Guitar strings edition Previous >>132079469
>boil old strings>cum on old stringWhich one bros?
>>132090450boil because cumming on only one string will still leave 5 old strings
>>132090406I used to. Rackmount everything can be convenient but I end up playing out of different amps often enough that I went back to heads and a pedalboard.
>>132090443regarding valve amps of different wattages... would a 100W tube amp played at bedroom levels make the valves last longer than if you played at the exact same volume with a 5W tube amp? is there positives to having high wattage besides headroom and raw power ?
>>132090526generally speaking, yes
>>132090526A 7 o'clock 100w tube amp is still louder than a 7 o'clock 5w tube amp.
>>132089609just buy a prs se and splurge everything on the ampthe real meta is a prs se, nano cortex and headrush speakers
>>132090549thats not the question, the question is wether buying a higher wattage tube amp for the same type of usage will give your tubes a longer lifespan than if you used a lower wattage
>>132090568it’s how hard they’re being overdriven not the rated wattage of the system.
>>132090579why would you want to overdrive an amplifier? the clean, noiseless sound of an amp is what every proper guitarist should strive for
>>132090588you want to overdrive the tubes. the beautiful sound of a tube amplifier is the tubes just slightly being overdriven to where they can no longer accurately recreate the signal of the guitar. this adds the saturation everyone talks about.
https://youtu.be/GvlpIY2D5Eohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcKW35GJqk
>>132090613a clean non-overdriven tube amp already sounds amazing, and you can add a touch of overdrive or light fuzz if you want some saturation anyway
>>132090634you want some distortion on bass. either enough to slightly clip the low end fingerstyle or clip the pops when slapping because they are just always going to be louder by nature of the way they are played. I don’t think they sound bad clean I just think they sound better slightly saturated. clean is great for jazz I don’t listen to jazz all the time
my favorite speaker i ever owned was something called "ciare" from italy, 70's or 80s 12" , beautiful jensen-type fender sound, shame its just about 30W
>>132090722That sounds interesting
>>132090738they were outfitted on davoli amplifiers in italy, a brand that died aroudn the 80's afaik but made really decent equipment in my experienceIf i ever visit italy in a road trip id try to get a few of those amps because they often genuinely dont know how good they are
>>132090757>ravioli amplifier in Italythis sounds made up
dbab. play a tele.
>>132090762its true, look up Mercantino MusicaleOther obscure european brand thats pretty decent is "Sinmarc" from Spain (Literally means "without brand" in catalan) which made cool Fender clones during the 60's and 70's. Beyma from Spain may be interesting too but they're focused on general PA, not guitar stuff
>>132090778I'm gonna check these out. Thanks.
>>132090526>valves lasting longerThat depends on the bias point, if biased hotter then they don’t last long. On the 5 watt you can achieve power output distortion easier. Also most 5-watters are single ended and produce different harmonics than a push-pull (20 watt amps and up)>is there positives to having high wattage besides headroom and raw power ?The tone is thicker and it has a bigger low end because of the bigger iron
>>132090863>if biased hotter then they don’t last longoh yeah, and Class A amps are "on" all the time so it doesnt actually matter much how hard your push them right? i even read that due to the nature of the amp, actually pushing it a lot helps it stay cooler since it converts some of its energy into sound rather than converting all of it into heat
>>132090875idk about amps but that is true in electric motors.
Friedman really doesn't miss, bros. Can get pretty much any dirt tone I'd ever want out of this thing.>>132090685It's a Butcher cab, yeah. Agreed that they're underrated speakers for sure.
>>132090875True class A is on for the whole 36 degree phase, but you can play with the bias current and normally set it to 70% of max plate dissipation. Regarding the cooling- maybe, the OT and the speaker also have thermal losses.
