https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:52:01 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48698 Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:21:05 +0000 Live Sound Petrix https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48698 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48697 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:55:14 +0000 It's like shouting at the top of your voice into a PA.

What will you damage? Probably the tubes and the speakers. All an amplifier does internally is increase voltage (a tube is running at around 300V). Put a large voltage in, from the preamp stage (your 15W amp) and it will be "amplified" by the tubes, to the point where something has to give. Should the tubes survive the onslaught, the resultant blast from the speakers may result in the cones giving out.

A far better solution is to use something like the boxes from Hughes and Kettner, which they call boosters. They are nothing but a low wattage preamp with a gain and volume. The Tubeman 2 is a three channel booster, so you can set up a clean channel, a bluesy overdrive and a heavy crunch. Just stomping the right switch will give you the channel you want and a really nice tube sound to boot (ecc83 & 12 AX7 if I remember).  ]]> Live Sound greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48697 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48696 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:11:56 +0000 Live Sound noGood https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48696 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48695 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:44:15 +0000 On second thoughts, if he hates his head so much, he can send it to me for free - I'll look after it properly.]]> Live Sound greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48695 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48694 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:14:15 +0000
Why is he trying to do this? Why doesn't he just go into the 100W head?

You CANNOT run an amplified signal into an amplifier!!]]> Live Sound Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-48694 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-172 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 05:57:27 +0000 Live Sound noGood https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/amp-into-amp/#post-172