GNOME Himmelstrutz User manual
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Instrument Input
Vol/Output Power
Speaker Output
Himmelstrutz GNOME Guitar Amplier
Owner’s Manual (Serial. #001-)
Congratulations on your choice of Himmelstrutz GNOME—your analogue alternative/com lement to your valve am lifier
which may sound fantastic but is big and heavy and requires maintenance and robably much electrical energy/ ower.
Tip: Read this document before connecting the wires to ower u and lay your Himmelstrutz GNOME, which will give you a
better understanding about this little unique Swedish roduct.
1. Speaker
Connect a s eaker of 8 to 16 Ω to the S eaker Out ut 1/4" jack.
Note: As there’s no s eaker included with Himmelstrutz GNOME, it’s your
mission to obtain one or lenty s eaker cabinet(s) aimed for guitar
am lifiers—which ends u in a total im edance of 8 to 16 Ω!
Please check this out with your favourite local music dealer or online.
2. Instrument In
Connect your instrument, or the out ut from your edal(s)
to the Instrument In ut 1/4" jack.
Setup/usage:
First of all: Adjust the mighty Vol control to zero. The Vol sets
the Out ut Volume=the Output Power.
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Straight connectors
Right angle connector
Connecting the secondary of AC/DC adapter
ower Output Power
Higher Output Power
Himmelstrutz GNOME Amp Himmelstrutz GEKKO Echo
Effects Send/Return connections
Effect
Input
Effect
Output
Note: Use ONLY the included, dedicated 24V
AC/DC ada ter for owering Himmelstrutz GNOME.
4. Ee ts Loop
Effects, which we all love, such as reverb, delay or
modulation effects are well suited for connecting to the
Himmelstrutz GNOME serial effects loo where the effect in ut
is connected to Himmelstrutz GNOME Send and the effect
out ut is connected to Himmelstrutz GNOME Return
Tip: As the hysical foot rint of Himmelstrutz GNOME is
very, very, very, very, reduced there’s also a limited s ace
for connectors, so we recommend you to use Straight
instead of Right angle connectors, but if you fancy right
angle connectors no matter, it’s of course u to you.
5. Mains- and Output Power Status LED
When the ower su ly is connected, the ower indicator
(LED) of Himmelstrutz GNOME shines u in a green colour. This
indicates Himmelstrutz GNOME is working and when you lay
@ lower ower (the Vol control is set below noon/<50%) the
LED will mostly remain green.
When you increase the Vol control the LED will change*
colour from green to orange and finally get red at really high
Vol settings (about 30 watts max) to warn you about the
beautiful danger of higher sound levels, which in this context
might get loud and harmful to you and your dog’s ears.
* If you don’t want to see this Out ut Power Indicator, acting
like a stu id-clever-school- olice, you can disable it with an
internal switch* and the Power Status LED will be green only.
Connecting primary of AC/DC Power
3. Power supply
A) Connect the included, dedicated AC/DC ada ter
rimary connection to a grounded mains outlet (100 to
240V AC/50 or 60 Hz) with the included Mains Power Lead
B) Connect the The AC/DC ada ter secondary lug to the
Himmelstrutz GNOME 24V DC jack
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Vol control active
Dirt control NOT active
Dirt Switch OUT=Dirt OFF
The Clean
Vol control active
Dirt control active
The Dirt
Dirt Switch IN=Dirt ON
6. The Clean & The Dirt!
Himmelstrutz GNOME is equi ed with 2 main characters/
channels: The Clean & The Dirt.
A. The Clean: To use the Clean channel, set the front anel
Dirt switch in OFF mode (= ush button out) and use the
Vol control lus the Bass, id & Treble controls to adjust
the out ut character/level. In this state the Dirt control
has no function and the out ut character will be focused
on clean, shimmering sounds—which can get a bit
overdriven on higher Vol control settings (@ 65 to100%).
B. The Dirt: If you want even more, Himmelstrutz GNOME
offers real musical, touch sensitive overdrives/distortions.
Set the front anel Dirt switch in ON mode (= ush button
in). In this state you adjust the Dirt level with the Dirt
control to be adjusted from light, smooth overdrive into a
rough distortion—though GNOME never goes metal.
We recommend you to start with the Dirt control set at
noon/50% and from there use your ears and tongue to find
referred amounts of overdrive/distortion. Use the Vol
control to set the Output Power and also the Bass, id &
Treble for any further tone character adjustments. If you need
even more, or different kinds of overdrives, Himmelstrutz
GNOME also works great with edals!
