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Post by renegade44 on Feb 14, 2017 8:36:18 GMT -7
Alright . . . I was talking to an amp geek. (and i use "geek" with the utmost respect for the guy - brilliant feller) He has been an amp tech and builder for a while.
We were talking "proper care and feeding" of a tube amp. He said it was important to always "zero" the volume and master before power off and make sure they were "zero"ed before power up? Even if you had a standby, this was the best way to protect the amp.
Any thoughts? Is this an old wives tale or truth?
thanks, stephen
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Post by Faze on Feb 14, 2017 8:42:57 GMT -7
Honestly never heard that before. But maybe someone who had more knowledge can chime in. No pun intended.
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Post by Jaguarguy (Mike) on Feb 14, 2017 9:25:51 GMT -7
Never hear that one before either. In his blog there is something about powering up and down with standby but he doesn't say anything about zeroing out volume and/or master. Here's the link: drzamps.com/blog-standby-switch/
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Post by hardys on Feb 14, 2017 9:41:54 GMT -7
I've been playing for 40 plus years & have read numerous articles on properly powering up/down guitar amps, but have never heard of zeroing volume, or master controls.
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Post by MacStevenXIII on Feb 14, 2017 11:37:49 GMT -7
I'll add to the "Never heard this before" crowd as well.
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Post by BritInvasion on Feb 14, 2017 12:44:10 GMT -7
I've heard of people doing that to protect the speakers from a loud "snap" or "thump" caused by the switch contacts flipping over. But only on amps that are prone to do it. Otherwise , no I've never heard of it being done routinely to protect the amp.
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Post by premiumplus (Dave) on Feb 14, 2017 13:34:46 GMT -7
New one on me too. Probably started with solid state amps, which have been known to exhibit turn on / turn off transient thumps.
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Post by KeithA on Feb 14, 2017 13:38:53 GMT -7
I've heard of people doing that to protect the speakers from a loud "snap" or "thump" caused by the switch contacts flipping over. But only on amps that are prone to do it. Otherwise , no I've never heard of it being done routinely to protect the amp. This
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Post by doctorice on Feb 14, 2017 14:08:10 GMT -7
News to me too. New one on me too. Probably started with solid state amps, which have been known to exhibit turn on / turn off transient thumps. I think Dave's got it. A solid-state amp I use at a rehearsal place does this. I've taken to turning the volume all the way down before powering up.
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Post by ampedup on Feb 16, 2017 19:37:43 GMT -7
New to me too. I don't think I'll worry about it. I tend to leave my volume alone anyway and wouldn't want to reset it every time.
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Post by purpletele on Feb 16, 2017 19:47:34 GMT -7
I have never heard that either. It doesn't make sense, except to protect from the pops as indicated by others.
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Post by zpilot on Feb 18, 2017 21:21:06 GMT -7
Yeah, I heard that somewhere along the line. Never made any sense to me. I used to do that with old PA gear so maybe that's where he got that.
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