preamp distortion

  1. Hogarth

    What does it take to damage a solid state preamp?

    Just bought the SWR Workingman's 160w Solid State Bass amp for my guitar rig. In order to get the warmth I want from the preamp section I am maxing out the gain, plugging into the passive pickup input, putting a max volume distortion pedal in front of it, and playing a guitar with active...
    • Hogarth
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    • bass amp damage guitar bass amp preamp distortion solid state
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
  2. R

    Adding an extra trim pot between pickups and preamp

    Hi, I am having an issue with the output from my pickups clipping the preamp I just added to my bass. Everything sounds great when I lower the pickups but they are part of an integrated ramp so that defeats the purpose of having that. My questions is, if I were to install a trim pot like the...
  3. B

    Preamp overdrive

    Greetings fellow Barons of Bass! I have an Ibanez BTB 765, recently purchased new. I've discovered that with the instrument volume maxed, I get a lot of distortion and splatting through both of my amps , a Behringer BX3000 head + Hartke 4x10 and a Behringer BX1800 combo. I did not have this...
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