Amp Clipping
Hi, all... Here is a question for you electronics-knowledgeable people. This past weekend I was performing on stage with some other musicians, playing my acoustic-electric guitar through my solid state acoustic amp and I had to drive it pretty hard to keep up with all the volume around me. (there was no XLR-out or mic available for me in order to run through the house system.) Anyway, toward the end of the set the amp conked out on me. Later that day, I hooked it up at home and it worked fine, sounded fine. This same scenario played out once before a few years ago. As I understand it, clipping can damage your speaker but, it seems to be fine. I've said all this to ask you this: Is there generally some kind of over-driving protection built into the circuitry of solid state amps designed to shut them down and prevent speaker damage? I couldn't find any info relating to this in my amp's user's manual. Just wondering. Thanks, Tom W.
- Tom Workman
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Re: Amp Clipping
Tom:
My best guess would be that your amp has a thermal cutoff circuit that shuts down the amp until an over temperature condition is corrected. Then after cooling down the amp probably operates normally.
Thanks, Take Care
Wayne
My best guess would be that your amp has a thermal cutoff circuit that shuts down the amp until an over temperature condition is corrected. Then after cooling down the amp probably operates normally.
Thanks, Take Care
Wayne
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Re: Amp Clipping
Thanks, Wayne. I had pretty much forgotten about this since I posted it back in June. Your reply was the only one and very much appreciated. - Regards, Tom W.
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Re: Amp Clipping
If you wanna hear bad-ass but tasteful clipping-effect, find a copy of Ry Cooder's Get Rythem, and check out the opening of All Shook Up!
Be sure to have it cranked all the way up to ELEVEN ! ! !
Be sure to have it cranked all the way up to ELEVEN ! ! !
If BRUTE-FORCE isn't working, you're not using enough ! ! !
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