misterwhizzy
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
How is that a controversial amp hot take? Telecasters make terrible amplifiers.
How is that a controversial amp hot take? Telecasters make terrible amplifiers.
Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
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Demanic
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
Being mainly into a tight modern metal sound, I don't think that I like power tube distortion that much.
I can probably get it with my 5 watt Picovalve turned all the way up, and it's ok, but much better for a classic rock sound.
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Being mainly into a tight modern metal sound, I don't think that I like power tube distortion that much.
I can probably get it with my 5 watt Picovalve turned all the way up, and it's ok, but much better for a classic rock sound.
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Demanic
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
If you don't play super loud cleans clearly, they sound like crap. If you play distorted super loud, you probably won't hear much unless you are at least 30' in front of the cabinets.
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Or you've never used either really, really loudly.
If you don't play super loud cleans clearly, they sound like crap. If you play distorted super loud, you probably won't hear much unless you are at least 30' in front of the cabinets.
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
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Depends whether you think picking dynamics are harder to control than muting. The compression you get with high gain is both a positive and a negative in terms of making things easier to play.
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
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Sure, but I thought you meant distortion pedals based on transistor clipping. I know people who run fairly cheap distortion pedals into the clean channel on a Marshall and think it sounds better than the distortion channel (it really really doesn't).
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Dave Locher
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
Like this?
Oh wait, maybe that's a metalzone-boosted triple,,,,,, lol
Like this?
Oh wait, maybe that's a metalzone-boosted triple,,,,,, lol
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GuitarStv
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
I play clean most of the time . . . and half agree with this. With high gain, the tiniest finger noise or slightly open string is magnified and more difficult to control, and gain + volume takes a little getting used to to control feedback. Control of attack and pick dynamics with cleans is much less forgiving though. You can play sloppily either with clean or high gain and sound OK . . . but your sloppiness has to be a different kind of sloppiness for each.
I play clean most of the time . . . and half agree with this. With high gain, the tiniest finger noise or slightly open string is magnified and more difficult to control, and gain + volume takes a little getting used to to control feedback. Control of attack and pick dynamics with cleans is much less forgiving though. You can play sloppily either with clean or high gain and sound OK . . . but your sloppiness has to be a different kind of sloppiness for each.
Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
High distortion (and therefore, compression) levels make extraneous noises louder. But you don't have to be nearly as precise as hitting a note dead-on, as it gets 'smoothed over'. You also don't have to worry about consistency in tone, as the level of distortion & compression takes care of that.
High distortion (and therefore, compression) levels make extraneous noises louder. But you don't have to be nearly as precise as hitting a note dead-on, as it gets 'smoothed over'. You also don't have to worry about consistency in tone, as the level of distortion & compression takes care of that.
LLL
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Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes
A controversial amp hot take? Here's some:
- Very few guitarists on internet forums have ever modded their tube amp; let alone built one.
- Most don't know how to bias, either
- Many haven't ever played through a cranked non-master volume tube amp
- Playing a tube amp with the Master Volume at a low setting is effectively neutering your amp
- Many haven't experienced the audible bliss and longevity that is found in NOS tubes
- If you are a peace-nik, you'll be shocked/triggered to know that some tubes were designed for military purposes
A controversial amp hot take? Here's some:
- Very few guitarists on internet forums have ever modded their tube amp; let alone built one.
- Most don't know how to bias, either
- Many haven't ever played through a cranked non-master volume tube amp
- Playing a tube amp with the Master Volume at a low setting is effectively neutering your amp
- Many haven't experienced the audible bliss and longevity that is found in NOS tubes
- If you are a peace-nik, you'll be shocked/triggered to know that some tubes were designed for military purposes
