Diggin' the Drive Select Button

[FONT=Tahoma]So I was just messin' around with the amp last night and tried out the drive select button. Wow, what a cool sound. Could someone please explain what all the buttons are for on the electric guitar and the amp? Thanks.[/FONT]
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REVERB:
A type of digital signal processing that produces a continuous wash of echoing sound, simulating an acoustic space such as a concert hall. Reverberation contains the some frequency components as the sound being processed, but no discrete echoes.
GAIN: the amount of boost (regulates the amount of force / magnitude of a signal.
There's two definitions for you. I'm not sure what else is on your amp (other than the basic volume/eq controls) so I'll leave it at this. As for the knobs on your guitar, there are usually three or four knobs (varies between guitars)... One is a volume pot and the others are to adjust the tone (depending on where you're set on the selector switch).
A type of digital signal processing that produces a continuous wash of echoing sound, simulating an acoustic space such as a concert hall. Reverberation contains the some frequency components as the sound being processed, but no discrete echoes.
GAIN: the amount of boost (regulates the amount of force / magnitude of a signal.
There's two definitions for you. I'm not sure what else is on your amp (other than the basic volume/eq controls) so I'll leave it at this. As for the knobs on your guitar, there are usually three or four knobs (varies between guitars)... One is a volume pot and the others are to adjust the tone (depending on where you're set on the selector switch).
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I have a 40W amp, but when I put both master and volume on minimum, it's really destorted (dont know the right word)... The sound gets better if I turn the volume up, but we have a real noicey house, so cant put it up that high... Any sugjestions on how to get the sound right?
I have a Samick Sm-10 (ac 220v, 50/60hz) :)
I have a Samick Sm-10 (ac 220v, 50/60hz) :)
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[FONT=Tahoma]i actually missed out on the whole reverb deal...but my amp does have that drive select button with its own volume and a gain dial.
as far as what to do to get the amp right and not be distorted, my serious answer is turn it up and/or get head phones. my joking answer is to turn it way up, if the house is already noisey, no reason you should be the one to have to quiet down. :p [/FONT]
as far as what to do to get the amp right and not be distorted, my serious answer is turn it up and/or get head phones. my joking answer is to turn it way up, if the house is already noisey, no reason you should be the one to have to quiet down. :p [/FONT]
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Originally Posted by: becmaelI have a 40W amp, but when I put both master and volume on minimum, it's really destorted (dont know the right word)... The sound gets better if I turn the volume up, but we have a real noicey house, so cant put it up that high... Any sugjestions on how to get the sound right?
I have a Samick Sm-10 (ac 220v, 50/60hz) :)
Is that a solid state amp or tube amp?
Usually tubes will sound better as you turn up the volume and solid state roughly maintain the same sound quality as volume increases. Both types can turn to a bad sound at higher volume level so u have to know where your amps sweet spot is or where it begins to sag nicely if u have a tube rectifier.
WWSD? What would stevie do?
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