Question:
I heard that I can make my Hot Rod Deluxe work harder at lower volumes by removing a tube. Is this true?
-Nick
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Originally Posted by Only Alive I heard that I can make my Hot Rod Deluxe work harder at lower volumes by removing a tube. Is this true?
-Nick no...but pulling a tube will efficiently make your amp not work at all. the two tubes on the HR Deluxe operate in a "push/pull" manner...where one tube "pushes" the signal while the other "pulls"...without both tubes you're screwed.
however in some four-tube configurations you have two "pull" tubes and two "push" tubes, so you can remove a complementing pair (one "pull", one "push") to get the effect you were told about.
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Originally Posted by thesteve no...but pulling a tube will efficiently make your amp not work at all. the two tubes on the HR Deluxe operate in a "push/pull" manner...where one tube "pushes" the signal while the other "pulls"...without both tubes you're screwed.
however in some four-tube configurations you have two "pull" tubes and two "push" tubes, so you can remove a complementing pair (one "pull", one "push") to get the effect you were told about.
Doesn't this change the impedance as well?
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Originally Posted by tht00 Doesn't this change the impedance as well? i believe so...but i don't know in which direction so i kinda failed to mention it.
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Ok, thanks Steve.
-Nick