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Pre-Amplifier Distortion

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Definitions, Different Tube Amp Sounds, How Do Tube Amps Work?, Vacuum Tubes for Guitar Amplifiers

The pre-amplifier section of a guitar amplifier serves to amplify a weak instrument signal to a level that can drive the power amplifier. It often also contains circuitry to shape the tone of the instrument, including equalization and gain controls. Often multiple cascading gain/clipping stages are employed to generate distortion. Because the first component in [...]

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