Clicky

View post (Microphonic tubes??)

View thread

Lordathestrings
Gear Guru
Joined: 01/18/01
Posts: 6,242
Lordathestrings
Gear Guru
Joined: 01/18/01
Posts: 6,242
12/31/2005 6:57 pm
All tubes are microphonic to some degree. If vibration causes the internal elements to move, that appears as noise at the output. Good tubes don't make much noise at all. Bad ones will howl so much that they can cause your amp to feed-back uncontrolably!
Lordathestrings
Guitar Tricks Moderator

www.GuitarTricks.com - Home of Online Guitar Lessons