boatright
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let's have some fun here... Add your little known facts!
1. The color of the amp's tolex makes a difference in the sound. How this affects tone is all over the board. Cigarette burns can as well, but no one knows why.
2. The weight of the head is directly related to bottom-end tightness, provided there are no rocks, pellets, or bricks involved. This has been known to me for quite some time, but became very apparent last night when seeing a rail of a guitar player lift his head over his shoulder with one hand. We are only talking tube amps here by the way. For facts on solid state amps ask your local guitar center salesman.
3. The bass knob is the most over used control in the eq of most amps.
4. Cabinet placement is highly ignored by many live musicians, but was not by a famous guitar player who actually would overheat his twin reverb from placing it flat on the floor. Anybody know who?
5. With power tubes- to oversimplify and generalize something way more complex- width equates to bass response and height equates to midrange.
6. A boost or distortion pedal through the right amp can sound good through a 20' cord, but kick the front end of an amp into frenzy through a 1' patch cord.
7. The pick is the first piece of EQ any guitar player should focus on.
8. YouTube videos of metallica riffs through mesas have become the modern day equivalent to playing crazy train at the guitar shop.
9. I know there's only 3 db of difference between a 50 watt and a 100 watt, yeah yeah yeah... Whatever. 100 watt amps are louder. Decibels are irrelevant. BUT, an efficient 50 watt head will compete with an inefficient 4 tuber.
1. The color of the amp's tolex makes a difference in the sound. How this affects tone is all over the board. Cigarette burns can as well, but no one knows why.
2. The weight of the head is directly related to bottom-end tightness, provided there are no rocks, pellets, or bricks involved. This has been known to me for quite some time, but became very apparent last night when seeing a rail of a guitar player lift his head over his shoulder with one hand. We are only talking tube amps here by the way. For facts on solid state amps ask your local guitar center salesman.
3. The bass knob is the most over used control in the eq of most amps.
4. Cabinet placement is highly ignored by many live musicians, but was not by a famous guitar player who actually would overheat his twin reverb from placing it flat on the floor. Anybody know who?
5. With power tubes- to oversimplify and generalize something way more complex- width equates to bass response and height equates to midrange.
6. A boost or distortion pedal through the right amp can sound good through a 20' cord, but kick the front end of an amp into frenzy through a 1' patch cord.
7. The pick is the first piece of EQ any guitar player should focus on.
8. YouTube videos of metallica riffs through mesas have become the modern day equivalent to playing crazy train at the guitar shop.
9. I know there's only 3 db of difference between a 50 watt and a 100 watt, yeah yeah yeah... Whatever. 100 watt amps are louder. Decibels are irrelevant. BUT, an efficient 50 watt head will compete with an inefficient 4 tuber.
