Welcome to How To Play Guitar
| ||
Guitar Play Solo Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Guitar Play Solo. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
from:
Choosing The Perfect Guitar Amplifier
By Michael Russell
Choosing an the perfect guitar amplifier to purchase is dependant on many different details. You cannot choose the right amplifier on somebody's word, or by how many watts the amp can push out. You must choose by factoring in the guitar or guitars you are playing off of, the style that you play and if there is any built-in effects that you desire. Buying an expensive amplifier just because of the name of the brand is probably a big mistake for most people.
There is no reason why anyone has to spend thousands of dollars in order to obtain the sound they want. If you happen to be looking for a loud amp and anything less than four speakers isn't an option, than it is assumed you are going to spend a large sum of money. Purchasing a solid-state amplifier would always be the cheapest route. A solid-state amp is fully electronic and usually doesn't have the tone that musicians require for playing live.
Some musicians actually prefer to use a solid-state type amp because it works for the style of music they play and the amps are usually more durable than an all-tube amplifier that costs much more money. When you are looking for a certain tone, you have to take into consideration that an all-tube amplifier will most likely produce a warmer tone with more sustain. This is why musicians dish out thousands of dollars for an amp when there are amps out that cost a couple hundred. Another option is to buy a hybrid amplifier, which is solid-state with a tube pre-amp. Using a hybrid is more costly than a standard solid-state but generally less costly than an all-tube amp.
Features on the amplifier are a major factor for the consumer of course. Deciding how many channels you need, the amount of control knobs, built-in effects and the wattage are all important when considering the right amp for you. Some amps have a headphone jack to play through headphones, but if you don't care about that feature than you have more of a variety to choose from. The amount of power an amp can dish out isn't as important as one might think. Using a 50-watt amplifier head is enough to push any standard 4-speaker cabinet at loud volumes. Some people are more concerned with the clean sound that an amp produces and do not care about the how the amp sounds when distortion is increased. Using only the channel on an amp will make it easier to decide which is the right amp for you. Effects may not be an issue with many people; they may just want to play straight out of the amp with its natural sound. But, many of those same people wouldn't mind having a reverb control. The reverb is the most commonly seen effect built into the amplifier, which controls the amount of echo in the sound.
Instead of spending all of your money on an amplifier because of the name, you should test out all of the available options out there today. Maybe the most expensive amp is for you after all, but at least you know for sure that you didn't make a mistake. New companies that manufacture amps would be an excellent choice to test out. New companies will most likely give you a better price for a quality product because they are trying to distinguish themselves. So before you go out and pay for a name, go out and test the "no-names".
Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Guitars
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_Russell
http://EzineArticles.com/?Choosing-The-Perfect-Guitar-Amplifier&id=212547
Other Guitar Play Solo related Articles
How To Play The Guitar Better
Learn How To Play Acoustic Guitar
Blues Guitar Scales How Blues Scales For Guitar Work In Lead Guitar Playing
Best Guitar Players To Idolize
Choosing The Right Guitar Pickup
Do you want to contribute to our site : submit your articles HERE
Warning: file(http://www.searchfeed.com/rd/feed/TextFeed.jsp?trackID=&pID=60557&cat=guitar+play+solo&nl=5&page=1&excID=) [function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
in /home/jts066s/public_html/learn-how-to-play-the-guitar/datas/searchfeed.php on line 8
Guitar Play Solo Specific links
Guitar Play Solo News
Guitar festival kicks off
Starting Sunday, Bigfork will play host to some of the biggest names in guitar for a week-long workshop put on by the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation.
Read more...McNabb's Air Guitar Solo, Revisited
Before last year's wild card game against Dallas, then-Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb entered the field strumming an air guitar. On Sunday, he'll face the Cowboys for the first time since. Donovan McNabb - Dallas Cowboys - sport - Quarterback - NFL
Read more...South Dakota Guitar Masters: Local musicians come together for benefit show
Three guitarists with Sioux Falls roots join forces Friday night at the Orpheum Theater, showcasing their musical skills for their hometown. Dan Donahoe, Mike Miller and Jeff Severson are the stars at the South Dakota Guitar Masters concert, a benefit for the Childrens Home Society. They play separately and then together at the end. Miller is a California musician, composer and Grammy Award ...
Read more...Classical guitar is in the Romero blood
The Romeros were founded in 1960 by their late patriarch Celedonio with sons Pepe, Celin and Angel. Angel's son Lito Romero, 43, and his cousin Celino, 41, are the youngest members of the current foursome with Pepe and Celin. The celebrated troupe comes to Seligman Performing Arts Center on Saturday night.
Read more...The Black Angels Play New Album at Private Show
The Black Angels were made to play a place like this: a mid-19th century neo-gothic synagogue, the oldest in the city, nestled in the heart of Manhattan's bar-packed Lower East Side. And not because they wear eye shadow or black nail polish—there's nothing goth about them. These guys are all jeans, flannel, and shaggy hair. No, it's their music, that mix of blissed-out, rapturous psychedelia and ...
Read more...Music roundup: Shiver Fox, 40 Watt Hype play Fresno
Two important local bands -- one an old favorite, the other on the rise -- have big concerts planned this weekend.
Read more...Simas jazzes up Brazilian samba at Amazing Things Saturday
For the first time, Luiz Paulo Simas will play his signature fusion of Brazilian samba and American jazz in Framingham on Saturday at Amazing Things Arts Center.Â
Read more...Echo Chamber: Mani Bashes Peter Hook
"things visible from space, great wall of china, peter hooks wallet stuffed with ian Curtis blood money ... he ain't got time for me now he's getting fortunes for dragging his mates cadaver round the world getting himself paid. Thank fuck ... used to adore the man, now he's a self centred sellout reduced to hawking his mates corpse around to get paid. And he can't play ... i've actually got an ...
Read more...Randy Scott Named Guitar Center's King of the Blues, the Nation's Greatest Undiscovered Blues Guitar Player
Continuing its support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center the world's largest musical instrument retailer, today announced that Hacienda Heights' own Randy Scott has advanced beyond thousands of other guitarists and been named the winner of its fourth annual King of the Blues , the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player.
Read more...Iron & Wine Announce New Album
It's been a long time since Iron & Wine left us with an album of pillowy folk-rock to step to. Sam Beam and friends haven't released a studio album since The Shepherd's Dog in 2007, but they're finally coming back with a new one. Iron & Wine's new one arrives early in 2011, and it's called Kiss Each Other Clean . The band is on tour in Europe right now. When that's done, Beam will play a few ...
Read more...