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Advanced Manual
Introduction
This manual is your step-by-step guide to all the advanced
features found on your Bronco™ 40 amplifier. For information
on using Fender® FUSE™, Ableton® Live or Amplitube®, please
see the separate manuals for each product available at www.
fender.com/support
Navigation
There are just a few basics of Bronco 40 navigation that you
should know before you explore any further...
Selecting Presets
The most powerful feature of your Bronco 40 amplifier is its
ability to store every amplifier setting and effect selection as a
preset that you can instantly recall using the PRESET knob, or
remotely from your computer or footswitch.
Use the PRESET knob to select one of 24 presets. Presets are
stored in three banks, colored AMBER, GREEN and RED.
Turn the PRESET knob to scroll through each bank of presets
in the following order:
Each preset is based on one of the eight amplifier types
labeled next to each of the preset LEDs. That gives you a total
of three presets for each amplifier type.
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The
RED
and
GREEN
banks are for creating your
own presets. The
AMBER
bank of presets can only be
modified using Fender FUSE software available free at
www.fender.com/support
Each preset includes the settings of all the programmable
knobs on the Bronco 40, which includes every knob except the
MASTER volume and PRESET knobs.
Programmable Knobs
Because the setting of every knob on the Bronco 40 amplifier
(except MASTER) is part of each preset, all programmable
knobs are normally inactive and knob positions will NOT
show their actual settings when a preset is first selected.
How do I activate a programmable knob? The moment you
turn any programmable knob it instantly becomes active
and it will remain active until you select a different preset, at
which time it becomes inactive again.
You may hear a big change in volume or tone when you
first turn a programmable knob if there happened to be a
large difference between the knob's starting position and
the stored preset setting. For example, if the VOLUME knob
is pointing to "8" but the stored preset VOLUME setting is
"2," the volume level will jump from "2" to "8" when you start
turning the VOLUME knob because the VOLUME knob is now
instantly active at "8."
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The only way to know what the preset setting of a knob
is before you turn it, is by using Fender FUSE software
and connecting the Bronco 40 to your computer.
Effects & Compression
Use the FX knob to select effects and the COMP knob to
select levels of signal compression.
The FX and COMP knobs share the same three indicator LEDs.
The knob that is being turned or has been turned most recent-
ly, has control of these LEDs.
C OMP FX
OFF OFF
A
D
B
C
ULTRA
MED
HIGH
LOW
1 2
3
COMP
ACTIVE
AMBER Bank
( Factory presets )
GREEN Bank
( User presets )
RED Bank
( User presets )
PROGRAMMABLE knobs are inactive unless turned
Turn a PROGRAMMABLE knob to activate it
These LEDs are linked to whichever
knob was turned last
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