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standard for single wire confection page: 13

HU0212 - GrandMeister 36 Head page: 14

exploded drawings: complete Rev.: A page: 15 - 16

spare parts list poweramp PCB Rev.: A page: 17 - 19

rearboard PCB Rev.: A page: 20 - 21
controler board Rev.: A page: 22 - 23
LED board Rev.: A page: 24

circuit diagrams mainboard Rev.: C page: 25 - 26

rearboard Rev.: C page: 27
connectors + noise gate Rev.: C page: 28
controller system Rev.: C page: 29
preamp Rev.: C page: 30
LED board Rev.: A page: 31
tube bias regulator Rev.: A page: 32

layout diagrams mainboard page: 33

rearboard page: 34
controller board page: 35
led board 34

Service Bulletin Letters HU14001 Switching Noise click here to view SBL

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1 Quick Start ................................................................................... 3
2 The fundamentals of handling GrandMeister 36 ........................... 3
3 The channel section ..................................................................... 5
4 The effects section ....................................................................... 5
5 The Master Section ...................................................................... 6
6 Rear panel .................................................................................... 6
7 Tube Safety Control (TSC™) ......................................................... 8
8 MIDI ............................................................................................ 9
9 AES ............................................................................................ 10
10 Technical Data ........................................................................... 11
1 Quick Start
FX-Unit
Red Box
DI Out Send Return
n how it operates is time well spent. The following basic facts will help you
MIDI Out/Thru
Line Out
MIDI In
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Mains In: Connect the factory-included power cord (Mains Lead) to this
socket.
MIDI In: Connect the MIDI Out of your favourite MIDI controller to the
MIDI In. Though this is a 7-pin interface, you can connect a standard 5-pin
MIDI cable and use any standard MIDI controller. The two additional
terminals (1 and 7) serve to supply phantom power to the Hughes &
Kettner FSM-432 MIDI board.
The MIDI In is as important as the Input for your guitar! Only via MIDI you
will have access to all 128 presets of the GrandMeister 36.
Input: Connect your guitar to this input using a shielded cord equipped
with 6.3 mm (1/4") jack plugs.
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Speaker: Connect a speaker cabinet designed for guitar amps to this jack.
Using a single speaker cord, you can connect any cab with an impedance
of 8 to 16 . We recommend the matching cabs Hughes & Kettner
TM 112 or TM 212.
Power/On Switch: Set this switch to On to get the mains power flowing.
The amp lights up, and the tubes will begin to heat up.
Play/ Standby Switch: Give the tubes about 30 seconds to get toasty;
then you can flip the "Standby" switch to "Play". The amp is now ready to
operate. When taking a longer break from playing, please use the "Standby"
switch so the tubes remain at operating temperature. This protects them
and ensures they last longer.
2 The fundamentals of handling
GrandMeister 36
GrandMeister 36 is a tube amp, and it works much like other tube amps.
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But its handling concept is more advanced, so time spent getting to know
understand the amp’s operating concept:
• Although GrandMeister 36 is an analog tube amplifier, all its switching
and controlling functions (except the Master knob) are programmable.
• Depending on the amp’s operation mode, some knobs and switches
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have different functions.
• All settings can be saved and recalled via MIDI. For this purpose, you can
store your sound settings into 128 memory slots, the so-called presets.
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2.1 How the knobs work
GrandMeister 36 is a four-channel tube amp. All four channels are
controlled by the same set of knobs. Your choice of channel determines
the knob’s assignment. For example, when you have chosen the Clean
channel via the chicken-head selector switch (see chapter 3), the Gain
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knob will determine the Clean channel’s amount of gain. If you switch
to the Lead channel, you can use the Gain knob to control the Lead
channel’s gain amount. The great advantage of this design is that the
channels are truly independent and do not share Gain, Volume, or tone
controls. You can even adjust Presence, Resonance and Reverb settings
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separately for every channel if you like!
Note: The knobs look and feel like standard-issue pots with a 300-degree
control range and left and right stops. But there’s a difference that may
take some time getting used to: The knob setting programmed in a preset
is independent of the knob’s physical position. In other words, when
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you switch from one preset to another, the knob’s actual position may 2.4 Programming a preset
not reflect the setting programmed in the preset, and you may well hear
something other than what you’re seeing would suggest. The knob will Programming a preset is as simple as it can get. Once you have found
respond like any other conventional pot as soon as you move it. The Store your favourite setting, exactly that setting of every single knob and switch
LED in the Master section tells you the knob’s (except the Master Volume) can be stored into a preset with the Store
setting stored in the preset. It lights up when the physical position of the button. This is pretty much like playing a tube amp with 128 channels,
knob corresponds to the preset setting. You can learn more on this in each with its own Gain, Volume, EQ and even effects setting.
section 2.4.
Storing settings by overwriting the currently selected preset
Heads Up: You may hear a soft background noise when twisting knobs.
This sound is made by the Programmable Resistor Network (PRN™), as
it switches its 256 resistors: Each of these rotary controls consists of 256
individual resistors in serial array, 256 switches, and a memory with the
ability to save and recall every switch's position.

2.2 Selecting presets

Presets can only be changed via MIDI. You can use any MIDI footswitch,
MIDI controller, or MIDI equipped pedal board to switch presets. Both
MIDI devices, amp (receiver) and the controller (sender), should use the
same channel. Otherwise, MIDI commands will be ignored or get lost. The
factory default is MIDI channel 1 and "Omni On" (amp receives on all 16
MIDI channels) to guarantee instant operation. If the GrandMeister 36 does
not react on program changes properly, see chapter 8.1 to change the MIDI
channel or refer to the manual of your favourite MIDI controller.
2.3 Using the Hughes & Kettner FSM-432
MIDI Board
Let’s have a look on the Hughes & Kettner FSM-432 first. It serves to select
the 128 memory slots arranged in 32 banks of four presets each. You can
easily configure setups any way you wish, say by assigning the four presets
of a bank to a song.
An easy way to store edited settings is to simply overwrite the most recently
selected preset. To do this, press and hold the Store button for about two
seconds until its light flashes briefly and then extinguishes. The Channel
LED (see chapter 3) also flashes to confirm the write operation. Release the
Store button, and your settings will be stored.
Storing settings by selecting a new memory slot
If you do not wish to overwrite the current preset, you can easily select a
new memory slot instead. In this case, rather than holding the Store button
down for two seconds, press it briefly and then release it. Its light stays
on to signify that GrandMeister 36 is primed and ready to receive a MIDI
program change to define a memory slot.
• From the FSM-432: Select a MIDI bank from 1 to 32 on the FSM-432. The
bank number in the display flashes to signify that the FSM-432 is waiting
for input via one of the four preset buttons A to D. Then engage preset
button A, B, C, or D. The display stops flashing, the light on the Store
button extinguishes, and the preset is stored.
• From any other MIDI device: as soon a program change is sent, the
preset will be stored and can be recalled just by sending that program
change again.

Reading out stored knob settings

When you select a preset, the single knobs’ actual positions may not
represent their stored values. But it is easy enough to read the information
out: Select a preset, grab the knob of your choice and twist it to the left or
Preset A, B, C, D
right until the Store button lights up. Now the knob’s position matches the
Presets within a bank activate directly, that is, you can switch straight from
setting stored in the preset.
A to B within the same bank. The LEDs above the A, B, C, and D buttons
indicate the selected preset.

Bank Up/ Down

To access a preset in another bank, select the target bank using the Up
and Down buttons. You can continue playing with the current preset while
you’re navigating. The display of the FSM-432 shows the banks number; it
flashes until you select a preset in the target bank by pressing A, B, C, or
D. The FSM-432 will not switch over to the new preset until you do this.

