch Modes” for more details.

Footswitch Modes

Your AMPWORX pedal has two different footswitch modes, Dual Channel Mode and Bypass Mode, which will change the function of the CHANNEL footswitch.
Press both footswitches simultaneously to change between footswitch modes.
Both LED’s will flash RED for DUAL CHANNEL MODE or GREEN for BYPASS MODE.

Dual Channel Mode
In Dual Channel Mode the CHANNEL footswitch will toggle between the Green and Red channels of the amp model. In this mode your AMPWORX pedal is always on.
The Green channel yields a clean tone that is based on the Marshall JCM 800 “Low” input tone.
The Red channel gives you a high-gain lead sound based on the JCM 800 “High” input.
Dual Channel Mode is the default mode when you unbox your pedal.

Bypass Mode
In Bypass Mode the CHANNEL footswitch will toggle the pedal on/off.
The last channel you had selected when in Dual Channel Mode is the one that will be active when the pedal is active in Bypass Mode.

JIMS 800 PREAMP Recommended Setups

Specifications

Standard, unbalanced TS (mono) cables will work with these connections, but for longer cable runs or when interfacing with balanced equipment like soundcards, mixers, and so on, balanced TRS cables will give much better noise suppression.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Music Tribe accepts no liability for any loss which may be suffered by any person who relies either wholly or in part upon any description, photograph, or statement contained herein. Technical specifications, appearances and other information are subject to change without notice. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Midas, Klark Teknik, Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones and Coolaudio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Music Tribe Global Brands Ltd. © Music Tribe Global Brands Ltd. 2023 All rights reserved.

LIMITED WARRANTY

For the applicable warranty terms and conditions and additional information regarding Music Tribe’s Limited Warranty, please see complete details online at community.musictribe.com/pages/support#warranty.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION

TC Electronic
JIMS 800 PREAMP

Responsible Party Name: Music Tribe
Commercial NV Inc.
Address:  122 E. 42nd St.1,8th Floor NY, NY 10168, United States
Email Address: [email protected]

JIMS 800 PREAMP
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital 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.

This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Important information:
Changes or modifications to the equipment not expressly approved by Music Tribe can void the user’s authority to use the equipment.
Hereby, Music Tribe declares that this product is in compliance with Directive 2014/30/EU, Directive 2011/65/EU and Amendment 2015/863/EU, Directive 2012/19/EU, Regulation 519/2012 REACH SVHC and Directive 1907/2006/EC.

Full text of EU DoC is available at https://community.musictribe.com/
EU Representative: Music Tribe Brands DK A/S Address: Gammel Strand 44, DK-1202 København K, Denmark
UK Representative: Music Tribe Brands UK Ltd. Address: 8th Floor, 20 Farringdon Street
London EC4A 4AB, United Kingdom

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