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GG-010 • Guitar Amp Basics (part 1)

Basic amp types and setting explained in this lesson aimed at beginners. Watch out for part 2 where we talk about pickups and distortion! Taught by Justin Sandercoe. Full support at the web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem. And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships. Just tons of great lessons :) To get help with your lesson or song look up the number at the start of the video title (like ST-123 or whatever) on the Lesson Index page. www.justinguitar.com .

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June 24, 2010

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  1. SlayerOvLight said
    on May 30, 2009

    There could be a couple reasons for this buzz…
    If you have the gain all the way up, then there will be a lot of distortion feedback. Turn the gain down and see if it’s still buzzing a lot. I also have a Squire( They’re very bad guitars imo, but good for beginners), change the pick to the 2 and 4 humbucker positions. Anyways, keep learning and save up for a better amp.

  2. ilovetoeatrice said
    on June 1, 2009

    nice vid bro ahah

    what animal is at the end?

  3. befrankis said
    on June 4, 2009

    wolvereen i think or a tasmanian devil

  4. ilovetoeatrice said
    on June 7, 2009

    oh, thank you!

  5. newsteadstuiosfx said
    on June 8, 2009

    take off the scratch plate on your strat and stick a large square of tin foil there with double sided tape then screw it back on… the tin foil absorbs the electrical and magnetic interference from the pickups. this works a treat on all guitars and stops the hum and loud volumes and on high distortion.

  6. zonedout245 said
    on June 10, 2009

    i don’t know too much about amps but i know electrical. it could work, but i wouldn’t recommend trying it. you might either not get a good sound out of it ir you might fry some cables. but again, i don’t know amps much.

  7. prctog said
    on June 22, 2009

    it would have been nice to see this video a little sooner. with my little knowledge about amps I assumed most decent amps were around 100 to 150 watts and i purchased a 180 watt amp that i thought would be good for gigs. it is much to big and dosent sound very good when its turned down so much. learn from my mistake please

  8. Slashrocks111 said
    on June 24, 2009

    heard the same story some time ago :p. Learned it to. In a small pub a 20watt is even enough. 180 watt is realy for a big gig lol

  9. ZeppelinFloydRoses said
    on July 2, 2009

    Tasmanian devil…

  10. Jabez777 said
    on July 13, 2009

    is drive the same as gain?

  11. mikeayotte182 said
    on August 9, 2009

    drive is a term we use for when a gutar amps sound is ‘broken up’ or distorting.
    Gain is the amount of volume going into the signal path, where the master is the volume going out of the amp. High gain means lots of volume entering the amps tone controls. When you have lots of gain going into a tube (valve) amp, it causes the preamp tubes to overdrive, creating a distorted sound.
    Mesa/Boogie gets their crazy distortion through cascading gain, maxing out several preamp tubes with gain.

  12. DivineSkulls said
    on August 9, 2009

    if i got a line 6 head, would it work with a blackstar cabinet?

  13. Velghe87 said
    on August 16, 2009

    Yep, just make sure you set the right impedance. Most heads give you a choice between 4, 8 or 16 Ohm.
    I you you use one cabinet of 16 ohm you set it to 16 obviously. If you are using two 16 ohm cabinets, you’ll have to set your head preset on 8 ohm.

  14. foskoleck123 said
    on November 27, 2009

    I got an amp thats only got high low and volume settings on it can any1 help get a better sound

  15. arsenalfanforlife said
    on January 6, 2010

    180 is enough for a stadium gig

  16. Brentypooz said
    on February 9, 2010

    how do i make my amp sound like randy rhodes? :L

  17. abarbar06 said
    on March 2, 2010

    @Brentypooz you get a $2,500 marshall. a guitar with humbuckers, and a lot of skill

  18. ibanezman007 said
    on March 21, 2010

    You can buy a guitar equalizer pedal. Boss makes one for about 100 dollars. Just set the Low and High controls on 5 and then find your tone on the pedal.

  19. orumets said
    on April 9, 2010

    As far as I know watts have nothing to do how loud the sound is. Watt measures the rate of energy conversion. For example an electric radiator is 700 watts and it does not make a sound. Look at dB (decibel) is used to measure sound pressure levels.

  20. bmpfranco21 said
    on April 19, 2010

    What can you tell me about the Orange AD5, little valve amp from orange..I bought one of these, but i’m finding the overdrive too shrill.. got a tip from some guy that if I put JJ’s instead of these chinese tubes that came with the amp, the shrill would stop..what do you think? thx

  21. bmpfranco21 said
    on April 19, 2010

    oh, and he also said something about the pre valves, if i change the 12ax7 to 12au7, not only I’d be able to get more clean headroom, but also control more the sound, cuz this amp is too loud for my apartment..plus it would help to take off that overdrive shrill…or do you think that if I just change it to the 12at7, that is between those other two pre valves, would do it?

  22. Carthsting said
    on April 30, 2010

    You look like howling mad from A-team

  23. IronMaiden6226 said
    on May 16, 2010

    On the amp, if there is a button that says ‘drive’, is that a distortion channel?

  24. SK8FNT said
    on May 26, 2010

    is it normal to have an amplifier ngeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee huming sound constantly?

  25. MrRasnarok said
    on June 22, 2010

    @SK8FNT Not really, unless you’ve got alot of overdrive on. Is it a cheap amp?

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