Tap
Tap offers you a quick, convenient way of adjusting delay time. It’s
particularly handy on stage: Simply tap your foot on the Tap button in
time with the beat to match delay time to the tempo. See section 4.3 for
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3 The channel section
GrandMeister 36 sports four channels, each voiced very differently
and accessible via a chicken-head selector switch. The power amp
feedback circuit, which has a formative hand in shaping your tone, is also
reconfigured during channel switching. The programmable knobs (see 2.1)
afford you full access to all sound parameters in every channel. We even
painstakingly fine-tuned the knobs’ control ranges and characteristics to
match the selected channel’s voicing.
1 Clean Channel: GrandMeisters Clean channel certainly merits its name.
It delivers sparkling fresh sounds and offers tons of headroom. It’s worth
your while to experiment with different Gain settings in combination with
the switchable Boost.
2 Drive Channel: Your first stop for classic overdrive at its finest. This
channel sweeps the sonic spectrum from clean to mean, and countless
tones in between. Engage Boost to conjure a rude rock roar.
3 Lead Channel: This channels masterfully musical compression sends
those riffs and licks flying off your fingertips. Hit Boost for an extra
helping of in-your-face solo sound.
4 Ultra Channel: Get your high-gain tone right here. The Ultra channel’s
top end slices, dices, but never sacrifices its thunderous low end for
raging metal riffs and larger-than-life lead tone. Dropped tuning conjures
a quasi religious experience.
5 Gain: The Gain knob determines input sensitivity and therefore the
preamps saturation level. Paired with Boost, it is your most important
sound-sculpting tool.
6 Boost: Boost targets specific frequency ranges and kicks them up a
notch. This yields even more assertive, creamier, or punchier tone,
depending on the channel.
7 Bass, Mid, Treble: The three-band voicing section’s sound-shaping
action is fine-tuned for each channel, and it specifically addresses the
frequency ranges that define each channels characteristic tone.
Heads Up: These are classic passive tone controls that influence one
another. For example, if you crank the Mid knob, the Bass knob will be
less effective than when you back the Mid knob down. Presence and
Resonance are independent of the three-band voicing controls; that is,
their action remains unaffected by other knobs settings.
8 Volume: Use the Volume knob to adjust preset levels and adjust their
relative balance to other presets.
Heads Up: Unlike a conventional Volume control, this knob does not
bring the level all the way down; it merely boosts or cuts the given level.
The 12 o’clock position is the best starting point for adjusting volume.
Caution: Please don’t use this knob to control the amp’s overall output
level – that’s the Master knob’s job (see 5.1)!
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4 The effects section
GrandMeister 36 offers three independent effect modules with reverb,
delay and modulation effects as well as a noise gate. All of them can be
used simultaneously.
Heads Up: The far left knob positions of the " Reverb" , " Dly Level" , and
" Intensity" knobs bypass the given effect. Twisting those knobs counter
clockwise to the far left takes the given effect module out of the signal
path.
1 Reverb: GrandMeister’s digital reverb matches the warmth and musicality
of classic spring reverbs. A genuine improvement over its analog forebears,
it automatically adjusts the reverb tail – the higher the Reverb volume
setting, the longer the reverb time.
2 FX-Access: You always have direct access to the "Reverb". In order to
access the Delay and Modulation effects, just press the FX-Access button –
it will start flashing. Now you are in the FX-mode, and the channel control
knobs now serve as effects controls. To exit the FX-mode, press FX-Access
again. It stops flashing and you are back to the tone control mode.
3 Delay: The Delay module’s "Dly Level", "Feedback" and "Dly Time"
knobs afford you total control over all parameters.
3.1 Dly Level: Adjusts the volume of repetitions, sweeping from all the way
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off to just as loud as the original signal.
3.2 Feedback: Adjusts the number of repetitions from one to infinite.
3.3 Dly Time: Adjusts the time to the next repetition from 80 milliseconds
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to 1.4 seconds. When you’re tapping in delay time on the FSM-432’s Tap
button (see section 2.3), the effect adopts the new time after your second
tap. The Tap LED flashes for about five seconds in sync with the beat to
give you a visual indication of delay time. The Tap function only works
when the Delay is active. If the Delay is off – or more accurately, bypassed
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– the effect will not adopt your Tap tempo.
4 Modulation FX: This module serves up four modulation effects – Chorus,
Flanger, Phaser, and Tremolo.
4.1 Mod Type: Each effect is assigned to one quarter of this knob’s control
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range. The first quarter addresses Chorus, the second addresses Flanger,
the third addresses Phaser, and the final quarter addresses Tremolo. You
can adjust the modulation effect’s rate within its assigned quarter. The
more you turn "Mod Type" up, the faster the rate gets.
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4.2 Intensity: This knob adjusts the volume of the modulation effects.
5 FX-Loop: This serial loop lets you patch in external effects devices:
Connect the Send jack in the FX-Loop section on the amp’s rear panel to
your effects processor's input and the Return jack to the processor’s output
(see chapter 6.6). The FX-Loop button activates and deactivates the loop.
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6 Noise Gate: The programmable Noise Gate button switches the IDB™
noise gate on and off for each preset. When activated, the noise gate kicks
in to mute the amp as the signal level drops below a certain threshold. The
gate remains shut until you hit the guitar strings. When you do so, it opens
up again. The Noise Gate Hard/Soft knob on the amp’s rear panel controls
the noise gate’s response, see chapter 6.5.
5 The Master Section
The Master section lets you adjust the amp’s overall volume, Resonance
and Presence.
1 Master: As the name suggests, this knob puts the power amp and its
volume level at your thumb and forefinger’s command. Handle it carefully
and you will enjoy a gratifying rather than an agonizing aural experience.
Heads Up: Unlike channel and effect controls, the Master knob is not
programmable! It works like any conventional knob, and its physical
position indicates the actual setting. It’s always a good idea to back the
Master knob off by twisting it to the far left position before powering the
amp up.
2 Resonance: Set the Resonance knob to 12 o’clock, and you will hear the
normal resonance created by the amp-and-cabinet combination. Twisting
it counter clockwise dampens the speakers and the cabinets resonance
for a looser, softer sound that sweetens up clean tone. Turning the knob
clockwise intensifies resonance for a tighter, punchier low-end that works
well with distorted sounds.
3 Presence: This knob controls the amount of harmonic overtones
generated by the amp – the higher the setting, the more intense the effect.
Heads Up: Resonance and Presence can be programmed into every preset,
or these controls can be used as a master control that is not changed
by switching presets, like the Master Volume control. If you want to use
Resonance and Presence as a global control, press Store and FX-Access
simultaneously for three seconds until the Store LED starts flashing. Now
the FX-Access LED indicates if you are in Global Mode (flashing) or in
Preset Mode (not flashing). You can change the mode with the FX-Access
button: if it does not flash (Preset Mode), press it to change to Global
Mode. If it flashes (Global Mode), press it to change to Preset Mode. To
store your changes press Store for three seconds until it stops flashing.
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6 Rear panel
1 Speaker: GrandMeister 36 offers one speaker output for 8 to 16
cabinets. Connect a speaker cabinet designed for guitar amps to this jack.
Using a single speaker cord, you can connect any cabinet or combination
of cabinets whose total impedance ranges between 8 and 16 . The
formulas below serve to calculate the overall impedance (R) of two
cabinets with different impedances (R1 and R2):
• For cabinets wired in series:
R = R1 + R2
Example: If you connect two 8 cabinets, the overall impedance is 16 .
However, very few modern cabinets are wired in series. Parallel circuits
are far more common.
• For cabinets wired in parallel:
R = (R1 x R2) / (R1 + R2)
Here is an example with two 16 cabs:
R = (16 x 16) / (16 + 16)
R = 256 / 32 = 8
2 Power Soak: This feature lets you enjoy the benefits of full-blown power
amp saturation at low volume, so you can play at home in your living room
without alienating the neighbours. Its silent recording capability lets you
capture genuine tube-driven tone via a mixing console without having to
drive speakers. And if you want to rehearse in silence any time day or
night, simply plug a set of headphones into the mixer. Thanks to the amp’s
programmability, you can easily program your own set of studio and home
presets.
None of the buttons in this section lights up when the amp is in ‘normal’
operating mode (36 watts of output power). Pushing one of the four
buttons will activate the output power reducing function. When you press
the 18W button, TSC™ disables two tubes to reduce the output power
by half to 18 watts. When you press the 5W and 1W buttons, some of
the power is converted into heat to further reduce the output to 5 watts
and 1 watt, respectively. In Speaker Off mode, all the power is converted
into heat and the amp is muted. Re-pressing the currently selected and
therefore illuminated button will deactivate the Power Soak and bring you
back to 36 watts of output power.
Note that if you choose to mute the amp, you do not need to connect a
speaker. Designed to enable silent recording, this option provides the full
signal to the Red Box output. To protect the power amp, GrandMeister 36
automatically engages this mute circuit as soon as the plug is pulled from
the Speaker Out port.
Heads Up: Cutting down the power from 36 to 18 watts is done by TSC™
shutting down one pair of tubes (see section 7.1), which is why two TSC™
LEDs always light up when the amp is in 18 W, 5 W, 1 W and Speaker Off
modes. In this case, TSC™ is simply indicating that two tubes are off, and
not that it has detected a fault.

