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Post by smoothgroove on May 31, 2006 18:29:40 GMT -7
I've heard that power breaks are bad for your amp? Myth? With my fender amp I changed my tubes out from 50w down to 7w and what a wonderful difference in sound especially with gain added. Is this a better option to consider, or should I not dare touch the factory tubes?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2006 20:16:22 GMT -7
It really seems to depend on who you talk to as to whether or not an attenuator will damage your amp. IMHO, If used properly with the amp it shouldn't hurt. If you like to run the amp hard, for that killer tone,you'll go through output tubes quicker and the harder you push the amp the hotter it gets. Heat is definitely the enemy to electronic components.
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Post by propellr on Jun 12, 2006 8:08:19 GMT -7
Only if you mistakenly use an instrument cable vs. a speaker cable! OOPS!
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Jun 12, 2006 8:14:48 GMT -7
It depends on how you look at things. If you run your amp without an Airbrake, and keep the volume lower to avoid too much volume, your tubes will last longer, and your sound will be cleaner. If that's what you like, fine. But if you WANT power tube saturation, and you DON'T want bleeding ears, then you HAVE to go the Airbrake route. Yeah, the tubes wear out a bit faster, but you get the sound you want. So the tradeoff is, longer lasting tubes and lame sound, or shorter lasting tubes and great sound. Your choice! I use both the Airbrake and a THD Hot Plate on every gig (using two amps). Neither are attenuating a lot, but they are useful for mild attenuation. I've been doing that with my Flexi-50 for two years, and still running the original tubes. I think that's a pretty cost-effective length of time for power tubes, so I'm not complaining.
Get the sound you want, whatever it takes. That's where the fun is.
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Post by propellr on Jun 12, 2006 8:35:34 GMT -7
It depends on how you look at things. If you run your amp without an Airbrake, and keep the volume lower to avoid too much volume, your tubes will last longer, and your sound will be cleaner. If that's what you like, fine. But if you WANT power tube saturation, and you DON'T want bleeding ears, then you HAVE to go the Airbrake route. Yeah, the tubes wear out a bit faster, but you get the sound you want. So the tradeoff is, longer lasting tubes and lame sound, or shorter lasting tubes and great sound. Your choice! I use both the Airbrake and a THD Hot Plate on every gig (using two amps). Neither are attenuating a lot, but they are useful for mild attenuation. I've been doing that with my Flexi-50 for two years, and still running the original tubes. I think that's a pretty cost-effective length of time for power tubes, so I'm not complaining. Get the sound you want, whatever it takes. That's where the fun is. You got it! It was no fun at all to save for months, to wait for months, and then to dial it in nice and quiet-like so it wouldn't make my ears bleed! That Air-Brake sure made it F-U-N-N-E-R! Hehehe!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2006 15:41:03 GMT -7
Only if you mistakenly use an instrument cable vs. a speaker cable! OOPS! That might explain the smoke
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Jun 13, 2006 2:51:49 GMT -7
I use a z-brake w/ both my Ghia and Maz Sr. The SR has the same tubes from 1 year ago and it still sounds great... no issues. Of course cranking it will reduce the life on the tubes, but considering I'm probably well over Myles's recomended 300 hours, I can't complain.
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