Preamp???

[Johan]

Ok, I got this thing I´m wondering about.
A preamp amplifies the signal before it goes in to the real amp, But what does this do with the tone?
What is it good for except for amplifying the signal?

[BadHorsie]

They all do different things. If you wanna check out some really good preamps then go to www.rocktron.com (http://www.rocktron.com) .

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[trendkillah]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Times, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Johan:
Ok, I got this thing I´m wondering about.
A preamp amplifies the signal before it goes in to the real amp, But what does this do with the tone?
What is it good for except for amplifying the signal?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

A preamps doesnt amplify the sound(at least not much), its gives the sounds its shape. You get your equalisation and gain from the pre-amp.So you basically get all your tone from the pre-amp.
The signal from your pre-amp goes into your power-amp, this will amplify the signal so you can hear it thru the speakers. The power-amp is were you get your volume, and sometimes also presence.

Fx-loops are right in the middle of the pre and power-amp, so you get your fx behind your distortion, like you would do when you use alot of pedals, and no amp-distortion.

so you would have : guitar =&gt; pre-amp =&gt; fx-loop =&gt; power-amp =&gt; speaker