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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:49:54 +0200
From: David Garcia
Subject: Re: Bassman '59 RI (yet another bunch of questions)

Hi, John

Certainly I got it wrong. Thanks for the explanation. My English is a bit
rusty due to lack of use, and, as you suspected, I thought it was loudness
that was discussed. Now I see what he meant. Indeed, it seems very
convenient to have a set of different preamp tubes to set the amp at one's
convenience for each event. Actually, I'm just seeing myself in a couple of
months carrying the amp, the harps briefcase and the tubes briefcase to
each gig...;-)

Thank you and all the people that has advised me offlist.

Regards,

David

>Hi David,
>
> You may have misunderstood Chris' comment about having to crank
>up the volume control to get proper breakup. Depending on what
>preamp tubes you use, breakup will occur at different settings of the
>volume control, but the actual loudness at which breakup occurs may
>not differ at all. The first advantage to having a good choice of
>preamp tubes in place is that the loudness range you like to play at
>is spread more widely across the volume settings, so you can control
>things better.
>
>-John
>
>
>
>--
>John Thaden, jjthad~lash.net on 2002/05/28