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For questions about amplifiers in a musical setting. If the question is about a specific topic of amplifiers like maintenance or repairs those tags should also be included.

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my Fender Super Champ X2 makes a whooshing sound, will new tubes fix this?

Make sure you get tubes replaced by a professional, there are many electrical dangers that can be deadly within amplifiers. … Sometimes when people change their speakers they don't check what power rating they best suit and end up having broken amplifiers. Circuitry issues is a big one. …
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Valve/Tube Amplifiers vs. Virtual/Profiling Amplifiers

Many of us have seen it, so many people these days seem to be making the switch from valve amplifiers to virtual amplifiers (profiling amplifiers such as Kemper or Axe FX) and it makes me wonder what the … Can virtual amplifiers replicate valve amplifiers enough so it is unnoticeable? (is there really a difference in sound?) …
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Guitar Amp Producing White Noise when Cable is Plugged in?

All amplifiers hum a little to a certain extent. However, cables can acquire fairly large amounts of white noise - that depends on external influences. …
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Is there a big benefit to running stereo?

Both my amplifiers will have microphones on them. My delay and reverb pedals have modulation, so if I ran them in stereo I'd get a fairly good sweep. … I just don't know if running stereo will make anything better or maybe having a stereo setup might even be worse due to both of the amplifiers sounding different. …
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Why do guitarists put tape on their amplifiers?

I've never truly understood why so many guitarists put tape on their amplifiers. …
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