Guitar Amplifiers Recommendations and
Tips The Guitar Amp is just as important as
any other link in your sound-chain. Many
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By the way, you'll find the term "Industry Standard" a lot, but it does convey the quality of a
Guitar Amplifier or piece musical equipment, if professionals in the field use these products for
years on end - that's our theory anyway and we're a schtickin' to it as they say ;-).
These guitar amplifiers and all musical gear for that matter have to earn their place to be listed
as such, and make it into any UniGTR+++% guide. Hope you find some useful and interesting
info.
My main Guitar amplifier for about 10 years now has been a Peavey Classic 50w 4x12 and it's still
going strong. I've dragged it halfway around the world, and it's never let me down once.
It's the perfect Clean/Dirty Amp for me and quite versatile. Here's a quick listen to some Bluesy
settings from this workhorse Peavey Classic - Demo
Guitar Amplifier - PV Classic I find it's a fantastic guitar amp all-rounder for gigging and
recording altho' there's no line-out but I think it's best to mic it up anyway - try an SM58 for top
results.
Guitar Amplifier Tips Many modern Guitar amplifiers have a line out - Handy for
recording/straight to desk.
Guitar Amplifier Tips You can add another speaker in series with the Classic, but watch out
my friend, It's LOUD!
A tube-driven, 3-channel combo, with a multitude of modern features. This is a very popular amp with
Blues players and for good reason. It's up to Fender's usual quality standards and sounds absolutely
class.
If I didn't have me Peavey Classic I'd go for one of these.
Guitar Amplifier Gigging Tip Place your carefully angled guitar amp up higher when your
gigging on stage, by raising it up with a beer or orange crate or something similar. This brings
the sound more in line with your ear and lets you get to the controls quicker. Helps you to get
your onstage volume right which is a BIG professional attitude to have.
Gigging Tip I used to carry one around to gigs with me - got some strange looks but hey! If you
want to get fancy use a proper amp stand or spray your crate fluorescent P!nk.
Powerful Stack System used throughout the Rock/Grunge/Heavy Industry. You'll see these being used
everywhere including - from Slash to Gary Moore, Metal to Top of the Pops.
Servicing Tips NEVER service
electrical gear yourself unless
you are completely sure of what
you are doing! Guitar Amplifiers
for example can carry LETHAL
voltages even with the power
supply switched off.
Servicing Tips For general
servicing use the correct
Electronic Lubricant for
potentiometers (volume
pots,etc.) This is crucial
emergency stuff to have handy at
a gig - Read the instructions first
for best applications and safety
issues.
WARNING - NEVER use an
oil-based lubricant such as
WD40 on your Guitar Amp or
Music Electronic/Gear. It will
electrically short out whatever it
touches. Great for cars, but
completely destroys circuit
boards. Use a special-purpose
Electronic Contact-Cleaner to
keep away the crackles and
noise.
<<< Here's the correct type...
Servicing Tips Carry a tin of
this spray above or similar with
you at gigs and rehearsals and
the like. You know when the TV
volume jumps up and down or is
crackly and noisy sometimes,
well the same thing happens with
all Guitar Amplifiers/Music Gear
volume and eq controls, or pots
as they are known in the biz -
short for potentiometers. It is vital
to ensure that you use the correct
spray.
Warning: Using the wrong spray can immediately and permanently destroy your amp! Do NOT use a
car spray like WD40 or similar, this will short out the amp electronics forever. Use the correct one and
it's never a problem.
Here's a real favorite amongst the Goatee Beard types ;-). It's
also great for playing Pop stuff and the built in Chorus is
famous. Great clean sounds, I'm not a fan of the Overdrive
myself but it's good and certainly usable at a gig - depends on
your taste too.
2 independent 60W amps, 2 input channels (Normal and
Effects) with 3-band EQ for each, and a pair of 12" speakers.
Effects include reverb, distortion, adjustable vibrato, and true
stereo chorus. Distortion, reverb, and chorus are
footswitchable.
I'll do a special on guitar recording soon, but here's a few
basic methods to keep you going.
Recording the Guitar Mic straight up to the Guitar
Amplifier - try a Shure SM58 Mic - great for overdriven
tracks and vocals of course, an industry standard.
Recording the Guitar Go direct (D.I.) - basically plug
straight into the recording console - don't overload the
channel by turning the recording volume too high. Start
with all faders down before you plug into the console,
then turn your guitar volume up full and then gradually
raise the faders carefully monitoring the signal - Very
clean and compressed sound. Try the excellent tech
21 guitar recording emulator pedal. I use this
companies gear and I found it's cool - also has a great
reputation.
Recording the Guitar You could record thru a Guitar Effects Processor which has a Line-Out
Match. See or Guitar Effects Guide
Recording the Guitar Use a special guitar recording box. Recording the Guitar is a thorny
subject which is too detailed to go into here, but I use and recommend the Tech 21 SansAmp
Classic Preamp to record the Guitar (and Bass). It's an Industry Standard and has different
settings emulating famous Guitar Amplifiers.
