So back before channel jumping and all that was invented, why did they find the need to put two inputs on amps? Couldn't a simple "Bright" switch do the same thing without all the noise and hassle of unplugging the guitar?
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was one for lead and one for rhythm?EHD
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It was simply a more primitive form of bright switch, I'd think. Perhaps cheaper, perhaps lazier. Perhaps amp designers hadn't considered that a bright switch might be preferable by some players, and they just figured someone could easily plug in to the other channel.
Some makers used different input resistors on different inputs too, without calling one "normal" and the other "bright."
Ampeg famously used "guitar" and "accordion" on their two inputs.
I find bright channels and bright switches great for humbucker guitars.Last edited by ItsaBass; 02-28-2019, 12:02 AM.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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They are separated inputs for normal people and bright people.
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Originally posted by '59 View PostSo back before channel jumping and all that was invented, why did they find the need to put two inputs on amps? Couldn't a simple "Bright" switch do the same thing without all the noise and hassle of unplugging the guitar?
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Originally posted by vinnie1971 View PostAccording to Fender manuals on the fender amps I’ve had, input 1 is for regular guitars ( bright) input 2 for high output or active pickups
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The first time I got a stereo chorus pedal I was very excited because I could plug into both channels at the same time.
Turns out I should not have been using the 'bright' channel. :PJoin me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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On a stock tweed deluxe, the only difference is a bright cap between the channels, but on a lot of other amps there is scope to have a completely different voice in each channel. It is really like having two amps in one and is the predecessor to today's modern channel switching amps. It also allowed for two separate instruments to use the amp at once. Take the blackface bassmans: they are designed to have a bass into one channel and a guitar into the other! Not many people do that these days but people like elvis used to run his mic into scotty Moores guitar amp, and buck Owen's and don rich both plugged into a tweed bassman for years.
It can even save your skin. Once at a gig the house pa crapped out, so the singer/harp player in the band I was in ran a vocal mic all night into the unused channel of my twin reverb. Sure it didnt sound amazing, but it certainly had an old skool character lol. It is important to remember that these amps were built in a different era that had different needs and priorities to today. Also the needs and priorities we have today are a direct result of all of the innovations and experimentation of the past.Last edited by Chickenwings; 02-28-2019, 01:19 PM."Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
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Originally posted by vinnie1971 View PostAccording to Fender manuals on the fender amps I’ve had, input 1 is for regular guitars ( bright) input 2 for high output or active pickupsOriginally posted by Chistopher View PostSome amps have a second channel with 6 to 15 dB of attenuation so that higher output pickups don't hit the preamp so hard. That might be what this is in reference to.
So the Tweed Deluxe for example has two bright inputs (1 and 2 depending on high or low volume pickups) and two normal inputs (1 and 2) for a total of 4 inputs.
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My Laney has high and low inputs
Like some above said
I believe it was high and low z outputs, ie, active/passive pickupsEHD
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Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
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Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
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Originally posted by '59 View PostSo back before channel jumping and all that was invented, why did they find the need to put two inputs on amps? Couldn't a simple "Bright" switch do the same thing without all the noise and hassle of unplugging the guitar?
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostWho switches inputs on the same guitar in the middle of a set?
He didn't say it happened. He was just giving an example of how you could use it.green globe burned black by sunn
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