Once you get your guitar, your set of effects, and amp head it is time to choose your cabinet.
Needless to say, you will look for speaker cabs that suit your style better but how can you do that? …
Amplifiers have contrasting stages being them voltage amplification, preamp section, power stage, and output stage among others.
Although every component takes place in the whole result, today we will be focusing on the preamp and power tubes, found in their …
The first thing that comes to your head when you listen to the term “tube amps” is the spicy, warm sound that they can make when cranking their power stage.
However, let me tell you that is not the only …
There is no direct answer to this question. But, there are ways to convert it if you need to. One of the ways is to buy a dual-voltage amplifier.
These are designed to run on two different voltages and can …
Most guitar players gravitate toward tube amps and think of solid-state amps as inferior.
But for jazz guitarists, it is more common to use solid-state rigs, and amps that are designed specifically for jazz almost always use this technology.…
When talking about valve amps we instantly think about their characteristic tone, sweet, distorted, and glassy sound which resembles those bands from the 60s and 70s.
The power tubes and preamp section are the ones in charge of the magic.…
Shipping an amp can be a daunting task. They’re heavy, they’re bulky, and they’re often jam-packed with components that can break without proper handling. So it’s always wise to take precautions when you pack up your amp for the journey …
When playing electric guitar, the sound of it plugged directly into an amp can be nice.
Much of the time, the sound will be clean and extremely dry which can be ideal in a lot of contexts.
But sometimes, …
When getting an amplifier many aspects should be considered, not only regarding the look or the price but also how it sounds.
There is a wide variety of amps on the market, hand-wired, PBCs, and point-to-point among others.
In music, …
Guitar amps are magical tools.
What would we do without them?
Our electric guitars would sound flat, weak, and unpleasant if we didn’t have amps.
So, after purchasing your first guitar, the second buy should always be a guitar amplifier. …