Bought A New Amp!, question about headphones |
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Bought A New Amp!, question about headphones |
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Feb 7 2009, 03:14 PM
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is there anything i could do with it while waiting for a cab then?
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Feb 7 2009, 03:14 PM |
on thursday (on my birthday) my brand new Hughes and Kettner Switchblade 100w head was shipped (as said in the original thread) and i LOVE IT!:D its exactly the sound i wanted!! im so happy^^ BUT! when i got home, i noticed it didnt have any headphone slot, wich is something i thought all amps had, and i will not be able to play on it until i buy a cab.. but some guy told me i could just put a headsett through the outputs to the cab, is this possible or would this destroy something? the amp has 4 and 16ohm mono and 8ohm stereo Congratulations on the buy! Absolutely don't connect your headset in the cab output. You're amp head could infact fry. Don't even start the head without a cab connected since the head needs a cab connected to be safe. Not many tube amps have headphone outputs, some do but they are mostly studio amps like the Blackstar HT, Windsor Studio and a couple more. On solid state amps it's common though. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Feb 7 2009, 03:35 PM |
it'll bust your headphones right away yeah you're right, that's probably the first that would happen. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Feb 7 2009, 03:47 PM |
Like said above, big no no for starting up the amp without a cab connected. You can get a good cab for pretty cheap, like this Framus Dragon:
http://www.thomann.de/fi/framus_fr_412_dragon_an.htm -------------------- Gear:
-PRS Custom 22 -Edwards Les Paul -PodXT -Ibanez Acoustic Check out my lessons and my instructor profile! My Youtube channel My Last.FM |
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Feb 9 2009, 12:42 AM |
Tube heads require cabs in order to be TURNED ON! So DONT even turn on your head if you don't give it a proper speaker load. In other words if you don't have a cab plugged in and you turn on, you will damage the tranny, tubes, and other electronics. Never operate without a cab.
If your amp has a DI output, you can use that to go into mixer/soundcard, and then to headphones. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Feb 9 2009, 01:32 AM |
As everyone said...its best to wait and get a cab for it....Congrats on the purchase man!!
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