3 Tube Safety Control (TSC™): We devoted an entire chapter to the Tube
Safety Control. See section 7 to learn more about it.
4 Red Box Out: Invented by Hughes & Kettner, the Red Box has for years
set the industry standard for analog guitar DI boxes with built-in speaker
emulation. Built into the GrandMeister’s output section, it converts the
amp’s speaker out signal, which is tapped post power amp and pre Power
Soak, into a balanced, frequency-compensated signal that you can patch
directly to a mixing console. This signal sounds very authentic when piped
through a PA or studio monitors. It always sounds like the cab itself, not like
a mic’ed cab! Feel free to add some ambience or room effects.
Note: Use a microphone cord to patch this signal to a mixing console.
Make sure the mixing console’s XLR input is set to line level. If the mixing
console lacks XLR inputs or if these cannot be set to line level, you will
need an XLR to 6.3 mm (1/4” ) jack adapter readily available in music
stores.
Heads Up: The amp’s Master knob settings and the selected Power Soak
mode directly affect the signal level: Stepping up to 36 watts from 18
watts changes the Red Box Out level as it does the Speaker Out level.
Stepping down from 18 watts to 5 watts, 1 watt and Speaker Off (for silent
recording) does not change the level! So you can step up from 18 watts to
36 watts on the fly (via preset change), for example, to boost the volume
for leads when playing live. The level of the signal sent to the Red Box Out
(and to the mixing console) will be bumped up accordingly. The signal
level of the 18 W, 5 W, 1 W and Speaker Off modes remains the same
for a very good reason: That way you can choose the right Speaker Out
level for the rehearsal room, home practicing and silent recording without
having to adjust Master knob settings.
48 volts phantom power: If you want to switch on your mixing desk’s 48
volts phantom power, you can do so without any problems. The Red Box
Out automatically filters DC phantom power of mixing desks’ microphone
inputs.
4.1 Speaker Cabinet Type: This button lets you select a classic or modern
type of cabinet. Please note that this feature is rather a subtle pre-filter than
a radical sound shaping tool.
5 Noise Gate Hard/ Soft: This knob controls the noise gate’s sensitivity.
The noise gate’s IDB™ technology automatically adapts the standard
attack and threshold parameters. Its far left position is labeled Hard; its far
right position is labeled Soft. The further you twist the Noise Gate Hard/
Soft knob to the right, the more sensitive the noise gate’s response. Set it to
12 o'clock if you want it to open up at very soft signal levels. The further
you twist the knob to the left, the harder the noise gate kicks in and cuts
off signals.
Outboard noise gates sandwiched between the guitar and amp or plugged
into the FX loop can only measure the signal at one point. The Intelligent
Dual Breakpoint (IDB™) technology gauges the signal at two points,
directly at the Input jack and post preamp, but pre effects. The noise gate
uses these two values to calculate the optimum response. What’s more, it
does not cut off Reverb and Delay signals.
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Heads Up: The Sensitivity knob’s setting applies to all presets that
incorporate the noise gate. This is convenient and intentional: If conditions
on stage are different in the rehearsal room, you can adjust the noise
gate’s response for all presets with one simple tweak.
Tip: 12 o’clock is the universal setting. It you wish to use the noise gate as a
stylistic device when playing fast staccato riffs at high gain levels, then dial
in a setting towards the Hard end of the control range
6 Line Out, FX Send, FX Return
6.1 Line Out: The Line Out offers the preamp signal to patch it to another
power amp or to a tuner.
6.2 FX Send: Connect the FX Send to your external effects processor's
input.
6.3 FX Return: Connect the FX Return to your external effects processor's
output.
Tip: If you’re a stomp-box user, you may want to try the four-cord method:
For devices that work best plugged into the front end of the amp, simply
connect the guitar to the input of the first pedal in the chain, and the last
pedal’s output to the amp’s Input. Now do the same for devices that work
best in the FX loop: Connect the pedal’s output to the amp’s FX Return
and the amp’s FX Send to the pedal’s input. This lets you route chorused,
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phased and other modulated signals into the GrandMeister´s preamp and
time-based effects such as reverb and delay after the preamp.
If your multi effector features amp models, you can patch these straight
to the GrandMeister´s power amp via the FX Return. In combination with
the Power Soak and the Red Box Recording Out, this gives you a powerful
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recording front end that offers very interesting re-amping and sound-
shaping options for just about every conceivable signal.
Heads Up: You can bypass the GrandMeister’s preamp by routing amp
models into the FX Return. However, when you switch channels its power
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amp is re-voiced to deliver the best tone for that channel. This means
every channel sounds different, even if you decide to use only the power
amp! You probably want the amp model’s sound and volume to remain
consistent with your original programming. If so, you’ll have to remember
which channel you used for programming and select it when you activate
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the amp model. However, the better option is to program a preset to do
this for you.
7 MIDI In: MIDI In is a 7-pin interface, you can connect a standard 5-pin
MIDI cable. The two additional terminals serve to supply phantom power
to the Hughes & Kettner FSM 432 MIDI board.
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Heads Up: The FSM-432 comes with a 7-pin MIDI cable. You do not need
a power source for the FSM-432 because phantom power is provided.
If you wish to use a 5-pin MIDI cable, you will however need a wall
wart. For such cases, the FSM-432 provides an innovative mains port that
accepts any AC or DC adapter rated for 9 to 15 volts.
8 MIDI Out/ Thru: MIDI Out/Thru forwards signals patched into MIDI
In to other devices. You can connect any external MIDI-enabled signal
processor that you wish to switch synchronously with GrandMeister 36.
7 Tube Safety Control (TSC )
TSC™ adjusts the bias to improve the amp’s tonal and technical
stability and to extend the power tubes’ lives. It does this automatically
and continuously, so there is nothing for you to do but to enjoy the
convenience. You can swap tubes easily, quickly, and safely: All the hard
work of biasing gets done automatically, so swapping tubes is an exercise
in speed and convenience. This is a big help not only in case of a defect,
but also when you want to compare different brands of replacement
tubes.
Caution: Replacing tubes is a job best left to qualified professionals!
TSC™ merely spares the technician the biasing effort.
To use the full information TSC™ can provide you with, you will have to
look at the four LEDs in the TSC™ section on the rear panel of the amp.
Each LED is assigned to the power tube occupying that corresponding
position. The LEDs will give you two different kinds of information: Firstly,
they indicate the operating status of the tubes see section 7.1). TSC™
constantly performs an error diagnosis and will even shut down defective
tubes if necessary in order to avoid a total failure of the amp. In addition,
you can easily get a read-out of the individual tube’s bias points, using any
standard guitar pick (see section 7.2).
7.1 Automatic Status Indications
All LEDs light up and stay on
All LEDs remain on for as long as the amp is in standby mode. When you
flip the "Standby" switch to "Play", they will extinguish after a few seconds.
If all of the LEDs remain illuminated, the most likely cause is a blown anode
fuse that needs to be replaced by a technician. The anode fuse can trip if
a tube is already defective when the amp is switched on, and TSC™ does
not have enough time to measure the idle current and to then shut the
faulty tube down.
None of the LEDs lights up
The power tubes are operating normally.
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One LED lights up continuously
If only one LED lights up, then the tube assigned to this LED is not delivering
enough current and has been shut down. If the LED does not extinguish
after a few minutes, this tube must be replaced.
Two LEDs light up continuously
This tells you one of two things: Either the two corresponding tubes are
not delivering enough current and therefore have to be replaced (see the
instructions for one illuminated LED, section 7.1), or the power soak is
active. In the latter case, two tubes are switched off automatically, and the
two illuminated LEDs are indicating this (also see section 6.2).
One LED flashes, another lights up continuously
The tube assigned to this flashing LED is generating too much current and
therefore has been shut down. This tube has to be replaced. In this type
of power amp, it takes a pair of tubes working together to produce the
best sound. So TSC™ also switches the defective tube’s counterpart off
(indicated by the continuously lighting up LED), so it doesn’t degrade the
other pair’s tone. There is no need to replace this tube, because there’s
nothing wrong with it.
Now this is where TSC™’s intelligence saves your gig: If a tube failure
like this occurs in a conventional amp, its fuse usually trips and you can’t
operate it until you replace the tube and fuse. Thanks to TSC™, you can
continue playing for as long as the LED remains illuminated. Anyway,
please note that shutting down one pair of tubes will halve the amp’s
output power from 36 to 18 watts. And don’t forget to replace the defective
tube after your show.
7.2 Manual Read-Out
TSC™ is able to check the power amp tubes’ bias points to let you
determine if tube pairs are matching. This can easily be done by inserting
a guitar pick into the slot right next to the LEDs while the amp is switched
on (rather than in Standby mode). All LEDs will flash several times. The
number of flashes of every single LED will give you information about the
Hughes & Kettner tube rating of the assigned tube as well as about its bias.
The tube ratings table below (7.3) shows the Hughes & Kettner tube ratings
and how flash counts translate to a rating. For example, if the TSC™ LED
flashes six times, the assigned tube has an S2 rating. The chart also tells you
that the tube’s bias point is set to 13 volts.
Please make sure that the difference in flash counts between the single LES
is no greater than four flashes. Only if the difference is no greater than four
flashes, TSC™ will ensure optimum sound. If the difference in flash counts
is greater than four, we recommend installing a matched set of tubes to
improve the tone. This is strictly a matter of tone – technically speaking,
the amp will continue to operate safely.
Heads Up: The two inside tubes and the two outside are matched pairs.
If just a single tube is swapped, ensure the replacement tube’s rating
matches that of its counterpart. If all tubes are replaced, ensure they all
share the same ratings. You can buy replacement tubes from your local
dealer. The original Hughes & Kettner rating (S1-S7, 0-12) is shown on a
sticker on the tube.
 GrandMeister 36 Manual 1.3

7.3 Tube ratings tables 8 MIDI

Flashes Rating Bias [V] As you’ve learned in chapter 2.2, presets can only be changed via MIDI.
1 S7 10 Sender (controller) receiver (amp) must use the same channel. The factory
2 S6 10.6 default is MIDI channel 1 and "Omni On". If the amp does not react on
3 S5 11.2 program changes properly, the MIDI channel has to be changed.
4 S4 11.8
5 S3 12.4 8.1 Setting MIDI channels and switching
6 S2 13 Omni On/Off
7 S1 13.6
8 0 14.2 Flip the Play/Standby switch to Standby. Now press and hold Noise Gate
9 1 14.8 and FX-Loop simultaneously for three seconds. They will start flashing. This
10 2 15.4 assigns special programming functions to the following LEDs and buttons:

11 3 16
• FX-Access: lights up to indicate GrandMeister 36 is configured to receive
12 4 16.6
incoming program changes via all MIDI channels (Omni On, default). If
13 5 17.2
the LED is not illuminated, the amp receives messages via the selected
14 6 17.8
channel only (Omni Off). To change the Omni mode, just press the FX
15 7 18.4
Access button.
16 8 19 • Noise Gate now serves as a +1/up button, FX Loop now serves as a -1/
17 9 19.6 down button. Use those buttons to change the MIDI channel.
18 10 20.2 • When configuring MIDI channels, the four Channel LEDs serve to
19 11 20.8 indicate the MIDI channels. Consult the table below for the MIDI channel
20 12 21.4 assignments. They show what in tech-speak is called binary code:
21 * 22
22 * 22.6 MIDI Channel Clean Crunch Lead Ultra

23 * 23.2 1

24 * 23.8 2 {

25 * 24.4 3

Espa ol
6

10

It aliano
11

12

13

14

Fr an ais
15

16

Press and hold the two buttons "Noise Gate" and "FX Loop" simultaneously
for more than three seconds to save the settings and quit MIDI setup
Deut sc h

mode. The buttons will stop flashing to indicate the amp is back in normal
operating mode.
English

9
 GrandMeister 36 Manual 1.3

8.2 MIDI implementation chart / controller list 9 AES

(EU version only, from serial number 50091001)
In addition to controlling all switching functions via sending MIDI program
changes, you can also change the parameters of every single editing Referred to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1275/2008,
function of the amp in real time via sending MIDI control changes. The electrical and electronic devices need to be equipped
following chart shows the editable functions and the corresponding with an energy saving mechanism which automatically
controller numbers: switches the device off after not being used for a certain
period of time. On your GrandMeister 36, this mechanism is called AES.
Controller Function It can be activated and deactivated with the mini switch right next to the
number
speaker jack.
1
Factory default is AES on; the mini switch is in the left position. In this
4 128 51 1360 mode, the amp will automatically be switched off after a phase of silence
7 of about 90 minutes. The phase of silence is reset and starts again, as soon
9 . as the amp receives an input signal (e.g. by playing a note). A quite gentle
.
signal is enough to trigger the re-start of the 90 minutes phase of silence
12
until the amp will switch off automatically. After automatically being shut
20 down by AES, the amp can be switched back on by flipping the Power/
21 On switch off and then on again.
22 Moving the mini switch to the right will deactivate AES, so it will not shut
23 down the amp.
24
25
26 S
27
28
29
30 S S 5
31 S 4
52
53
54
55
56
57
63
64

8.3 Factory Reset

A factory reset is a seldom-needed feature. Nonetheless, please read these

instructions carefully to ensure you don’t accidentally delete your presets.
You can perform a factory reset by doing the following:
Press "Store" and "FX Access" simultaneously while powering the amp
up by using the Power/On switch. Both buttons will flash three times to
indicate the successful factory reset.

Caution: Please note that this procedure is a last-resort option. It will

reset all settings, including the 128 MIDI-switchable presets (chapter 2)
and the basic MIDI configuration (chapter 8.1).

10
 GrandMeister 36 Manual 1.3

10 Technical Data
GrandMeister 36 Head

Preamp tubes 3 12 7
Power tubes 4 84
Power output 36
Max. power consumption 200
Mains voltage tolerance range 10
Ambient operating temperature range 0 35

Mains fuse, 100 volts 250 2

Mains fuse, 120 volts 250 1.6
Mains fuse, 220-230 volts 250 800
Mains fuse, 240 volts 250 800

Input jack 6.3 14 1

S 23
.
. 0

Return jack 6.3 14 25

S 0

S 10
.
. 14

Send jack 6.3 14 220

10

. 10

Line Out jack 6.3 14 220

10

Espa ol
. 10

Red Box Out 1360

10 3
. 3

It aliano
MIDI In 7 20 150
5
MIDI Out/ Thru 5

Dimensions 446 171 152

Weight 77 17 .