7. Adjusting the tone/playing your instrument
A: Make sure the huge and horrifying Vol control is still set to minimum (0).
B: Check that your instrument is connected to Input.
C: Adjust the Dirt and the tone controls Bass, id & Treble to middle osition/noon/50%.
D: Set the front Dirt switch to IN (Dirty) or OUT (Clean) mode and lightly increase the Vol control. Then increase or
decrease the Dirt control simultaneously, or later, or before, whatever you like! Play some notes and try your way until you
find your sounds/levels/tone characters. If you need more or less overdrive, ush in/ ush out the front anel Dirt switch in
case you don’t know why or what you’re doing now … or whatever.
Note 1: Des ite the Himmelstrutz GNOME tiny format, just by turning 5 little controls and ushing a switch you can make this
box roar and scream like huge, classic older brothers which uses them stone-age vacuum valves. Isn’t it funny! Or is it not?
Note 2: If you need to change the tone character even more, in case you connected edals in front of Himmelstrutz GNOME—
or connected effects in the serial Send/Return effects loo —then adjust the Dirt and the Bass, id, Treble & Vol before
finally landing in destination wonderful!
8. Summary
At Himmelstrutz Elektro Art we wish you will get good use of and find a lot of ins iring sounds and feel in com any with
your scary little evil Himmelstrutz GNOME!
Take care of your hearing: if you lay loud, lease use ear rotection, which may be forgotten when you ex erience
irresistible sounds. But don’t forget this as loud sounds may be harmful to your ears—it’s not articularly cool hitting
yourself deaf by not thinking about assing that next corner…
For questions or comments, don’t hesitate to contact Himmelstrutz Elektro Art.
Sincerely,
Joakim Hedeby,
Himmelstrutz Elektro rt, Sweden
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Himmelstrutz GNOME Conne tions/Controls
Technical Specication
Serial Effects loop
From effect To effect
Power supply Speaker Speaker
Bass Mid Treble Dirt Instrument
(8 to 16 Ω)
(Included, dedicated
24V/2,5A AC/DC Ada ter)
Power Status ED
Model Model Family Technology Channels
Input
Volume
Dirt ON/OFF
Himmelstrutz GNOME Himmelstrutz GNOME 100% Solid state/sounding like valve 2
(No digital/No OP Amps)
Output power Outputs nputs Controls
Dimensions
8 Ω approx 30 watt * 1 x Speaker (8 to 16 Ω) 1 x Input Bass, Mid, Treble, Dirt, Vol
16 Ω approx 15 watt * via 1 x 1/4" Jack Socket via 1 x 1/4" Jack Socket (via 5 potentiometers & 1 switch)
(4 Ω approx 50 watt **) (1 M Ω input impedance)
* @ about 10 % distortion, which for
electric guitars usually is a good thing.
1 x Series Eects Loop
Send via 1 x 1/4" Jack Socket
(1k Ω output impedance)
1 x Series Eects Loop
Return via 1 x 1/4" Jack Socket
(1M Ω input impedance)
(Switch)
** 4 Ω (or less) is not recommended/may
overheat/damage Himmelstrutz GNOME
(Controls & feet included)
Weight (kg/lbs) Width (mm/inch) Height (mm/inch) Depth (mm/inch)
0,7 kg/1,54 lbs 111,6/4,39 60,0/2,36 61,6/2,42
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Himmelstrutz GNOME Internal Controls/Settings
+
–
+
–
Dirt Core
Jumper/Switch
ON/OFF
ON
Dirt evel
Trimmer
0 100%
50-70%
Dirt Bass
Trimmer
0 100%
50-70% *
*
**
* *
OUT evel ED
Jumper/Switch
ON/OFF
ON
Tone Boost
Jumper/Switch
Mid+/OFF/Treble+
OFF
Note: Adjust the internal settings ONLY if you’re sure what & why you’re doing these things—otherwise don’t hesitate to
contact Himmelstrutz Elektro Art for assistance! To access the internal settings you need to unscrew 4 external screws with
a Phili s screwdriver, on the bottom late, and you’ll also need a few tools for the internals:
1 x small screw driver, for the trimmers
1 x at pliers, for the jumpers
As mentioned earlier: for questions, comments or assistance don’t hesitate to contact Himmelstrutz Elektro Art in Sweden.
Sincerely,
Joakim Hedeby,
Himmelstrutz Elektro Art, Sweden
Tools needed to adjust the Internal Controls
(trimmers+jumpers):
= Default setting
(tip < 3mm)
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