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Old 2006-07-02, 03:42
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Amp Head Question

Just out of curiosty when i have my tube amp head turned totally down i can hear a faint super fuzzy sound of whatever im playing coming from my guitar head, not cab, does anyone know where this noise comes from, im just wondering!

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Old 2006-07-02, 10:46
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Tube amp?
 
Old 2006-07-02, 14:12
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Ok well thats completely impossible for your the actual amp to have that kind of sound coming out of it, unless ur hiding a tiny speaker in there. When you turn a tube amp all the way down, you still hear a slight signal coming through your speakers, that must be what you are hearing.

But just about any tube amp will craete a faint hiss or hum that comes through the speakers, its just the nature of tubes. But its not possible to have sounds like that coming out of the amp itself.
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Old 2006-07-03, 03:57
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What you are hearing is the output trasnformer. Sounds like a metallic buzzer? If so that is the OPT. You can't help it, thats the way they sound. You just cannot usually hear it due to the speaker output. You get the same noise when using an attenuater and lowering the output almost to nothing. Its the OPT again.
 
Old 2006-07-03, 04:36
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Ahh cool thats it, thanks!
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