Fr an ais
Deut sc h
English

11
 DRAWING-NUMBERS
EXAMPLE

HK0106-EX-R01-1A
REVISION

VERSION

SERIAL NUMBER

DEPARTMENT:
R = R&D

CHARACTER:
BL = SHEET METAL / BLECH
EX = EXPLODED DRAWING / EXPLOSIONSZEICHNUNG
HZ = CABINET / HOLZGEHÄUSE
KU = PLASTIC / KUNSTSTOFF
LP = PCB / LEITERPLATTEN
SO = MISCELLANEOUS / SONSTIGES
SP = SCHEMATIC / SCHALTPLÄNE
TR = TRANSFORMER / TRANSFORMATOR
GK = WIRING DIAGRAM / GERÄTEVERKABELUNG

PROJECT-NR.:
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HU = HUGHES&KETTNER
MP = MINDPRINT
 Stand 17. Jun 04

Standard for single wire confection.

16 B 150 638 I - 485 W Z I 1015

style 1015 according UL specifications

I = completely insulated with black shrinktube or appropriate sleeve

IT = partly insulated; only crimp connection insulated.
no marking = without insulation

Z = with additional junction

no marking = without additional junction

W = angled faston
no marking = straight faston

Faston connector brass tin-plated DIN 46245

638 = 6,3 * 0,8 [mm]
488 = 4,8 * 0,8 [mm]
485 = 4,8 * 0,5 [mm] if fully insulated (I) insulation with blue shrinktube
if partly insulated (IT) use IF 602 485 .
288 = 2,8 * 0,8 [mm]
285 = 2,8 * 0,5 [mm] if fully insulated (I) insulation with blue shrinktube
if partly insulated (IT) use IF 602 485
abiso = 5mm bared and tin-plated (teilabzug)
text for special constructions, (for example. 4mm ringshaped faston)

the larger faston connector always mentioned at first. (Nathan drawing number controlling)

lenght in mm within a 50 mm raster

colour
B = black (phase conductor)
R = red
BR = brown
BL = blue (neutral conductor)
W = white
YG = yellow-green (ground bonding/ earthing connection)

cross section
16 = AWG 16 (prefered usage)
Q1.5 = H07VK 1,5mm² (prefered usage)

wire designation:
P + lfd Nr. = AWG single wire black, red, blue, brown or white
E + lfd Nr. = AWG single wire green- yellow
L + lfd Nr. = twisted AWG double wire, lenght specification always in twisted condition
FQL + lfd Nr. = crossover wiring H07VK

Regarding special wirings like wiring harness or similar, drawings will be prepared and appropriate
drawing numbers will be stored in the article archive.
 Service Documents

HU0212
GM 36
Head
Confidential, for authorized service technicians only!
Do not disclose this information to or share these documents with third parties.

TECHNICAL SERVICE:
Stamer Musikanlagen GmbH • Magdeburger Str. 8 • 66606 St.Wendel • Germany
Music & Sales P.E. GmbH • Leipziger Str. 3 • 66606 St.Wendel • Germany
 1 E 9590288
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21
21 20 E 9580257 (230/245V) 13
E 9580258 (100/117V)

21
Pos.Nr. part-no. 1 description quantity
21 E 9440001 8
1 9590288 Auto Bias Module 1
11 E 9520341
E 9740223 19
20 SPARE PARTS FOR 5490035
22
23
12 E 9580256

6
9 E 9440051 17 E 9660122
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E 5900064 5 no spare part

E 9500102 10
E 5490022 1

E 9700962 18 3 E 5490036
HU0212-KU-R02-1A 7 E 7201098
10 HU0211-BL-R05-2A
2 E 5490035 23 E 9760264
HU0211-KU-R01-2A

22 E 9760232
HU0210-BL-R02-1B
21
16 16 E 9590397 (240V) 14 20 E 9740245
16 16 E 9590479 (230V) 21
E 9590396 (120V) 20 21
16 16
E 9590395 (100V) 19
16 16 HU0212-BL-R03-1A 21 E 9740527
E 9660114 16 E 5490037 4 21
24
24
E 9660122 17 E 9590161 1
TITLE:
HU0212- GRAND MEISTER 36 HEAD
COMPLETE
66606 St. Wendel / Germany
ARTICLE-NO.:
24 1007308
DRAWING-NO.: VERSION:
E 9760266 24 HU0212-EX-R01-1A 1 REVISION: A
DRAWN BY: DATE: PAGE:
Pos.Nr. part-no. 1 description quantity CORINNA LITZ 11.01.2014 1
INDEX CHANGES RESP. CHECKED BY: DATE:
1 9590161 Effectboard H&K 8xDSP 1 BERND SCHNEIDER 02.04.2014 2 PAGES
MATERIAL: FINISH:
-
SPARE PARTS FOR 5490037 FILENAME:
HU0212-EX-R01-1A_GRANDMEISTER36-HEAD
 Pos.Nr. part no. 1 part no. 2 part no. 3 part no. 4 description Beschreibung quantity
1 5490022 TM36H lightboard TM36H Lightboard 1
2 5490035 TM36C Mainboard TM36C Mainboard 1
3 5490036 GM36 Rearboard Rearboard TM36 1
4 5490037 TM GM36 uC/àC Platine TM GM36 uC/àC Platine 1
5 5900064 ERP Module with housing ERP Modul mit Gehaeuse 1
6 7201097 metal sheet insert left TM36 Head Einlegeblech links TM36 Head 1
7 7201098 metal sheet insert right TM36 Head Einlegeblech rechts TM36 Head 1
8 9440001 Tube 12Ax7A China selected Röhre 12Ax7A China selected 1
9 9440051 Power Tube EL84 Endst.Röhre EL84 1
10 9500102 toggle switch Tubemeister Series Hebelschalter TM-Serie 2
11 9520341 mains inlet 3528 Typ T5 TM Serie Netzbuchse Model 3528 Typ T5 TM Serie 1
12 9580256 Audio-Transformer TM36 H/C Ausgangsübertrager TM36 H/C 1
13 9580257 9580258 Mains-Transformer TM36H/C Netztrafo TM36H/C 1
(230/245V) (100/117V)
14 9590397 9590479 9590396 9590395 bottom plate TM36 Head Bodenplatte TM36 Head bedruckt 1
(240V) (230V) (120V) (100V)
15 9590485 top cover black TM36H /GM36H Deckel schwarz TM36H /GM36H 1
16 9660114 knurled cylinder knob Chrome TM Series Knopf Chrome TM Series 9
17 9660122 knob GM36 chicken head flat Knopf GM36 Chicken Head 2
18 9700962 HU0210 Plexiglas HU0210 Plexiglas 1
19 9740223 lens flange head screw M4x20 black Linsenflanschkopfschraube M4x20sw 2
20 9740245 toothed lock washer, D=4.3, IZ, zinc plated Fächer-Scheibe iz, 4,3 vz 4
21 9740527 lens flange head screw M4x25 black Linsenflanschkopfschraube M4x25sw 10
22 9760232 handle TM18 Head Griff TM18 Head 2
23 9760264 side part TM36 H Kunststoff-Seitenteil TM36 H 2
24 9760266 Rubber Foot 22x12 TM-H Series Gummifuß 22x12 Tubemeister H 4
TITLE:
HU0212- GRAND MEISTER 36 HEAD
COMPLETE
66606 St. Wendel / Germany
ARTICLE-NO.:
1007308
DRAWING-NO.: VERSION:
HU0212-EX-R01-1A 1 REVISION: A
DRAWN BY: DATE: PAGE:
CORINNA LITZ 11.01.2014 2
INDEX CHANGES RESP. CHECKED BY: DATE:
BERND SCHNEIDER 02.04.2014 2 PAGES
MATERIAL: FINISH:
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+350V TP2
U1A +15V TP1 TP-THT30
R41 Clean Gain Z1
NA

6
10n/63V MC33078P(MOT) TP-THT30 5 MC33078P(MOT) REL1B

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB
+ R38 T2B FK237-SA220H
INPUT 100K/1W

8
C3 7 U1B 100K/1W 4
R5 220K R40
J1 T 3 6 C14
+ VCC

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB
R135 - R9
TS 1 +350V 3

BZX79C_2V7 BZX79C_2V7
1K0 D1 1MEG 1MEG
2 22n/400V
- 47R R11
2 7

1n/400V
C4

1
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C21
4
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100K/1W
S R10 VEE ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB 6N8/400V FRT5-1-24V
D 1MEG -15V D5 D

C54

C55

R39
RM122-02 C22

2u2/35V-T

2u2/35V-T
+ BZX55V_3V9 C20 C25

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB
330p/100V-K C7 C15 47p/100V-K
+ C11 R28 220n/250V TP4
D6 2 2
D2

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-22V BZX55V_3V9
10K R13 47K 220K R42 TP-THT30

6
22n/63V R82 22n/400V 22u/50V
REL1C R19
R2 C57
BZX55V_3V9 BZX55V_3V9 7 330K HO1
680R/1W
MMBF4416

R8 470K R88
C2 NDK-R0-B32
1u/63V TP3 91K/1W
D3 D4 8 HO2

3
JP7 R3 220R C8 Q30 TP-THT30 R140
7 NDK-R0-B32
Light Power

MTA100-02P 2K2 4u7/63V MMBF4416 9 HO3

47n/63V
C1 C9 R25 R64 R6 R61 1K0
2 R30 FET-LE/UL NDK-R0-B32
1u/63V

C13
1 100K 1K0 2K7 FRT5-1-24V 1K8 HO4
47K 4MEG7
R55 R22 T1B Q32 R80 1u/63V NDK-R0-B40

100n/63V-K
470n/63V
3K3 470K C39 HO5
Q26 R24 R74 MMBF4416 NDK-R0-B40

C49

8
D24
HO6
4MEG7 33K
NDK-R0-B40
1N4148
HO7
FET-LE/UL NDK-R0-B30
R141
FET-CL/CR HO8
D8 NDK-R0-B32
2MEG2 D25 +15V U2A

8
1N4007G +390V +380V +370V +350V +280V HO9
470R/5W R53 R54 R99 1N4148 C48 MC33078P(MOT) TP8
VCC + 3 NDK-R0-B32
100n/63V-K TP-THT30
1 HO10
R51 4K7/2W 10K/1W 15K/1W TP7 MC33078P(MOT)
D7

