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Page 3 - Table of Contents

Copyright 2007, Samson Technologies Corp. Printed December, 2007 v1.0 Hartke 45 Gilpin Avenue Hauppauge, New York 11788-8816 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) Fax: 631-784-2201 www.hartke.com Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Page 4 - Introduction

2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Hydrive Bass Combo Amplifier from Hartke! We know you don’t like reading owners manuals, but you’ve just purchased one of the finest bass amplifiers around, and we want to tell you about it. So, before you plug in and start popping and slapping, we’d like ...

Page 6 - Combo Bass Amplifier Features

44 Hartke 112C,115C and 210C Combo Bass Amplifier Features The Hartke Hydrive Combos offer all the newest concepts in state-of-the-art hybrid drive bass amplification in an extremely compact size and affordable price. Here are some of their main features:• The 112C delivers 250 Watts of power to its...

Page 8 - Guided Tour - Front Panel

6 Guided Tour - Front Panel 1. Input (1/4-inch Jack) - Connect your bass guitar to this standard 1/4" unbalanced jack. This Hydrive Combo Input has been designed to handle the signals from just about any bass with either passive pickups or with hotter pickups if your bass has active electronics ...

Page 10 - Guided Tour - Rear Panel

8 Guided Tour - Rear Panel A. AC POWER (inlet) - Use the supplied grounded AC power cord to connect your Hydrive Combos amplifier to mains power. This cord comes supplied with the appropriate plug for your geographic area. CAUTION: Do not use an adapter to defeat the third grounding pin on this plug...

Page 14 - The Effect of the Shape Control

12 12 The Effect of the Shape Control The Hydrive's unique Shape control enables the sound of your bass instrument to be enhanced at the touch of a button. When the front panel Shape switch is pressed in, a special equalization curve is activated that is designed to improve the sound of most electri...

Page 15 - Using the Bass Attack Overdrive

13 Using the Bass Attack Overdrive The Hydrive combos feature Hartke’s Bass Attack Overdrive circuit allowing you to add a little tube type overdrive, some edgy dirt or all out fuzz. The Bass Attack Overdrive operates with three controls; the first is Harmonics, which is used to set the amount of ov...

Page 16 - Using Equalization

14 Using Equalization The Hartke Systems Hydrive Combos Bass Amplifier gives you enormous control over shaping the sound of your bass, using a process called equalization . To understand how this works, it’s important to know that every naturally occurring sound consists of a broad range of pitches,...

Page 18 - Hydrive Combo Sample Settings

16 Hydrive Combo Sample Settings The Hydrive combos are powerful bass amps with a lot of personality. The amplifiers offer bassists a wide range of sounds and after playing just a short time; you’ll find the tone that's perfectly suited for your playing style and your sound. To get you started, try ...

Page 20 - Hydrive Combo Setting Template

Page 22 - Specifications

20 rated output power (@ 1 kHz, 4 ohm, 1% THD) 250 watts rated Input Level (@ 1 kHz) -20 dBu total Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 dB below rated output, 1 kHz typical) 0.2% signal to noise ratio (re: 1 Wrms @ 1 kHz) 68 db Dynamic range (re: Rated output @ 1 kHz 84 dB equalizer Bass (100 Hz) ±15 dB Treble ...

Page 24 - Hartke

45 Gilpin Avenue Hauppauge, New York 11788-8816 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) Fax: 631-784-2201 www.hartke.com Hartke Hartke