08-25-2014, 09:51 AM
Yeah, it does kinda depend on the guitar you are using etc... but once you hit the full output of the the amp it will distort pretty heavy and it wont respond as much to changes in the the input.
one thing to remember is that the volume control is a linear taper pot. Not an audio taper. So it seems to reach almost full output very quickly. setting it to 11 actually much like setting an audio taper to 3 o'clock or beyond.
so its as though the amp was cranked. not a bad way to run the amp, but it does make it more one dimensional.
these amps take pedals really well in general, but if they are cranked, they can get really mushy or undefined when using other pedals.
if I was getting my distortion from a pedal, and needed the amp to be clean sometimes, i would run the amp kind of on the edge of distortion (for me around 9 o'clock with my guitar) which was great because it was nice and clean when I wasn't laying into it... but went strait into that ampeg distortion if I played a little harder.
very reactive amps.
one thing to remember is that the volume control is a linear taper pot. Not an audio taper. So it seems to reach almost full output very quickly. setting it to 11 actually much like setting an audio taper to 3 o'clock or beyond.
so its as though the amp was cranked. not a bad way to run the amp, but it does make it more one dimensional.
these amps take pedals really well in general, but if they are cranked, they can get really mushy or undefined when using other pedals.
if I was getting my distortion from a pedal, and needed the amp to be clean sometimes, i would run the amp kind of on the edge of distortion (for me around 9 o'clock with my guitar) which was great because it was nice and clean when I wasn't laying into it... but went strait into that ampeg distortion if I played a little harder.
very reactive amps.