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C35

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C36
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VEE 22u/63V D19 TJC3-7P

BZX55V_3V9
-15V

22K R27
HU0212-SP-R01_PowerAmp 4K7 MMBF4416 JP9

D28
C60
82U/450V

68U/450V

4u7/450V

4u7/450V

4u7/450V

TO REAR BORD
1N4007G R50 HU0212-SP-R01_PowerAmp.Sch R102 Q2 LED-T7 7
D9 Poweramp-IN C17 LED-T6 6
150K/1W Poweramp-IN R98 D23 D27
R15 LED-T5 5
47p/100V-K 47K
4MEG7 LED-T4 4
+390V +390V +5V +5V R26 BZX55V_3V9 BZX55V_3V9
C6 3
+22V L7815CV +15V Q31 220p/100V-K 2
D11 +380V +380V LED-T7 4MEG7 R23 220K
U3 MMBF4416 C12 1
I O TP5 10u/63V

Speaker-Signal
A-BIAS-Switch
1N4007G TP-THT30 +370V +370V LED-T6 R16 R73 24K
T400mA L/250V

100n/63V-K D26 R20 R L

36W-Mode
FET-CL
C51 2MEG2
C29 C28 +22V +22V LED-T5 3K9 R79 3K3 RK16-A250K P9
1N4007G C5
3300U/25V 100n/63V-K
-63V -63V LED-T4 220R R145 10n/63V MASTER
FU1

2200u/25V 100n/63V-K
C30 L7915CV
C50 36W-Mode
U4
C33
 1N4007G
C

100n/63V-K Standby A-BIAS-Switch

D12
I O TP9
TP-THT30 Speaker-Signal
C44

220u/63V -15V F-TJC3-20-2.5

47u/100V

D13
1N4007G C43 FET-UL W1
FET-CL/CR 100n/63V-K Preamp-OUT 20
220R/1W 47K R36 +5V

100n/63V-K
C24

R
C42 -22V FET-LE/UL C26 19

PRESENCE
RESONANCE
R83 TP-THT30 220R -15V

RK16-B10K
D14 100n/63V-K 18

RK16-B10K
Ret. PreTube
TP10 C10 R7 R31
MC33079N(ST) MC33079N(ST) +5V 17

P7

P8
1N4007G 47K +22V
B 220u/63V -63V U5B U5D Resonance 16 B
R35
5 12 Presence 15
+ +
7 14 14
T800mA L/250V

Clean

TO µC BORD
220R 100n/63V-K
PT10LV-250R

10K R46

10K R48
6 13 13

100R/1W

NA Crunch

R66

L
- - C27
T4B

T5B

T6B

T7B
4

12
EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

Lead
R85
ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB

R120
L

R65 3K3 BC807-25 REL1A Ultra 11

R70
FU2

6K8
MC33079N(ST) 10
47K
+15V U5A
100R
1
+ +5V
9
LED-Store

1N4148
C23 Q22
C63 LED-FX-Access 8
100n/63V-K R144
100R/1W

220n/63V 10 7

D22
Store-Access-SW
R86

3 6
PT1

VCC + 22K -
T1C

T2C

T3C

1 10 D17 5
Standby
R
9

NA U5C + +15V
10K R47

10K R60

2 8 1N4148 -22V FRT5-1-24V 4

-
9 Send PreTube 3
FASTON-4.8-ST -

10K R62
Mains Transformer  Mains Connector 2
11

JP15 MC33079N(ST) R63

VEE Input Signal 1
No.: HU0211-TR-R01-xx 240V = T800mAL/250V  -15V
10K
220-230V = T800mAL/250V R90
120V = T1,6AL/250V 220R/1W Clean
FASTON-4.8-ST
Crunch
6,3VAC

JP14 100V = T2AL/250V

240VAC Lead
or 120VAC FASTON-4.8-ST Ultra
MAINS
NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
FASTON-4.8-ST
230VAC
 Mains Standby JP6
+5V
LED-Store
LED-FX-Access HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB
JP13
330R R125

330R R126

or 100VAC Switch Switch

330R R34

330R R43
L-934CB/1ID
17VAC

L-934CB/1ID

R12 Title:
FASTON-4.8-ST 10K
Store FX-Access GrandMeister 36
SW4C WPML2-N-B SW3C
JP12 WPML2-N-B
A  Mainboard Preamp Powersupply A
LD4

LD1

66606 St. Wendel / Germany

CRUNCH

JP5
CLEAN

LEAD

ULTRA

150R R121 150R R29

270VAC

FASTON-4.8-ST 130°C WPML2-N-B R14 WPML2-N-B R21 Number: HU0212-SP-R01 Version: 1 Revision: C
10n/63V-K

FASTON-4.8-ST
JP11 SW4A 22K SW3A 10K
1 1
FASTON-4.8-ST Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 Page: 1
3MM-R

3MM-R

0VAC

C16

2 3 2 3
LD3

LD2

JP1
N L2 L1 4 4
FASTON-4.8-ST Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 7 Pages
ErP-Modul 5 FASTON-4.8-ST FASTON-4.8-ST 6 5 6
JP10
Only for WPML2-N-B JP2 JP16 WPML2-N-B PCB No.:
230VAC SW4B SW3B
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+390V +390V Poweramp-IN

+380V +380V
36 Watt 
FASTON-4.8-ST Audiotransformer
+370V +370V
JP8
+390V
+22V +22V
D D
-63V -63V FASTON-4.8-LG

No.: HU0211-TR-R02-xx
Anode1 JP3
Poweramp-IN
TP16
TP-THT30
FASTON-4.8-LG
+370V C18 JP4

7
-63V
+5V +5V

7
22n/400V -63V
R52 R129 R131 R123 R124 T4A

Anode2
68K 82K/2W 91K/2W 39K 39K 6
R32 R33 T5A
C69 39K 39K 6 9

EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

1K0/2W R134
9 2
LED-T7

R138
R148 22p/500V-K C70
R136

EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S

1K0/2W R93
150K 2
C67 LED-T6
100n/250V 2K7 R84

2K7
22n/400V LED-T5
220K
R44

3
Q23
220K STP10NK60ZFP LED-T4
1

3
+380V

22u/63V
T3A T3B Q14
C STP10NK60ZFP A-BIAS-Switch C
+380V

22u/63V

C61
TP-THT30
TP-THT30 R132 36W-Mode
TP12
TP11

C40
2 7
R89 1R5/1W TP6 TP15
TP-THT30 TP-THT30
ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB

ECC83S-CZ-N-PCB

C71 1R5/1W
C53
R96
Speaker-Signal
Speaker-Signal
10K
22n/400V 10u/63V
3

7
EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S 1K0/2W EL84M-RS-N-PCB-S 1K0/2W
R17 R130 T6A R92 T7A R133
1MEG 470R 2K7
R18 +22V
1MEG 6 6 23
VCC
22

R139
IN-T4
22n/400V IN +TUBE-1
R137

R45 9 9 IN-T5 21
2K7

C19 220K R87 IN +TUBE-2

20
220K IN - REF
2 2 IN-T6 19
R56 IN +TUBE-3
IN-T7 18
10K C68 IN +TUBE-4
SPK-Signal 17
27K R75

C41

100n/250V SIGNAL
10K R76

10K R77

27K R78

16
22u/63V

27K R107

27K R108
GND

10K R57

10K R59
15

TSC SYSTEM
GND

22u/63V
14
3

3
STP10NK60ZFP STP10NK60ZFP +5V OUT +5V
13

TP14
36W-Mode

C62
Q15 Q24 D01-SDA

TP-THT30
12
R106 TP-THT30 D02-SCL
OFF-Switch-T5-6 11
4K7 TP13 OFF TUBE2-3
B OFF-Switch-T4-7 10 B
OFF TUBE1-4
A-BIAS-Switch 9
R91 R4 SERVICE
LED-T4 8
LED-TUBE-1
LED-T5 7
1R5/1W 1R5/1W LED-TUBE-2
LED-T6 6
LED-TUBE-3
LED-T7 5
LED-TUBE-4
PWM-T4 4
OUT TUBE-1
PWM-T5 3
OUT TUBE-2
PWM-T6 2
OUT TUBE-3
PWM-T7 1
1N4007G OUT TUBE-4
D15 D16
Q7 Q16 MODUL1
R37 R58 1N4007G R101 R119 BIAS-MOD_EXT-LED_RD0711
C52
R94 C64
3K3 2u2/63V 22K 2u2/63V 22K
100K BC546B 100K BC546B

R95
Standby
Standby
3K3 NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB

Title:
GrandMeister 36
A 66606 St. Wendel / Germany
Mainboard Poweramp A

Number: HU0212-SP-R01 Version: 1 Revision: C

Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 Page: 2

Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 7 Pages

PCB No.:

All rights reserved. No part of this schematic may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author. Filename: HU0212-SP-R01_PowerAmp.Sch

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HO1 Speaker-Out T J6
NDK-R0-B40 36 Watt REL1C TS
HO2 Audiotransformer SPEAKER+ 8 +15V -15V 10
+15V Speaker Out
JP4 SW1D

2200µH-LBC 2200µH-LBC 150R/5W

150R/5W

150R/5W

150R/5W

150R/5W

2,2uF/25V-TC

2,2uF/25V-TC
NDK-R0-B40 REL2B REL3B 11 12 U1A 8 to 16 Ohms

Soak-IN

8
FASTON-4.8-LG

22R/5W

15R/5W 22R/5W
HO3 9 5 5 MC33078 SS

A-Transf-Out

R10

R11

R12

R92

R93
WPML4-S-Y 3
+ VCC

C12

C13
NDK-R0-B40 R29 S

R95
1

R7
HO4 10 4 4
MC33079 2

No.: HU0211-TR-R02-xx
NDK-R0-B40 12 - 680R* RM122-02
+ U2D
ST4002H24W L1 L3 3 3 14

4
R89 2200µH-LBC 13 10u/63V

R8
Z1 1n/63V - VEE
REL1B ST4002H24W ST4002H24W NA C14
HALTEBOLZEN-LG R94 C6 -15V
D 5 REL2C REL3C 22K* R21 D
R24 R28 R26
JP1 S20K50 8 8
15R/5W C11 47p-K*
FASTON-4.8-LG 4 L2 L4
SPEAKER- 2200µH-LBC
R9
9 9
10MEG* 24K* 100K*
1
JP3 C7 C29
3 22K* R22 3
FASTON-4.8-LG 15R/5W Redbox Out
10 10 R4 2
1n/63V 330p-K* 3n3/63V
ST4002H24W +15V 10K* 4
ST4002H24W 33n/63V ST4002H24W
C9 C31 R25 XLR/M-NC3MAAH
R27

