GG-010 • Guitar Amp Basics (part 2)
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
10:28 pm
More about guitar amps in this lesson, including some info about guitar pickups and distortion settings. More help and notes at: www.justinguitar.com J
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I know, I know. It’s picky but we can’t just let little lies/innacuracies through, especially when we’re dealing with new players or children. If we do, these “facts” become common knowledge and replace the truth. How many people were told by “experts” in the 80’s that microwave ovens cook from the middle outwards? Were YOU told that? It’s completely incorrect but it’s now become common knowledge. We’re moving into a new age of scientific awareness. Now, more than ever, we need to be accurate.
@Avalon888 I see your point, but it really is irrelevant to say that, just as well as this comment actually, but still
Very helpful – thanks
0:34 …there’s two types of hick…pickups. hehe
0:27-0:33 They do NOT pick up the sound! They take the interference of the magnetic field created by the steel string (mechanical energy) and convert it to electrical energy (the signal). A transducer.
Yes, I’m being picky but you can’t just say “They pick up the sound”. If you’re going to explain guitars/amps you’re going to have to be explicit.
Sorry
noob
Or more standard would be Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall stack, probably a JCM 800 or something. The modern ones are generally not as good
One-off LP copy, a Marshall Jubilee series that’s not made anymore, and Alnico Pro II pickups
Yes, the clean and dirty channels from this mesa boogie would be like the low and high inputs from your epiphone, but both amps work in different ways.
Some people uses a/b boxes to change through the inputs on amps like this.
How i give it the sound like in sweet child o mine??
No the high and low mean your output. If your guitar has high output pickups u put it in the “high” if u have a low output pickup it goes in “low”. a good way to put it is if u have active pickups or a similar passive, “High”. If ur using most passive pickups…use low. hope it helps (:
are “high” and “low” the same as clean and dirty? (they are two different inputs on my epiphone amp)
Depends how the wiring is, you have In Series or Out of Phase, I can’t remember which way round (I think its In Series) but that is the ’standard’ way of wiring and that means two single coils together are Humbucking, however I think Out Of Phase means they still Hum.
What so the two single coils together is a humbucker, not just two single coils??
what type of amp settings would you have for ac/dc sort of stuff like you shook me all night long? thanx
well sweet child needs a wah pedal which i have never seen built into an amp lol, vox makes good wah’s for like 80-120 bucks, but if you are looking for everything in one, go with a line 6 multi effects, or a boss me series. i don’t personally like them, but i’m sure they aren’t ALL rubbish. haha
nice mesa 5:25
Wait….so I couldn’t get a sound like Jimmy Page’s guitar in the song Since I’ve Been Loving You on a regular amplifier? Do I need an effects pedal? What about, say, the Sweet Child of Mine solo by Guns N Roses? Also not possible on a normal amp?
Thanks
LOL I like the dirty channel…..
this and part one really helped me, thanks a lot
man, that was great
I’m not entirely sure if this is correct, but distortion is effects based, like its created by the amp or a pedal. Overdrive is over-driving the signal, basically giving it a lot of gain.
Nice video Justin! I use an express 5:50… the 25w with a 12 was not available at the time. I find that when any of the tone knobs for treble, middle and bass are above 12 o’clock, the burn channel is really hard to tame. any advice? I’m putting a PRS Custom 22 through it.
so pro this helps so much i fail when it comes to amp settings
thank you, that was useful !