Frank McNerney
Shoitza
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2018
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- 261
Les - may I quote you? " To those who claim tubes are inherently a noisy problem, I say you probably have no idea WTF you're doing. The record industry is still using tube gear in mastering - units such as the Fairchild, the SPL Iron, the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, the Knif Soma, the Bettermaker, and many, many others are in use every single day all over the world. Yes, mastering, where noise floor counts as a VERY big deal! "
I confess - I don't know WTF I'm doing. In my defense - I'n new to this whole thing. Guitar thing that is - Not life itself - Far from it.
SO. - I always thought (assumed) that tube amps hissed, etc as a inherent part of there nature. In fact I've asked around and it seems to be a widespread opinion. So - I have hiss. - it doesn't bother me when I'm playing but when I stop to think - it annoys the crap out of me.
I would love to know how to eliminate that. - or at least quiet it down
PS. My Amp is a Ashen 8 watt. Based on a Princeton chassis. Hand-wired, 2 power tubes. (I removed one) and two preamp tubes. Controls are: Gain, High, Low, and Reverb. - that's it - very simple
Thanks Les - for all of the amp wisdom. !!!!
I confess - I don't know WTF I'm doing. In my defense - I'n new to this whole thing. Guitar thing that is - Not life itself - Far from it.
SO. - I always thought (assumed) that tube amps hissed, etc as a inherent part of there nature. In fact I've asked around and it seems to be a widespread opinion. So - I have hiss. - it doesn't bother me when I'm playing but when I stop to think - it annoys the crap out of me.
I would love to know how to eliminate that. - or at least quiet it down
PS. My Amp is a Ashen 8 watt. Based on a Princeton chassis. Hand-wired, 2 power tubes. (I removed one) and two preamp tubes. Controls are: Gain, High, Low, and Reverb. - that's it - very simple
Thanks Les - for all of the amp wisdom. !!!!