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Post by mrholmes on Nov 10, 2015 11:49:18 GMT -6
I searched some information about the way guitar amps react to the size of OT.
Smaller ones tend to go faster in saturation as big ones.
Big ones tend to have more low end.
My small 5 Watt Bugera has a very small OT.
Would it be possible to use a different one via a switch, because I like the sound of the small one as well.
Sometimes it would be nice to have more low end....
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Post by svart on Nov 10, 2015 12:10:40 GMT -6
Size, like core size? Or gauge of the windings? Or number of windings/ratio?
There are tons of things to consider like the type of metal, steel, nickel, iron, alloys, etc, also the type of stackup, and configuration of the windings too that can greatly affect saturation.
If you could find a transformer rated for the same impedances and ratio, but with a larger wattage rating, then you could try it and see, but they are typically expensive and might be too expensive just for a test.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Nov 10, 2015 12:46:56 GMT -6
What does "OT" mean?
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Post by tonycamphd on Nov 10, 2015 12:53:20 GMT -6
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Post by jazznoise on Nov 10, 2015 14:44:46 GMT -6
To further add to the confusion - is not the case that the OT just has limited low frequency headroom, rather than having more or less low end than other OT's?
As in, if you record quieter you'll get the same amount of low end as you would from a bigger OT delivering a higher output?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 22:40:40 GMT -6
Aaand to go even further, limited low frequency headroom can end up in distortion, that may even sound like you have 'more' bass. We all night notice it at mixtime, the bass can have quite some distortion to sound present and defined in a mix. Same as highs can sound very brilliant and extended for many, while you notice after a few seconds, that it is obviously distortion and nothing else. Others think it is just nicely 'crisp'... Think of digital clipping in brutal low DR productions. Sometimes they are so squeezed, that they have a really high amount of bass *loss*. Interestingly it is often music people find still to be very bassy. Dense, overtones, saturation - in the end it is all distortion, more or less good sounding...
first time i heard a tiny sweet little Kitty Hawk suitcase inbetween serious Marshall guitar and 600W bass amp stacks, i was frightened. This babe screamed the shit out of the Marshalls. Not much bass oomph though, obviously.
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Post by Guitar on Nov 21, 2015 17:04:32 GMT -6
I would recommend tweaking the tone setting components inside the amp. I have a small Champion 600 that is my main recording amp right now, very small, 5 watts. I changed a few caps and resistors, play it through a large 12" cabinet, and I can get some massive bass out of the thing, with the right pedals and settings. I specifically modified it for lower bass response and more aggressive top end grit. Speaker size is a huge concern too (pun alert) for low end response.
I would imagine this would be a more fruitful avenue to pursue than the output transformer.
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