can i use this with distortion from my amp? when i say "can" i, i mean will the sound quality be altered?
293202
Yes it not totally the same. It is more of an overdrive sound. When I run it through my pedals it doesn't pick up the clean as well but I can get good distortion. If I run it straight to my amp it has a VERY good clean sound and a basic overdrive sound. It's a very good pickup and I highly recommend it. I guess if depends on what music your playing. If your playing stuff that just needs slight overdrive and distortion it is great. But if you want like a hard rock or metal sound it does lack in that area. But remember it is an acoustic guitar.
293203
It is a pick up, enough power will change everything. I run mine through a Crate twin 120, which does everything. Try it, if you don't like it send it back. I find it to be a very good product. I have a great time with mine.
293204
Sure. This basically turns your acoustic guitar into an electric guitar. I've plugged this into distortion and delay pedals as well with no problem. With an acoustic guitar though you might run into slighty more feedback from the amp, but it will work fine.
293205
It basically depends where the cord is going. You attach the pickup to the guitar and then plug the cord into an amp or pedal. If you plug it into the amp and the amp has a distortion setting just enable it and you will be able to use this with distortion.
1722815
I would say no, i blew this amp up within two weeks of light use. This is a guitar amp with bass mode don't be fooled by the description.
1429593
Absolutely. I'd recommend setting your amp on a nice clean tone, then you can let'er rip.
1657437
Only if your amp offers a 2 and 4 ohm settings. Otherwise if your amp is 4ohm only, you can potentially damage your amp!!
629359
Mine did not produce distortion, but did have one defective tone control that produced a static-like issue. After 5 months of trying, finally got a replacement under the warranty. Better off buying a Fishman pre-amp.
320102
Just tune your amp appropriately and it'll be fine. Use a multimeter to tune.
1232154
I use it with my bass as it is still an amp modeler, it's just not optimized for bass amps so much. That being said there are several amp and boxes and knobs to turn to lower the gain and distortion. Plus the several reverb effects you can use and just bypass everything else. If you play bass mostly, there are models optimized for bass, but this has been a jack of all trades for me, though I'm not all that advanced so I'm not competent to advise any further than that. hope it helps.
1404440
There are few things that can cause distortion. In my experience this amp is not one of those things. Mic gain can easily cause too much distortion, especially if you us a amped mic. If you are using the 980 in ssb mode, it could be the coarse and fine clarifier need to be adjusted. I start with the coarse set dead center, there is an slight indent to let you know, The fine clarifier I usually keep a couple degerees clockwise from dead center.
927694
Yes, utilizing the power sponge knob (all the way up) and finding a setting with decent distortion will create a heavy sound that the metal/punk genre is known for. This amp still features a wide setting of distorted, and clean settings, so this amp can handle it all.
1907024
They could help in that circumstance. I tried for guitar with direct connect to floor pedal and amp. They distorted the sound too much.
141279
Not necessarily, but it's possible. If your current amplification source (e.g. the internal headphone amp in a PC, phone, or whatever) distorts at higher volume, using an external amp like this can allow you to turn the volume knob down on your device and reduce this distortion. If your current amplification source can boost volume without distorting, then you should not notice any improvement in sound quality
918561
I havent tried that but i can tell u that SB16 had awsome sound for its price... Like how u can adjust sub and store it separate... Pretty loud and no distortion.. Am currently looking into buying another one once they go on sale... The sub is 100watts hope it answers ur question
345306
If you can adjust your sound, it won't. adjust your amp to the frequency you need and you'll be fine; just like a high input on an amp.
1047241
Get a better amp. Better amp=clearer sound=les distortion=no blown speakers including Sub. Good luck.
2003345
If I understand your question, you're asking if you can run two amps in series. The answer to that would be no as excessive input into the second one would cause distortion. Based on the wording of your question, I'm just not sure what you're trying to achieve.
12244
Technically yes, but the longer the chord the more informaton becomes distorted. I had a bad chord that did not work. It should, it may but no guarentees.
1272912
Yes, and it will boost the input level going to the speakers. Bear in mind however that your speakers can only supply as much clean volume as their built-in amplifier is capable of; boosting the input signal too much will simply drive the amp into clipping (distortion).