You see, your amplifier is more than just a combination of dials, wires and speakers. It is a finely tuned musical instrument. And like any fine musical instrument, it should be treated with special care and attention to detail. At Fender, we know what building guitar amplifiers is all about. For over half a century, we have been designing and producing some of the world’s best amplifiers, helping shape the face of music. In fact, many of the world’s most classic and best sounding amplifiers proudly wear the Fender name. Whether you are after that classic Fender tone, a clean crisp sound for your Bass or Keyboard or the raw driving power of modern distortion, your decision to purchase a Fender amplifier is one you will appreciate with each passing note for years to come. Wishing you years of enjoyment and a heartfelt thank you, Bill Schultz Chairman of the Board Fender Musical Instruments Corporation YOUR DELUXE 90 AMPLIFIER 90 Watts of Power @ 4. Two Independent Channels with Independent Tone Controls “More Drive” Feature Provides Harmonically Rich Distortion for Enhanced Leads Footswitch Jack for Remote On-Off Switching of the Channel / Drive Selection Spring Reverb Congratulations on your purchase of a Fender Deluxe 90 Amplifier. Your new Fender amp is designed by the same Tone-Team that has created many other classic Fender amps like the Tone-Master®, Princeton® Chorus and the versatile Hot Rod Series. Built with care and special attention to detail, your Deluxe 90 offers much more than meets the eye. The Deluxe 90 Amplifier features 90 watts of power at 4. and Classic Fender Reverb for a full-bodied tone. Its two independent channels are voiced for everything from sparkly clean to crunchy overdrive, while the “More Drive” feature offers a harmonically rich distortion. The footswitch circuitry allows for remote selection of the Channel / Drive features. Designed for the guitarist who prefers the stability of solid state engineering and requires a powerful responsive amplifier, the Deluxe 90 provides genuine Fender tone and dependability with every performance. To ensure maximum reliability from your Deluxe 90, please read through this manual and refer to it as needed. Also, please heed all safety warnings relating to your new Deluxe 90 Amplifier. Take the time to get to know each other... Tune-up, Plug-in and ... Play On! WARNING: -TO PREVENT DAMAGE, FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. -NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY. -THIS UNIT MUST BE EARTH GROUNDED. 3 INPUTS 1 2 VOLUME TREBLE MID BASS DRIVE T CH SELECT MORE DRIV VOLUME A B C D E F G H I J K A. INPUT 1 - Plug your guitar in here. B. INPUT 2 - A lower impedance and sensitivity input than input 1, useful for guitars with active pickups. C. VOLUME - Adjusts the volume level of the normal (clean) channel. D. TREBLE - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the high frequency range of the normal (clean) channel. E. MID - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the middle frequency range of the normal (clean) channel. F. BASS - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the low frequency range of the normal (clean) channel. G. TWO COLOR DRIVE CHANNEL INDICATOR - When the drive channel is in use, the LED is illuminated. Yellow indicates "Drive", while red indicates "More Drive". H. DRIVE - Adjusts the amount of preamp gain in the drive channel. Turning this control up will increase the amount of gain and overdrive. This control works in conjunction with the VOLUME control to set the overall output loudness while the drive channel is active. I. CH SELECT - When this button is pressed, the amp switches from the normal channel to the drive channel. J. VOLUME - Adjusts the volume level of the drive (distortion) channel. DELUXE 90 FRONT CONTROL PANEL 4 TREBLE MID BASS REVERB VE PRE OUT PWR IN FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOOT SWITCH L M N O P Q R S K. MORE DRIVE - When this button is pressed in, drive channel gain is increased. L. TREBLE - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the high frequency range of the drive (distortion) channel. M. MID - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the middle frequency range of the normal drive (distortion) channel. N. BASS - Adjusts the amount of increase or decrease in the low frequency range of the drive (distortion) channel. O. REVERB - Adjusts the amount of reverb present in both the normal and drive channels. P. FOOTSWITCH (INCLUDED) - Plug-in connection for the remote footswitch to select between the normal and drive channels and to select "More Drive". Using the footswitch overrides the front panel select buttons. NOTE: Any good quality patch cord will work with the remote footswitch, however, a speaker grade cord is preferable to a coax guitar cord. Q. PRE OUT - This unbalanced jack provides an output signal from the preamp. It may be used to drive effects units in an effects loop, to drive additional amplifiers in ...