Hey guys!
So I have been wondering about this for a while... In a regular 2 channel amp (tubes of course), the clean and overdrive channels have distinct tonal differences of which obviously gain and volume are the most noticeable differences.
So my question is, what happens inside the amp when you switch the channel from clean to overdrive?
playing the amp at high volume and the gain set as low as possible on OD,sounds very different to playing the clean channel at the same volume... Why?
For instance, using a big muff on my HK 25th edt tube amp's clean channel with a high volume sounds more awesome than doing the same in overdrive mode... Now I also understand that the preamp tubes are responsible for the overdrive channel's increased gain, but what is physically different?
Thanks!
So I have been wondering about this for a while... In a regular 2 channel amp (tubes of course), the clean and overdrive channels have distinct tonal differences of which obviously gain and volume are the most noticeable differences.
So my question is, what happens inside the amp when you switch the channel from clean to overdrive?
playing the amp at high volume and the gain set as low as possible on OD,sounds very different to playing the clean channel at the same volume... Why?
For instance, using a big muff on my HK 25th edt tube amp's clean channel with a high volume sounds more awesome than doing the same in overdrive mode... Now I also understand that the preamp tubes are responsible for the overdrive channel's increased gain, but what is physically different?
Thanks!