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    hairy clean channel?

    I have been reading some on-line reviews, and I have doubts about some of the tube amp terminology ... what does it mean 'hairy clean channel'?
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    Re: hairy clean channel?

    It means that the designated clean channel is not actually producing clean guitar sounds.
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      Re: hairy clean channel?

      The clean tone will have a small amount of breakup distortion.
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        Re: hairy clean channel?

        I got it. thanks.

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          IME, a channel set just on the edge of breakup -- hit the strings hard and they distort, gently and they don't -- is where most amp' best "cleans" come from. It can be a little tricky controlling your attack so that things stay shimmery, rather than crunchy/fuzzy, but if you do....WHEEEEE.

          Plus, if there's a heavier bit, what's more natural than just playing the SHT out of your guitar to make the amp transition into honest-to-god dirt?
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              Re: hairy clean channel?

              Some people prefer pristine cleans... but others including myself prefer a little tube goodness in there, which mean a responsive and controlled breakup depending on how hard the strings are picked or strummed. I like a little character on my cleans...

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                Re: hairy clean channel?

                Originally posted by guitarded View Post
                Some people prefer pristine cleans... but others including myself prefer a little tube goodness in there, which mean a responsive and controlled breakup depending on how hard the strings are picked or strummed. I like a little character on my cleans...
                Translation . . . "I don't like to play clean" . . .

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                  Re: hairy clean channel?

                  Originally posted by St_Genesius View Post
                  IME, a channel set just on the edge of breakup -- hit the strings hard and they distort, gently and they don't -- is where most amp' best "cleans" come from. It can be a little tricky controlling your attack so that things stay shimmery, rather than crunchy/fuzzy, but if you do....WHEEEEE.

                  Plus, if there's a heavier bit, what's more natural than just playing the SHT out of your guitar to make the amp transition into honest-to-god dirt?
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                  except for jazz, for that you just want clean cleans--a big part of swing is accents, and if every time you hit an accented note it got dirty, well, wouldn't work very well


                  but for band stuff i highly prefer them, seems like there's an extra bit of sparkle you get from gettin your cleans this way
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                    Re: hairy clean channel?

                    Even the most pristine clean tube tone has a tiny bit of distortion in it. That's the nature of tubes. More or less is up to the player.
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                      Originally posted by guitfiddle View Post
                      Even the most pristine clean tube tone has a tiny bit of distortion in it. That's the nature of tubes. More or less is up to the player.
                      +1. i think i heard from a soundguy once that .4 or 4% harmonic distortion is optimum (in tape recordings.) in amps, it can be undetectable as distortion per se, but the unconscious warmth distinguishes Under the Bridge from Enter Sandman.

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