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http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Jordan Wagner walks us through his latest review of Orange Amps’ OR50 guitar amplifier head. The review is part of Premier Guitar’s June 2012 issue and can be read online, for free, in its entirety, here – http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Jun/Orange_OR50H_Reissue_Amp_Review.aspx.

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How to play the Amplifier

Two questions we get asked most frequently about guitar amps are:
1. How do I get a high level of sustain or overdrive from my amp without necessarily turning it up too loud and
2. What am I supposed to do with the tone or EQ controls on the amp.

In this lesson we shall address both of these subjects.

First let’s look at setting up your amp to get the most sustain at reasonable volume.

Now one difficulty about discussing amplifiers is that, manufacturers differ in their choice of labels for the controls on different makes of amplifier.
One manufacturer will label a control ‘Volume’ another ‘Gain’

We also get ‘Boost’, ‘Level’ ‘Pre-gain’ Post-Gain’ ‘Overdrive’ ‘Distortion’ ‘Input volume’ ‘Output volume’ and ‘Master volume’ — all labels on knobs that basically do the same thing — they allow you to control the amplitude of the signal passing through the circuitry of the amplifier at some given point.

Added to this complication, some amps have multiple channels and some even multiple inputs.

Now, if you have got more than one channel or input choose one that is labelled ‘High Gain’, ‘Overdrive’ ‘Distortion’ or some such label indicating more power.

Avoid channels labelled ‘Clean’ or ‘Low Gain’

Now look at the control panel of your amp and locate the input socket — this should be where your guitar lead is plugged into the amp.

Whatever labels are used on your amp we’ll call the one closest to the input socket GAIN and the farthest one VOLUME.

Whatever the layout, for the purposes of our instructions, in a case like this we will refer to the two controls nearest to the input socket as GAIN and the control furthest from the input socket as VOLUME.

So here’s how to apply this to your amp settings.

First, as an important precaution, turn the Volume control (the one furthest from the input socket to zero).

Next make sure that you are feeding the amp as much signal as possible. This means TURN up all controls on the guitar to 10.

That’s Volume and tone. Have as many pick-ups selected as possible and if you have any kind of active circuitry (boosters) switch it on .

Then, in the interests of maximising pressure, turn the gain on the amp straight up to 10. Remember if there are three controls affecting sound levels on your amp then this applies to both of the controls nearest the input socket.

Remember you have just created the audio equivalent of a primed and loaded bomb! With this much ‘Pressure’ in the system, the output volume control is going to be pretty sensitive so TURN IT UP S L O W L Y

So there you are — you won’t get more sustain out of your system than that!

Now here’s a good way to set the EQ.

Again amps will differ, but the vast majority will give you some control of Bass Middle and Treble.

Set the volume level on the amp as high as you reasonably can, because the higher the volume the more clearly you will hear the effects of the EQ controls. If you are going to be playing clean then select the cleanest setting, if you are going for sustain then set the gain and volume according to the instructions earlier in this lesson.
Now Shut down the treble and middle controls to zero and set the bass on 10.
Test this setting by playing the lowest sounding strings on the guitar. It will almost certainly sound too boomy..

Turn the bass down until the lowest notes on the guitar sound about right.

Next turn the treble all the way up and test the highest notes you are likely to play. They will sound too tinny…

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Turn the treble down until the highest notes on the guitar sound about right.

Finally, strum a chord across all six strings and feed in the middle to restore a bit of warmth and body to the sound. Too much middle can make things sound a bit thick and muffled — too little and the sound is a bit brittle or cold sounding.

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I want to upgrade my amp and i want some suggestions of guitar amp heads in this price range.

I play punk music like billy talent , gob and early sum 41.

The Orange Tiny Terror is a little above your price range, but it’s a sick little amp. You should definitely check it out. You might decide to save up a little more.

I am starting a 5 piece guitar band. We have 2 guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and a singer. I want to buy a new amp but dint know what watt amp to get that will be suitable for practising with the band and also small to medium sized gigs. Should I be looking at 100 watt or should 60 watt be enough?

I use a 50 watt Marshall MA Combo. That is PLENTY. It sounds great quite and even better when I crank it up to jam with my band. I play small gigs and haven’t needed to mic it yet.

I play the guitar and I have a nice guitar amp. I would like to also take up the bass guitar but I can only afford the guitar for now. I would like to know if I can play the bass through my guitar amp or will it wreck it? Thanks!

It won’t wreck the amp if you don’t turn it up too loud, but it won’t sound right. You need an amp designed for a bass to get the deep bass tones.

I have a Freshman AC30R amp and I don’t know how to attach my headphones and guitar lead into the amp so that I can use both at the same time.I have a Fender electro acoustic. Can anyone help please?

Hello there,

There is a phone out jack on your amp. That is where you plug in the headphones. The cord from the guitar goes into your input jack..

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http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Charles Saufley is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where he visits the Bugera Amps booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of their newest tube amplifier — TRIREC Infinium.

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I want a new amp head for my guitar, but my guitar amp is kinda small and I don’t really love it. I have a big bass amp though that I love and have used with my guitar many times. So is it ok to plug a guitar amp head into a bass amplifier?

Your terminology is unclear. An amp head is just the part into which you plug a guitar or bass; it uses wall power to produce a higher-power signal but does not have speakers. You plug an amp head into a speaker cabinet.

A speaker cabinet has one or more speakers and a jack on the back into which you plug the cable from the amp head. The cabinet doesn’t use power from the wall or have any switches or controls.

A combo amp has both the amplifier and the speaker(s) in one box.

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Bass cabinets do not produce the high-frequency sounds that most people want for guitar. Many bass amps are flatter than guitar amps and don’t produce the same electric-guitar sound that you’ll expect from a guitar amp.

You’re less like to damage anything by using a guitar with a bass amp & speaker than by using a bass with a guitar amp & speaker, but still be careful if one component is much bigger than the other.

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http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Vox-Pathfinder-Guitar-Amplifier.html

Paul Kramer (Korg, Marshall, Vox) demonstrates the Vox Pathfinder 15R Electric guitar amplifier.

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