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PAUL VERNON CHESTER

Manouche Maestro

Paul's Amplifier


Paul endorses the Compact 60 AER Amplifier, this German Company produces high quality amplifiers for electro acoustic guitars. Bireli Lagrene and Gary Potter amongst others, use these. They proved just perfect and sounds great for these difficult-to-amplify instruments. 

Superb Acoustic Tone - 2 channels

Known as ‘Compact 60’ it has found many friends around the world with its size - smiled at in the beginning - being its second strongest side. Tried out during live performance it has become the standard equipment of those musicians who value sound, simplicity and independence.
This system with its 8"-twin-cone speaker-system, 60 watts of power and fully developed dynamic control within the model's small dimensions has not only found much appreciation but has also become the basis for a whole line of step by step, developed and refined AER acoustic systems. The work horse – AER

If you want clean, accurate reproduction of your instrument’s voice, Two clean acoustic channels and a powerful 60W rating, this really is as good as it gets. Includes a deluxe padded flight bag

Forget the shrill, hard sound of the competition and get something that actually sounds acoustic... but louder!

Rating: Rating: 60 Watt / 4 ohm rms

Speaker: 8’ twin-cone speaker-system ( 96 dB 1w/1m, freq. range 60Hz-18kHz )

Cabinet: 0.59’ 3(15 mm) birch plywood

Dimensions: H: 10.24’ 3(260 mm) x W: 13.00’ 3 (330mm) x D: 19.06’ 3(230 mm)

Front Panel

AER Compact 60 front panel

(from left to right):

Channel 1:

  • Input socket for a 6.3 mm jack plug

  • High/Low switch to adjust input sensitivity

  • High impedance only instruments with a piezoelectric pick-up,

  • Low for instruments with active preamplifiers and magnetic sound pick-ups

  • Clip overload indicator

  • Gain input level control

  • Colour mid-range contour filter

  • Bass tone control for bass

  • Middle tone control for mid-range

  • Treble tone control for treble
     

    Channel 2:

    • Input XLR combination with a socket for a 6.3 mm jack plug and XLR male socket

    • Line/Mic switch to adjust input sensitivity

    • Line: sources with line level, instruments with active preamplifiers and magnetic sound pick-ups,

    • Mic: symmetrical microphone input with 30 V phantom source

    • Clip overload indicator

    • Gain input level control

    • Bass tone control for bass

    • Treble tone control for treble

    • Eff. Pan panorama control to distribute the effects between the channels

    • Select switch for two effect programmes (reverberation, reverberation/delay)

    • Return level control for the internal effect

    • Power power indicator lamp

    • Master level control for the overall volume

Further outputs

DI-out The composite signal after tone control but without effect and before master control is on the XLR socket. (Appropriate to connect the COMPACT 60 to a sound system.)
Tuner A tuner can be connected to this output, and need not be switched between instrument and amplifier, as is often the case. This precludes any effect on the sound.
Line out The composite signal after tone control, with effect and after master
control is connected here. (This output can be used for tape recordings).

Features and technical data:
Inputs: Ch1: Line: unbalanced., 2.2 MEG High/Low: -10 dbV
Ch2: Line: unbalanced., 1MEG
Mic: balanced., 600 Ohm
Eff.Return: -10dBV/10k
Outputs: Tuner: -10dBV
Line: 0dBV
DI: -20dBV
Send: -10dbV
Foot switch Tip: built in effect
Ring: external effect
Sleeve: ground
EQ: Ch1: Bass: +- 18 dB/ 100 Hz Middle: +- 13 dB/ 550 Hz Treble: +- 11 dB/ 10 kHz
EQ: Ch2: Bass: +- 18 dB/ 100 Hz Treble: +- 11 dB/ 10 kHz
Analog Signal Processor: Limiter, Subsonic Filter and Enhancer
Effect: Digital Reverb / Delay, two presets
Power Amp: Power consumption: 220-240 V / 50-60Hz / 70 VA (110V / 50-60Hz)
Rating: 60 Watt / 4 ohm rms
Mains Fuse: 1 A slow
Speaker: 8’ twin-cone speaker-system ( 96 dB 1w/1m, freq. range 60Hz-18kHz )
Cabinet: 0.59’ 3(15 mm) birch plywood
Dimension:  10.24’ 3(260 mm) high
                    13.00’ 3(330 mm) wide
                    19.06’ 3(230 mm) deep
Finish: water based acrylic, black spatter finish
Weight: 18.74 (8.5 kg)
* 0dB/V ~ 1V
*specifications and appearance subject to change without notice.

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Last modified: 13/09/2011