WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
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WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
Being a total spaz, I just plugged into my Valve Junior and wound it up without checking there was anything on the other end of the speaker cable. Luckily nothing blew up, but there was a very faint, tinny sound of the the guitar coming out of the head. Spooky. I'm guessing some random component physically vibrating with the current passing through it.
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
I WANT!
A girl phoned me the other day and said, "Come on over, theres nobody home". I went over, nobody was home.
Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
The output transformer vibrates / is microphonic to a degree 
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
Ibanezdude wrote:I WANT!
i want a stack of em 
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
It does to a degree, but because they are usually wax impregnated, they aren't too bad.ant wrote:The output transformer vibrates / is microphonic to a degree
that rattling / tinny sound is the thin wire of the plates / anodes / grids vibrating.
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nice one!
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
... shortly before they catch on firethe_haunted wrote: that rattling / tinny sound is the thin wire of the plates / anodes / grids vibrating.
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Re: WTF sound out of an amp head with no cab
OK, just tried it (on dummy load of coursethe_haunted wrote:It does to a degree, but because they are usually wax impregnated, they aren't too bad.ant wrote:The output transformer vibrates / is microphonic to a degree
that rattling / tinny sound is the thin wire of the plates / anodes / grids vibrating.
) Ant's right. The transformer is WAY louder than the tubes.