WHY OLD SCHOOL AMP DISTORTION = THE BEST DISTORTION!
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2021
- Why did so many guitarists in the 60's, 70's and 80's have such unique, dynamic tones? Here we a close look at that vintage-style cranked amp magic!
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9:14 Jose-style modded Germino "preamp gain"
9:38 SL68 "cranked plexi" gain
11:26 waveform pic of preamp vs. full amp drive
12:47 plexi- style amp transformer sound
13:34 SLO100 "preamp gain tone"
14:46 effect of PPIMV on tone
17:31 effect of pre-phase inverter master vol on tone
18:47 Jose-mod style gain boost, effect on tone
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Pete has class like some well known pros like Lynch, Hoekstra, Mr Mars etc. Just a great human being to share his world of guitar with us all. The new generation of guitar players should relish in these times. Not so long ago you couldn’t find any instructions on “how too” etc other than VHS tape purchases through guitar mags. Now it’s free on RUclips. Enjoy it while it lasts kids. 🤘
The plexi has a power transformer with a high internal resistance along with minimal filtering in the filter caps (to store energy). As you “turn it up” the transformer has to deliver more current. But the transformer resistance along with the limited energy stored in the filter caps causes the voltage to sag. Voltage is your dynamics.
The next time anyone asks me something about gain, I'm sending them this video. It's perfect.
This is the clearest explanation of what makes an older style amp awesome I've ever seen.
A true masterclass on tone, thanks Pete!
This was so wonderfully nerdy, it could have lasted for hours and I'd still be tuned in. Great content Pete as always!
Amazing. Thank you for making this.
Yeah buddy! The best “distortion” ever is volume! Of course I do like a bit of pre amp distortion like anyone else, but I prefer the old school EVH way of developing some power amp saturation as well and introducing some speaker breakup as well. If it’s too loud, you’re too old. And that’s coming from an old guy. 😂
Thanks Pete. Tube amps are just so much fun. They truly become part of the instrument. It is a feel you can never duplicate with modeling even though it has it's place as another great tool for the guitarist. I even feel a big difference with tube over solid state rectification when the amp is driven hard. It is amazing how the feel of an amp and how it responds can drastically influence how you play. Thanks for showing younger players examples of the dynamics of driven tube amps. Something us old pickers fell in love with years ago. As usual Pete you were very spot on with your great playing examples.
"There's only one way to get there, and that's turn it up." I need that on a T-Shirt. I also need a sticker that I can put on my amp, just as a reminder.
Yes! Nothing like hitting a massive A chord and hearing the tubes react on a cranked marshall!
This was one of the most insightful deep dives into rock guitar tone I've ever watched.
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Deserves 5 thumbs up! The sort of knowledge that would take thousands of $$$ to acquire, and hours of testing. Thanks Pete 👍
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I used to have a '74 Super Lead, mid to late 80s. Jumped the channels, turned them up and adjusted to taste to get my then Rush obsessed distortion tone. Learning to play that sound is like learning to ride a rhinoceros, given the possibility. The very definition of balls without being super saturated, and my ears still ring to this day. When I listen to 2112 on All The World's A Stage I feel like I know exactly what Alex Lifeson was experiencing in that performance, particularly the low D bend during the solo in Soliloquy. Balls deluxe.
There's nothing like a 50 watt non-master volume Marshall cranked. Raw and unleashed
Pete, this is the first legit description of amp distortion! I'm an amp builder myself and have discovered the delights of driving the phase inverter/output tubes/output transformer! I built an amp with just the phase inverter and output stages to test this. I got the idea taking my 66 Blackface Deluxe Reverb to jam sessions and cranked it all the way up. The gain structure of a tube amp can be setup so that all of the stages (except the first preamp stage) hit the clipping point at the same time. We hit tone nirvana then!
Hahahahaha, that big smile on your face when you engage the gain boost in the Jose-modded amp says it all. "Ahh yes: MORE GAIN!" ;-)
Super helpful- I’m over 50 & have been listening closely to this kind of thing for many years & it’s only now beginning to become clear what is actually going on👍🇬🇧🎸