“Where does the tone come from in an Electric Guitar Amp?” -Jim Lill

[PFDarkside]

This video is the amplifier side, asking where the tone comes from. Unlike the guitar one that’s a little humorous and in the end tells us what we pretty much already know, this one floored me. I know speakers make a big difference and there are great sounding amps of all types, but this strips not right down.

 

[PFDarkside]

 

[NegativeEase]

One of my favorite YouTube Channels.

 

[GuitarStv]

Jim Lill is great.

 

[Demanic]

They also feel more like a coated string even though they're not.

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[JMP/HBE]

There's 10 minutes i'll never get back.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

This video is the amplifier side, asking where the tone comes from. Unlike the guitar one that’s a little humorous and in the end tells us what we pretty much already know, this one floored me. I know speakers make a big difference and there are great sounding amps of all types, but this strips not right down.

Literally the best video I've ever seen. .... (Guitar tone related of course)
thanks for posting that.

 

[PFDarkside]

Literally the best video I've ever seen. .... (Guitar tone related of course)
thanks for posting that.

Check out his guitar tone one too. Pretty interesting.

 

[Seashore]

Not just any amp modeler... an artisanal, boutique, handbuilt, point-to-point amp modeler. I dig it.

 

[Securb]

I saw the cab video before. He did an awesome job on that.

Loved the amp-video "what if things matter only as much as you heard them matter" best quote ever.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Must be a trust fund kid.
Anyone else would be at work.
Do people still work ?
The "amplifier" part of his shoe box amp are the 2 foot pedals made by Exotic FX.
He;s really only wired a tone stack.
Is this the best the "internet computer generation" can come up with ?
Funny how we got to the moon & back multiple times with a pencil & slide rule.

 

[misterwhizzy]

I thought this video was incredible. Quite eye (ear?) opening. Thanks for sharing.

 

[GuitarStv]

The "amplifier" part of his shoe box amp are the 2 foot pedals made by Exotic FX.
He;s really only wired a tone stack.

That was the whole point of the video. He showed that the tone stack is really what you're hearing when you're playing different amps.

 

[Cynical]

Must be a trust fund kid.
Anyone else would be at work.
Do people still work ?
The "amplifier" part of his shoe box amp are the 2 foot pedals made by Exotic FX.
He;s really only wired a tone stack.
Is this the best the "internet computer generation" can come up with ?
Funny how we got to the moon & back multiple times with a pencil & slide rule.

OK boomer.

 

[Securb]

Tech 21 or someone should dilute that tackle box down to a 4-knob stomp. Bass - Mids - Treble - Drive and a three-way toggle for VOX, Marshall and Fender. I would buy one in a second.

 

[PFDarkside]

Tech 21 or someone should dilute that tackle box down to a 4-knob stomp. Bass - Mids - Treble - Drive and a three-way toggle for VOX, Marshall and Fender. I would buy one in a second.

Isn’t that kind of what the SansAmp was?

Interestingly enough, Bruce Egnater is kicking off a new tube amp, three channels, Fender, Vox and modded Marshall tone stacks as channels, I wonder if each channel is a full representation of each circuit.

 

[Securb]

Isn’t that kind of what the SansAmp was?

It is exactly what it was but IIRC there was no setting for VOX, I love my Tech 21 Liverpool they do VOX right.

 

[JMP/HBE]

That was the whole point of the video. He showed that the tone stack is really what you're hearing when you're playing different amps.

LOTS MORE GOING ON IN A 100 WATT MARSHALL THAN JUST A FEW RESISTORS AND WIPERS OF A TONE STACK. THATS NOT THE WHOLE POINT.

 

[Demanic]

How about something going through a Jet City Picovalve?

 

[GuitarStv]

LOTS MORE GOING ON IN A 100 WATT MARSHALL THAN JUST A FEW RESISTORS AND WIPERS OF A TONE STACK. THATS NOT THE WHOLE POINT.

Of course there's a lot more going on that the tone stack, nobody said otherwise. The point of the video was that the tone stack makes most of the difference that you can hear.