4
MC33079 R77 MC33079
R1 33K* R2 U2A 470R* 12K* R79 MC33078 JP2
3 9 U2C 5
R32 + VCC R14 C4 - 470R* 100K* + U1B 100K*
C37 1 680R* 8 7
R84 3K3* 10K* 100n/63V C5 R15 R3 10K*
R13 2 10 6
F-TJC3-7-2.5 ErP-Signal R16 - R23 + - 10u/63V TP-SMD10
470R* TP109 R31
W2 1MEG0* R6 10K* R30 TP1
From Mainboard

7 LED-T7 10n-K+ 22K* TP-SMD10 100n/63V 5K6* 33n/63V 1n/63V C30 C15

11
15K* 15K*

Tube Service
6 LED-T6 VEE C17 C8 C10
R90 MC33079 R75 15K* R76 C36 100p-K* 680R*
5 5 -15V C34 100n/63V

150p-K*
LED-T5
2K2* C1 + U2B 7 R5
4 LED-T4 MMBF4416 10n/63V
3 A-BIAS-Switch 6 R20 10K*
- 4MEG7* R82 Q1 R54 27K* R17 Modern Cab TP-SMD10
2 36W-Mode 39K* +15V 1n/63V TP2
1 Speaker-Signal 47n/63V WPML4-S-Y

4K7*
R19 BC817-25 4 C28
47n/63V Q4 -15V BC807-25 MMBF4416 5SW1B 6
4K7* 120K* 470K* Q3 Q2 SW1C 7
C2 R83
R18 R81 R38 27K* 8 9
D15 R62 4MEG7*
WPML4-S-Y 1 Modern Cab
UDZS12B 22K* R55 22K* 2 3
NA R34 -15V SW1A SW1E
-15V
C16 10n-K* WPML4-S-Y 2K2* R80 LD1 LD2 LD3 LD4
WPML4-S-Y
C 10K* 3MM-R 3MM-R 3MM-R 3MM-R C
Tube4 Tube5 Tube6 Tube7

F-TJC3-16-2.5
W1 10K*
16 R-Box-Resonance
R35
15 SPK-Connect 100n-K+
+5V
14 Soak-SW C38
C19 C18 R85
13 Powersoak-Relay
ErP-Signal
From µC Board

12 MIDI-OUT 10n-K*
47K*
11 MIDI-IN 10u/63V
R59
10 T
+5V
9 Preamp-OUT ST4002H24W ST4002H24W +22V ST4002H24W TS J3
R41 220-
8 REL3A REL2A REL1A +15V FX - Send
+22V 220R*
7 Ret. EXT-FX U3A
+ + +

PMLL4148

PMLL4148

PMLL4148

8
6 D7 1 D8 1 D9 1 MC33078 SS
+15V R71 C23
5 +5V 3 S
-15V 100R* 470n/63V + VCC
4 Send EXT-FX +22V 12 12 12 1 RM122-02
3 Gate-Signal +15V 2
TL082CD D1 D2 R44 - - - R42 -

4
2 U4A
2K2* 100K*
8

1 NF-to-Gate 3 T
+ VCC

4
PMLL4148 PMLL4148 R51
3 1 VEE TS J4
+ V+ U4B
1 5 2 -15V FX - Return
+ - 2K2*
2 7 U6A
-
6 SS
11
C21 - MC33079
RK16-A10K TL082CD VEE S

100n-K*
4

R73
R

470n/63V V- R47 MC33079 RM122-02

C26
INTENSITY

C3

PMLL4148

PMLL4148
D3

D4
Noise Gate

2K2*

BZX85C_12V
B P1 47p-K* 5 U6B B
C22 R33 R70 + 1K0*
7
C20 D13 D14
6
3K3* 4MEG7* R56 R57 47K* - R43

D10
470n/63V 100K* UDZS6.8B UDZS6.8B
R48 MC33079
R63 C24 10p-K* 47K* R36 10u/63V
2K2* 10 U6C
L

+15V + -15V
8 T
220R* 10K* MC33078
+22V 9 5 TS J5
- + U3B R74
C25 36W-Mode 7
R37 R49 R40 Preamp Line Out
RXE020-60V/0.2A +5V 100n-K* MC33079 BC817-25 6
10K* 2K2* - 220-
FU1 U5 12 U6D SS
R91 + R58 Q6 22K*
1 6 14 S

100p-K*
D11 R61
13 Soak-SW RM122-02
PMLL4148 560R* - 47K*

C41
2 4 MIDI-IN ZMM2.7 TP-SMD10
R50 47K*
R39 +5V TP7
C27
10R/1W R78

220R* R60

D12 3 5 5 1 2K2* 22K* R53 TP-SMD10

NC +5V VCC A R52 2K2*
4 MIDI-OUT TP8
Y R46
C35 H11L1M 3 2 22p-K* C39 NA
GND B 2K2* 10K* R96
100u/25V
R68 R69 NA ErP-Signal
SN74LVC1G08
220- 220- 22K*
U7 100n-K+
+5V
18W 5W 1W Speaker OFF NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
JST-S03B-EH
39K* R72

15K* R86

6K8* R87

2K7* R88
JP5 HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB
ErP-Modul

WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y

R45 C33
6
1
4
2
5
3
7

1
4
2
5
3

+5V 3 SW2C SW3C SW4C SW5C

+15V R 12K*
2 Title:
ErP-Signal G GrandMeister 36
BC817-25

1 10n-K*
B
C40
A 2,2uF/10V-TA R97 WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y 66606 St. Wendel / Germany
Rearboard A
Q5

10K* SW2A 1 SW3A 1 SW4A 1 SW5A 1

J1 J2 ErP-Function OFF 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
Number: HU0211-SP-R02 Version: 1 Revision: C
1 4 4 4 4
MAB7_SH-L MAB5SH
3 2 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6
10n-K*

Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 17.04.2013 Page: 3

C32

MIDI IN MIDI THRU / OUT SFB-12-02V SW2B SW3B SW4B SW5B

SW6 WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y WPML2-N-Y Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 17.04.2013 7 Pages

1K0* R64 1K0* R65 1K0* R66 1K0* R67 PCB No.:

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HU0212-SP-R03_Gain_EQ.Sch
HU0212-SP-R03_Gain-Preamp_EQ-Section
JP1
TJC3-20P
Input Signal 1
Input Signal
2
Send PreTube 3
Send PreTube
D 4 D
5
Ret. PRE-TUBE +15V
6
+15V +15V
Store-Access-SW 7

+5V +5V GAIN PREAMP _ EQ SECTION Send EXT-FX

LED-FX-Access
LED-Store

Ultra
+5V
8
9
10
11
TO MAINBOARD
Lead 12
SGND Ret. EXT-FX
Crunch 13
Clean 14

Send MOD-FX

Send REVERB
LED-FX-Loop
Preamp-OUT

Ret. MOD-FX

Ret. REVERB
Presence 15

LED-Boost
Resonance 16

C-Gain1
17
+22V

Clean

Ultra
18

Lead

SDA
Ret. PRE-TUBE

SCL
+7,5V +7,5V
19
-15V
Preamp-OUT 20

+15V

R13
R5
10K*
1K0*

Q1 R12 Q8
U15
2SB1188 FX-Vcc 1 2 BC807-25 10n-K*
+5V V IN P2_0 10K*
3 4 Q2 C21
C1 Ctrl_A P2_1
5 6 BC817-25
C 100n-K* VCC P2_2 2MEG2* C

LED-FX-Loop
7 8 +7,5V

MMBF4416
S GND P2_3 TP204

LED-Boost
9 10 Send MOD-FX R17 R23
P3_NT0 A-IN_A TPTHTH25
C-Gain1

R1 11 12 Ret. MOD-FX +5V 470R*

MMBF4416
Clean

GND AOUT_A
Lead

Ultra
SDA

2K2*
SCL

13 14 Ret. REVERB Q9 R35

OVFM AOUT_B Q7 R22
DFX-TX 15 16 DFX-RX 100R
P3_TXD P3_RXD BC807-25
17 18 Send REVERB
Ctrl_B A-IN_B 2MEG2*

470n/63V
19 20 C20
Ctrl_C Ctrl_D

Q10
R18 D1

FX-P-OFF_MOSI2

R19
R8 R9 220K* PMLL4148

47K*
FX-DSP_HU1405

100uF/16V-S6
22K* 22K*
R10
22K* 22K* R27

C22
Q3
HU0212-SP-R03_Contr.Sch

Gate-Signal
MUTE
BC817-25

LED-N-Gate
HU0212-SP-R03_Controllers R11

22K*
-15V
MUTE
C-Gain1
Clean

Lead

SDA

LED-Boost

DFX-RX
SCL

Ultra

LED-FX-Loop

FX-Power-OFF

DFX-TX LED-N-Gate
JP2
TJC3-16P
Store-Access-SW
NF-to-Gate 1
2
LED-FX-Access
3
Send EXT-FX 4
LED-Store
5
-15V
6
Ultra +15V
B Ret. EXT-FX 7 B
8
Lead +22V TO REARBOARD
Preamp-OUT 9
+22V +22V
10
Crunch +5V
MIDI-IN 11
MIDI-OUT 12
+5V +5V

SGND
MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEM Clean

Presence
Powersoak-Relay
Soak-SW
SPK-Connect
13
14
15
R-Box-Resonance 16
Resonance

MIDI-IN
JP3
MIDI-OUT
HO3 HO4 HO1 HO2 GND
FASTON-4.8-LG
Powersoak-Relay
NDK-R0-B40NDK-R0-B40NDK-R0-B40 NDK-R0-B40
Soak-SW

SPK-Connect

R-Box-Resonance NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed

HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB

Title:
GrandMeister 36
µC and Digi-Pot Board
A A
66606 St. Wendel / Germany Connectors and Noise-Gate
Number: HU0212-SP-R01 Version: 1 Revision: C

Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 Page: 4

Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 7 Pages

PCB No.:

All rights reserved. No part of this schematic may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author. Filename: HU0212-SP-R03_Connec.Sch

