Visual Sound • Workhorse Manual • 8
Quick Start & Immediate Gratification
1. plug your guitar in...
Since your Workhorse Amplifier came with our best-selling Jekyll & Hyde pedal, you’ll
want to plug your guitar into the pedal’s input and use a standard guitar cable to plug
the output of the pedal into the amplifier input. Connect the supplied power cable to
both the AC input of the pedal and the 9v power supply input on the face of the amp
controls.
2. Turn the amplifier on...
To turn the amplifier on, set the Standby switch to the muted position, then flip the
On/Off switch to the
On
position.
When you turn the amplifier on, you will have to wait for the vacuum tubes
inside the amplifier to heat up. This will take approximately two minutes.
The warm-up time on Workhorse amplifiers is slower than most vacuum tube
amplifiers. This was done deliberately to ensure that the vacuum tubes start up
slowly and softly with no sudden surge of electricity to their heaters. This helps
extend the life of your tubes.
Once the heat up time has elapsed, the amplifier will be ready to operate. Flip the
standby switch to the on position like the power switch and begin playing.
3. Setting Your Jekyll & Hyde Pedal...
There has never been an overdrive pedal quite like this one. Two separate overdrives
in one pedal, each with separate controls, but with the ability to use them individually
or together. The Jekyll half is designed to accurately reproduce the sound of the TS-
808 original TubeScreamer, but with more volume potential and a Bass Boost switch.
Hyde is a heavier distortion with more bottom end and is extremely versatile. Not just
a Turbo version of Jekyll, Hyde has a wide range of sounds that can be discovered
by using the EQ knob to scoop out the midrange or add more, a Sharp/Blunt switch
to go from a more compressed distortion to very bright, and the usual Drive, Tone,
and Volume knobs to set the overall style of sound. With the ability to use both
halves separately or together, the sonic possibilities are endless. Following are some
settings to get you started:
