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<blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9066996" data-attributes="member: 6921294"><p>It may produce the same effect, but I'd suspect there's a reason why it works the way it does. I believe that its probably just easier to control at the guitar volume rather than the amp and gives you a more reliable result. In the early days of rock n roll players would crank up their amps on the lead channel pushing the amps to their limit and if I'm not mistaken that's where the term Overdrive comes from. I'd bet modern amps can handle this better than more vintage ones, but I'm no expert. I'm pretty sure that Eddie Van Halen never used any distortion or overdrive pedals, he got his distortion from his guitar, amp and his fingers. Don't quote me on this because I don't remember the exact particulars but when he was developing his style kept blowing the power in his house. So he went to Radioshack and bought a "power converter" (not sure if thats the exact name of it) that stepped down the "amperage" which allowed him to play at a lower volume</p><p>and still get a distorted sound.</p><p></p><p>In 1994 I bought a Guid S300-D off of a friend who just picked it up at a pawn shop. I made him an offer of $100 and he took it. That guitar was awesome, weighed a ton but had a great thru neck, and had a Sabbath/Soundgarden sound to it. Oddly enough when I saw Soundgarden in 2010 Kim Thyail was playing one. Out of all the guitars, amps, pedals etc I've gotten rid of over the years, thats the one I regret the most.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]290029[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Heres a link to the EVH "Variac" story</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://wgsusa.com/blog/true-story-eddie-vanhalen-using-variac-tube-guitar-amp[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R_J_K75, post: 9066996, member: 6921294"] It may produce the same effect, but I'd suspect there's a reason why it works the way it does. I believe that its probably just easier to control at the guitar volume rather than the amp and gives you a more reliable result. In the early days of rock n roll players would crank up their amps on the lead channel pushing the amps to their limit and if I'm not mistaken that's where the term Overdrive comes from. I'd bet modern amps can handle this better than more vintage ones, but I'm no expert. I'm pretty sure that Eddie Van Halen never used any distortion or overdrive pedals, he got his distortion from his guitar, amp and his fingers. Don't quote me on this because I don't remember the exact particulars but when he was developing his style kept blowing the power in his house. So he went to Radioshack and bought a "power converter" (not sure if thats the exact name of it) that stepped down the "amperage" which allowed him to play at a lower volume and still get a distorted sound. In 1994 I bought a Guid S300-D off of a friend who just picked it up at a pawn shop. I made him an offer of $100 and he took it. That guitar was awesome, weighed a ton but had a great thru neck, and had a Sabbath/Soundgarden sound to it. Oddly enough when I saw Soundgarden in 2010 Kim Thyail was playing one. Out of all the guitars, amps, pedals etc I've gotten rid of over the years, thats the one I regret the most. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1689235988356.png"]290029[/ATTACH] EDIT: Heres a link to the EVH "Variac" story [URL unfurl="true"]https://wgsusa.com/blog/true-story-eddie-vanhalen-using-variac-tube-guitar-amp[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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