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+5V R14
+22V
R48 R49 10K*
FX-P-OFF_MOSI2 1K0* CH-SW2_MOSI1
1K0*
TP-2X3-R2.54-B TP-2X3-R2.54-B C27
TP202 +5V TP201 +5V
R36 R37

1,0uF/16V-TA
Powersoak-Relay MISO2 1 2 CH-SW1 CH-SW1_MISO1 1 2 R51
+5V +5V 2K2*
SCK2 3 4 SCK1 3 4
1K0* R39 4K7* R40
5 6 5 6

2,20uF/35V-S3
10K* R38 10K*
CH-SW2

C25
4K7*
D D

Powersoak-Out
C4 C5 C6
C2
R46 100n-K* 100n-K* +5V R47
+5V
+5V +5V
100n-K*
100n-K* Slave 1R0* Master 1R0*
U13 U12
C3 C7
4 4
VCC +5V VCC +5V
6 6
VCC VCC
R-Box-Resonance 12 Boost-SW 12
PB0 (CLKO/ICP1) 100n-K* PB0 (CLKO/ICP1) 100n-K*
13 FX-Loop-SW 13
PB1 (OC1A) PB1 (OC1A)
Crunch 14 18 C26 220n-K- N-Gate-SW 14 18 C30 220n-K-
PB2 (SS/OC1B) AVCC PB2 (SS/OC1B) AVCC
FX-P-OFF_MOSI2 15 20 15 20
PB3 (MOSI/OC2A) AREF PB3 (MOSI/OC2A) AREF
16 21 16 21
PB4 (MISO) GND PB4 (MISO) GND
17 17
PB5 (SCK) PB5 (SCK)
Lead 7 19 Reverb 7 19 Resonance
PB6 (XTAL1/TOSC1) ADC6 PB6 (XTAL1/TOSC1) ADC6
Ultra 8 22 Treble_Del-Level 8 22 Presence
PB7 (XTAL2/TOSC2) ADC7 PB7 (XTAL2/TOSC2) ADC7
DFX-TX 30 23 Mid_Feedback MIDI-IN 30 23 POWERFAIL
PD0 (RXD) (ADC0) PC0 PD0 (RXD) (ADC0) PC0
DFX-RX 31 24 Bass_Del-Time MIDI-OUT 31 24 Store-Access-SW
PD1 (TXD) (ADC1) PC1 PD1 (TXD) (ADC1) PC1
Clean 32 25 Vol_Mod-Type 32 25 Soak-SW
PD2 (INT0) (ADC2) PC2 PD2 (INT0) (ADC2) PC2
LED-Store 1 26 Gain_Intensity I2C-Gate 1 26
PD3 (OC2B/INT1) (ADC3) PC3 PD3 (OC2B/INT1) (ADC3) PC3
LED-FX-Access 2 27 C-SDA MUTE 2 27 C-SDA
PD4 (XCK/T0) (ADC4/SDA) PC4 PD4 (XCK/T0) (ADC4/SDA) PC4
LED-Boost 9 28 C-SCL C-Gain1 9 28 C-SCL
PD5 (OC0B/T1) (ADC5/SCL) PC5 PD5 (OC0B/T1) (ADC5/SCL) PC5
LED-FX-Loop 10 29 RESET2 Slave-RESET 10 29 RESET1
PD6 (OC0A/AIN0) (RESET) PC6 PD6 (OC0A/AIN0) (RESET) PC6
LED-N-Gate 11 SPK-Connect 11
PD7 (AIN1) PD7 (AIN1)
3 3
GND GND R117 R118
5 BC817-25 5
GND Q4 GND
C R41 4K7* 4K7* C
ATMEGA88-PA Slave-RESET ATMEGA168-PA
10K* 1MEG0*
R53
+5V +5V
22p-K*
BOOST C28 C29
SW2C 22p-K*
X1
R52 WPML2-N-R
LED-Boost CTS-406-8MHZ-18PF
330R* CHANNEL SWITCH
BOOST BASS (DEL-Time)
SW2A 1 SW1A SW1C Bass_Del-Time +5V
R2 SR1102F-0404-TH SR1102F-0404-TH
2 3

100R*
+5V

R
WPML2-N-R 5 15 +5V Resonance
1K0* Resonance

R57
SW2B Clean 4 14 Clean C12 P3
4 3 13 U14 Presence
5 6
Crunch Crunch 100n-K*
8 1
Presence
Boost-SW
Lead 2 12 Lead RK16-B10K
7
VCC NC
2 Store-Access-SW
WPML2-N-R Ultra Ultra WP NC Store-Access-SW
C8 1 11 3
100n-K* NC +22V +22V
Soak-SW
L
SW1B SW1D Soak-SW
5 C-SDA
SR1102F-0404-TH SR1102F-0404-TH SDA +5V +5V
4 6 C-SCL SPK-Connect
MID (Feedback) VSS SCL SPK-Connect
FX LOOP 10 20
SGND
Clean 9 19 Clean Mid_Feedback +5V CAT24C16WI LED-Store
RK16-B10K-BR
WPML2-N-B LED-Store
8 18
Crunch Crunch
100R*

R54 SW3C
R

LED-FX-Loop LED-FX-Access
R58

Lead 7 17 Lead P4A LED-FX-Access

B 150R* Ultra Ultra C11 B
6 16 100n-K* MUTE
FX LOOP MUTE
SW3A 1 CH-SW1 Powersoak-Relay
R3 Powersoak-Relay RK16-B10K-BR RK16-B10K-BR
2 3 CH-SW2 10n-K* 10n-K*
+5V P6B P4B
WPML2-N-B R-Box-Resonance C31 C32
L

1K0* R-Box-Resonance BR1 BR4 BR1 BR4

SW3B BR2 BR3 BR2 BR3
4 Clean
Clean
FX-Loop-SW 5 6 GAIN (Intensity)
C9 WPML2-N-B TREBLE (DEL-Level) Crunch
Crunch
100n-K* Treble_Del-Level +5V Gain_Intensity +5V
TPTHTH25 Lead
100R*

100R*

Lead
R59
R

TP205 SMD-Passer:
P5
R56

C10 C13 TPTHTH25 Ultra

100n-K* 100n-K* Ultra
P1 TP206 TP12
NOISE GATE RK16-B10K RK16-B10K
C-Gain1
C-Gain1
TP-SMD10
I2C-Gate
R55 WPML2-N-B SW4C TP13
LED-N-Gate C-SCL DFX-RX
DFX-RX TP-SMD10
L

150R* C-SDA
DFX-TX
R42 R45 DFX-TX
NOISE GATE 1 REVERB VOLUME (MOD-Type) 10K* 10K*
SW4A FX-P-OFF_MOSI2
R4
2 3 +5V +5V
FX-P-OFF_MOSI2 NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
RK16-B10K-BR

Reverb Vol_Mod-Type
+5V
WPML2-N-B LED-Boost HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB
100R*

100R*

1K0* LED-Boost
R60
R

Q6
R61

SW4B 4 C15 P6A C16 Q5 LED-FX-Loop Title:

BC817-25 LED-FX-Loop GrandMeister 36
N-Gate-SW 5 6 100n-K* 100n-K* P2 BC817-25
WPML2-N-B RK16-B10K
LED-N-Gate
LED-N-Gate µC and Digi-Pot Board
A C14 A
100n-K* R43
SDA
66606 St. Wendel / Germany Microcontroller System
+5V SDA
L

10K* Number: HU0212-SP-R01 Version: 1 Revision: C

SCL
SCL
Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 Page: 5
R44
Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 7 Pages
10K*
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TP207
Ret. REVERB
TPTHTH25 Ret. REVERB
+15V +15V R79 C46
+15V +15V
R62 R64 22K 10,0uF/16V-S4 Preamp-OUT
Input Signal
+5V +5V Input Signal

8
U1A 2n2/63V
R15 10K 10MEG* C44 MC33078
3 MC33078 Preamp-OUT
10K* SGND + VCC R7 U4B
U5A 1 5
U1B + R87
13 2 7
MC33078 Hi - 1K0

AD5282BRU20
R78 1K0

A1 2
14 6
+15V +15V A 2K2 -
5 12 U8B

4
+ Lo R80 R85 22K
D 7 VEE47p-K* D
+7,5V 22K
6 HCF4053BM1 C42 W1
3 Send PreTube
- C34 C35 C41 Send PreTube
+15V
TP203 2,2uF/25V-TC 2,2uF/25V-TC 10n/63V

4 B1
GAIN2

10,0uF/16V-S4
R16

8
22,0uF/16V-S4 U4A
10K* TPTHTH25 R74 R75
C33 3 MC33078
C37 R77 + VCC
1

C45
47K 47K 4K7
2
+7,5V -

HCF4053BM1
1n/63V R6 R76 R63 C17
R65

A2 16

15
AD5282BRU20
1K0 4K7 10K
10MEG*

4
U5B 100n-K* VEE
C38

B
GAIN1 R73 D2
+7,5V W2
15

Lo

Hi
Ret. PRE-TUBE 27K PMLL4148

14 B2
U8C 100n/63V R106
R90 D3 R100
820R 10,0uF/16V-S4
220R R91 R105 2K2
Ret. PRE-TUBE C58 C49

1
+7,5V PMLL4148 C18 C59
220R* 8K2 100n-K* Send REVERB
C23 33n/63V 22,0uF/16V-S4
100uF/16V-S6 Send REVERB
C55 TP209

