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3/3/2000 7:00 PM

I am a guitarist on a budget looking to improve my tone for live performances and jamming with a band, by slaveing my practice amp (park G-10) through my larger amp (Crate GX-130 C) which does not sound as good.

The Park G-10 practice amp which sounds pretty good (for a solid-state)I does not have "pre-amp" or "external speaker" out jacks only a "headphone out" I have tried running a cable from the phones jack on the park to the pre-amp in on the big amp, but the sound is way too quiet.

Is there an easy way to install a "pre-amp out" jack on my park, or if I go out of the park's power amp to the power amp of the Crate will I loose sound quality?

any help would be appriciated

-rob

3/3/2000 7:46 PM

I am a guitarist on a budget looking to improve my tone for live performances and jamming with a band, by slaveing my practice amp (park G-10) through my larger amp (Crate GX-130 C) which does not sound as good.

I feel your PAIN!!!! i too have a crate 130 (2x12 open back combo) and it sucks..... what i used to do in high school and college was take my pratice amp (an old gorilla) run that about maxed then miked it with anywhere between 2-4 mikes front back and front angled and ran that into that into the crate on the clean channel. effects where a phaze 90 and a wha-wha pedal. got pretty good sound that way

about 2 years ago i switched to useing a boss sd-1 and last year add bd-2 and ran thoses into the crate. able to get the sound i like. still useing the phaze 90 and wha- pedal
i've also running the 2x12 on the left out put and a 4x12 cab on the left this added a lot of charcture the amp was missing.

currently though i built a tube pre-amp and been messing around with that (also building a tube amp to replace the crate).

if i knew in college what i know now when the guy offered his BF Twin reverb in trade for my Gibson SG i should have done it....that one hurts.

3/3/2000 9:34 PM
Graywater	Hey Rob, Since you're already willing to dive into the favored amp I'd "explore" the headphone output you've already got. Usually the headphone out is the same as the speaker out with a dropping resistor in series to prevent headphone (and your ears) damage. If you were to modify the resistor or ad a potentiometer you should have enough signal to drive your "slave" amp. GW

3/4/2000 9:18 PM
Corwin	Celestions in the GX-130C I have a pair of Celestion speakers that came out of a GX-130C and was wondering what their power rating is and if they sound like any of the other common Celestions(V30, 75W, Greenback, 35W, etc). Right now I use them with my '65 Bassman in a cab I made for em(slightly shorter than a Bassman cab with a 3/4 back) and they sound great

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