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Dude, it looks more like a loudness issue to me.
Different manufacturers do things differently.
Thei loudness may be slightly different even though both amps are rated at 15 watts.
If you're fine with the tone, don't change.
Maybe your friend's Samick has a hotter output than your gtr.
Different manufacturers do things differently.
Thei loudness may be slightly different even though both amps are rated at 15 watts.
If you're fine with the tone, don't change.
Maybe your friend's Samick has a hotter output than your gtr.
It's a matter of mix and match. Some amp are built to distort earlier when cranked. Some will hold the clean sound until a very high level.
Yeah, some amps are made to be louder than others too. You are comparing 2 different brand and models here.
Also pickups matter too. humbucker will be louder and less feedback when you crank your amp. Again different brand guitars pickup will be have a higher output.
Thus what you experience is very normal. Just ask your friend to lower his amp master volume when you JAM together.
But if your concept is "I want to be louder than the next guy", you crank, he crank......the end is just very distorted noise, nothing achieved. What we call identity crisis.
Tone wise, if you got a sweet spot, stick to it, cuz if you increase the gain, the character of the sound will change. The good thing with transistor amps is that the master volume can give good consistency in tone over a large range output, provided the speaker does not break up first.
Yeah, some amps are made to be louder than others too. You are comparing 2 different brand and models here.
Also pickups matter too. humbucker will be louder and less feedback when you crank your amp. Again different brand guitars pickup will be have a higher output.
Thus what you experience is very normal. Just ask your friend to lower his amp master volume when you JAM together.
But if your concept is "I want to be louder than the next guy", you crank, he crank......the end is just very distorted noise, nothing achieved. What we call identity crisis.
Tone wise, if you got a sweet spot, stick to it, cuz if you increase the gain, the character of the sound will change. The good thing with transistor amps is that the master volume can give good consistency in tone over a large range output, provided the speaker does not break up first.
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i suggest you boost your signals- MXR Micro Amp is one solution... 8)
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the MXR Micro Amp is a signal booster (i bought one...). in addition to volume boost, it adds gain to your signals so effectively you get a little more distortion too if you are on a drive channel.
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if you are on a clean channel, having the Micro Amp attached would boost the overall volume only PROVIDED your amp's master volume isn't too high. the Micro Amp isn't a drive type pedal (it's not a distortion unit), it boosts your signals clean. i did a review of it under Gear News (pg 10 i think...), hope you read its full potential there. Swee Lee's the place to go to get it... 8)
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