Somehow I've managed to play guitar for 16 or so years without having to know this:
Are power amps designed/marketed for use in guitar rigs (Marshall, Mesa, Rocktron, Tube Works, ADA, etc.) voiced differntly from power amps for use in PA systems (Samson, Carvin, Carver, Peavey, etc.)? Or are 'guitar' power amps simply less insanely loud than the 500+ watters meant for PAs and it's the speakers (mid-voiced for guitar; full-range for PA) that make the actual difference in which application a system is used for?
For example, if I took the rack power amp from my friend's PA system and hooked it up to a guitar-oriented cabinet with guitar-oriented speakers capable of handling that much output, and ran a guitar preamp straight into it (with no amp sim or speaker/cab modelling or anything), would that sound
'right', or would the PA be sending all kinds of undesirable, un-guitar-sounding frequencies to the guitar cab that a purpose-specific guitar power amp wouldn't?
Are power amps designed/marketed for use in guitar rigs (Marshall, Mesa, Rocktron, Tube Works, ADA, etc.) voiced differntly from power amps for use in PA systems (Samson, Carvin, Carver, Peavey, etc.)? Or are 'guitar' power amps simply less insanely loud than the 500+ watters meant for PAs and it's the speakers (mid-voiced for guitar; full-range for PA) that make the actual difference in which application a system is used for?
For example, if I took the rack power amp from my friend's PA system and hooked it up to a guitar-oriented cabinet with guitar-oriented speakers capable of handling that much output, and ran a guitar preamp straight into it (with no amp sim or speaker/cab modelling or anything), would that sound
'right', or would the PA be sending all kinds of undesirable, un-guitar-sounding frequencies to the guitar cab that a purpose-specific guitar power amp wouldn't?
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