PMLL4148
R81

PMLL4148
12K 330p-K* TPTHTH25
680p/100V-K C57
C53 TP208 R28
U5C
AD5282BRU200 220n/63V TPTHTH25

D5
D4
3 220n/63V 22K*
C56 Hi
2

TREBLE 4
C
U6A 5
C54 R68 Lo
13 A1 U2B RESONANCE
Hi 2K2 10MEG*
14 3
W1 5 MC33078 HCF4053BM1
C A + R104 R98 C

3
12 7
Lo U9B 4K7

W1
6

2MEG2*

2MEG2*
560p/100V-K U11B
- R93 2K7 R96
5

3
HCF4053BM1 B1 4 B1 A1 2

R25
4

D6 D7
HCF4053BM1

4K7 MC33078
R108 5 U3B
AD5282BRU200

Hi
16

Lo

10MEG* ZMM5.6 ZMM5.6 +

2MEG2*
AD5282BRU20 470K* 7
15n/63V
BASS

R88 R66 R92 R102 C63

14
3K9 6
R24

R26

PRESENCE
R89 R99 R94 -
C

24K A2

B2
4K7 U10B 2K2 2K2
U6C 4K7
68K
15 W2
U9C AD5282BRU20 +15V R95 R107 U11C
15
Send EXT-FX 4K7 AD5282BRU20 W2
4

R97 Send EXT-FX U3A

8
U6B 2 4
14

R109
10MEG*
AD5282BRU20

A1 B1
2 B2 Ret. EXT-FX 3 MC33078
+ VCC

10,0uF/16V-S4

A2
A2 16 14

Lo C39 2K2 HCF4053BM1 Ret. EXT-FX

3 W1
15 U7A 1 R103
R67

HCF4053BM1

B 56n/63V C48 47n/63V 82K

16
1 VOLUME C47 2 C71
MID

15
Hi 10,0uF/16V-S4 - C70
A

220p-K* 1K5
U7B R84 22n/63V
HCF4053BM1 U10C C60
Lo
Hi

C69

4
C40 R115
VEE C68 22K

3
22,0uF/16V-S4 47n/63V

B
15K R116
15 W2 MC33078 22,0uF/16V-S4
10MEG* R83 R113
U7C +15V C62

Lo

Hi
13

12

Lo

Hi
R70 R110 33K
14 B2

56n/63V HCF4053BM1 33K

R72 U2A 22K

8
10MEG* C51
10MEG* 150K R114

C
3
+ VCC
2

R69 C64 1 TP210

Ret. MOD-FX
1
1n5/63V 10MEG* R86 C65 R112 33K 8K2 C52
C24 2 10,0uF/16V-S4

4
R71 22K 1n5/63V - TPTHTH25 10,0uF/16V-S4
100uF/16V-S6
C66 22,0uF/16V-S4
47p-K*

4
680p/100V-K C67 C61
C43 VEE
Ret. MOD-FX
B C50 B
R101 TP211
3n3/63V
+15V 2,2uF/25V-TC
R50 22K R82 2K2 TPTHTH25
C36 10,0uF/16V-S4
UDZS7.5B

BC817-25 Send MOD-FX

1K0* Send MOD-FX
Q11 +15V
R119
22K* R29
D12

47K* R20

22K* R30

47K* R21

22K* R31

22K* R33
22K* R32

R111 D19 R34 D20 D21

10K* +15V
SDA
470R/1W ZMM7.5 SDA 22K* ZMM2.7 ZMM2.7
U5D
C-Gain1-A-Switch 11 16 SCL
A Vdd SCL
LED-Boost D10 Boost-CR-LE-UL 10
LED-Boost B
Boost-UL 9 8
UDZS7.5B C Vss
+5V +15V +5V +15V +5V
D13 6 7 U8A U10A
D18 EN Vee
7 5 7 5
UDZS7.5B UDZS7.5B SCL VDD SCL VDD
Ultra HCF4053BM1 8 12 8 12
Ultra SDA VSS SDA VSS
D8 U6D 13 9 13 9
VL AD0 VL AD0
D14 UDZS7.5B CL 11 16 6 10 6 10
Lead A Vdd SHDN AD1 SHDN AD1
Lead UL 10 1 11 1 11
B O1 GND O1 GND
LE-UL 9 8
LL103B D15 UDZS7.5B C Vss
C-Gain1 AD5282BRU20 AD5282BRU20
C-Gain1
6 7
NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
EN Vee
D16 UDZS7.5B U9A U11A HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB
Clean
Clean HCF4053BM1 7 5 7 5
SCL VDD SCL VDD
U7D 8 12 8 12 Title:
D17 UDZS7.5B SDA VSS SDA VSS GrandMeister 36
LED-FX-Loop UL 11 16 13 9 13 9
LED-FX-Loop A Vdd VL AD0 VL AD0
CL 10 6 10 6 10 µC and Digi-Pot Board
B SHDN AD1 SHDN AD1
100p-K*
100p-K*

100p-K*

100p-K*

100p-K*

100p-K*

100p-K*

A D9 FX-Loop-ON 9 8 1 11 1 11 A
C Vss O1 GND O1 GND 66606 St. Wendel / Germany Pre Amp
6 7 AD5282BRU200 AD5282BRU20
R120 EN Vee Number: HU0212-SP-R01 Version: 1 Revision: C
LL103B
1K0* HCF4053BM1
+7,5V-A-Switch Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 Page: 6
C72

C73

C74

C75

C76

C77

C78

C19
100n-K*
Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 08.02.2013 7 Pages

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D D

ZM2CB45S-BLUE ZM2CB45S-BLUE ZM2CB45S-BLUE ZM2CB45S-BLUE ZM2CB45S-BLUE

C C
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5

TP1
TP-SMD10

TP2
TP-SMD10

HO1

NDK-R0-B15

HO2

NDK-R0-B15
B B

NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed

HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB

Title:
TubeMeister 36
A 66606 St. Wendel / Germany
LED Board A

Number: HU0211-SP-R03 Version: 1 Revision: A

Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 22.09.2011 Page: 4

Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 22.06.2011 5 Pages

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+5V

R11
BC807-25 100K* U5 +5V
Q5
R32 LM2594M-5.0 OPA2348AID
R6 1K0* 4 U4B 5

ON/OFF
BC817-25 FB +5V +
7 7 R48

GND
47K* Q9 IN L1
8 6 +5V 10K*
R23 OUT - OPA2348AID
U4A

VCC
150µH-LBC
R1

8
3K3* 22K*
D D2 3 D

6
D3 R45 R46 +
MBRA140T3 1
C5 C6
GND 2 R49
22,0uF/50V-S6 100uF/10V-S6 PMLL4148 10K* 10K* -

VEE
10K*

4
D1 D4 C12
GND GND GND GND GND
Q3 GND
R24 BZX55V_8V2 PMLL4148
22n-K* R25 R47 100n-K*
R44
22K* 220R* C9
BC556B GND GND
C1 22K* 4K7*
22,0uF/10V-S4
C11
+5V TP-SMD-2X3-R2.54-B TP4
GND +5V +5V 1n5-K*
TP1 100K* R19
R12 MISO 1 2
BC807-25 R8
100K* R3 CLK 3 4 T2-MOSI R51
Q6 1K0*
R33 4K7* 5 6 10K* C15 47K*
R7 1K0* 470N-K+ R40
TP2 6
BC817-25 -
Q10 GND 7
47K*
RESET GND GND 5
R26 +
U2B
R2 1K0*
OPA2348AID
3K3* 22K* UDZS4.7B R21 R41
+5V +5V
100n-K*

C17 100K*
47K* R50

GND
GND R52 22n-K*
100n-K* 10R* C10 GND
C13

C C
D5

Q4 U1
R27 C14
GND GND GND 4
VCC
6 GND
22K* VCC 100K* R20 1K0*
BC556B T1 12
C2 PB0 (CLKO/ICP1) 100n-K* R42
PWM-Tube3 13 6
22,0uF/10V-S4 PB1 (OC1A) -
PWM-Tube4 14 18 C16 7
PB2 (SS/OC1B) AVCC
+5V T2-MOSI 15 20 5
PB3 (MOSI/OC2A) AREF GND +
GND MISO 16 21 U3B SL-23P23X1W
PB4 (MISO) GND 1K0* R43
CLK 17 220N-K+ OPA2348AID JP1
R13 PB5 (SCK) R22
LED-Tube1 7 19 Power-Voltage 23
BC807-25 100K* PB6 (XTAL1/TOSC1) ADC6 100K*
Q7 LED-Tube2 8 22 Bias-IN-Tube1 22
R38 PB7 (XTAL2/TOSC2) ADC7
Bias-IN-Tube2 21
R9 1K0* RXD 30 23 Shunt-Ref. 20
BC817-25 PD0 (RXD) (ADC0) PC0
Q11 TXD 31 24 GND Bias-IN-Tube3 19
47K* PD1 (TXD) (ADC1) PC1 C7 22n-K*
32 25 Bias-IN-Tube4 18
R28 PD2 (INT0) (ADC2) PC2
LED-Tube3 1 26 Amp-Signal 17
R4 PD3 (OC2B/INT1) (ADC3) PC3 R15
LED-Tube4 2 27 100K* 16
3K3* 22K* PD4 (XCK/T0) (ADC4/SDA) PC4
PWM-Tube2 9 28 15
PD5 (OC0B/T1) (ADC5/SCL) PC5
PWM-Tube1 10 29 GND 14
PD6 (OC0A/AIN0) (RESET) PC6 +5V
GND 11 SDA 13
PD7 (AIN1) 1K0*

VEE
4
3 SCL 12
GND R34
5 2 T2-MOSI 11
GND -
1 T1 10
Q2 ATMEGA88-20AU 3 Service 9
R29 U3A +
OPA2348AID LED-T1 8
1K0*

VCC
+5V +5V LED-T2 7

8
22K* R35
B BC556B GND LED-T3 6 B
C3 R17
22n-K* +5V LED-T4 5
22,0uF/10V-S4 C18 C19 100K*
C8 Bias-Tube1 4

SDA
SCL
+5V 100n-K* 100n-K* Bias-Tube2 3
GND R14 100K* GND Bias-Tube3 2
1K0*
GND GND +5V +5V Bias-Tube4 1
R18 R36
GND
BC807-25 100K*
Q8

VEE
R39 R57 R58

4
+5V 1K0* R37
R10 1K0* 4K7* 4K7* 2 GND
BC817-25 -
Q12 1
47K* R53 R54 R55 R56 R59 3
R30 680R* 680R* 680R* 680R* 2K2* +
U2A
HO1

VCC
R5 OPA2348AID

8
3K3* 22K* R16
+5V 100K*
NDK-R0-B15
GND TP-SMD10
HO2 TP5
Service GND TP-SMD10
LED-T1 TP6
Q1 LED-T2 NDK-R0-B15
R31
LED-T3
NA = not assembled part ----- EX = exclusive part, no alternative allowed
LED-T4
22K*
BC556B JP2 HT = high temperature part, assemble with distance from PCB
C4
TXD 3
22,0uF/10V-S4
RXD 2 Title:
1 UART for PC-Adapter TSC - Tube Bias Regulator
GND
A GND
SL-03P03X1
66606 St. Wendel / Germany
with externel LEDs A

Number: RD0711-SP-R02 Version: 1 Revision: A

Drawn by: B. Schneider Date: 29.11.2011 Page: 1

Checked by: B. Schneider Date: 29.11.2011 1 Pages

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