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[quote name='Finbar' post='206993' date='May 27 2008, 12:51 AM']I saw someone with a Hiwatt 400 valve head at a show once, which had 4 inputs. He had a short patch lead connecting two of these. Just wondering what this was in aid of? Sorry if it is painfully obvious, I was just intrigued :)[/quote]

i think on some valve amps with two inputs you can cascade them to get more overdrive.

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Are you sure that they were all inputs?

I have a Peavey CS800S power amp. This has stereo inputs plus an output on each channel. That enables you to patch the input on channel A into channel B, essentially turning it into a mono amp with double the output. I suppose you could also send the signal from both channels to another power amp if you wanted extra stereo power.

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On this kind of amp each pair of inputs has a slightly different tonal characteristic. Using a patch lead in this way is effectively the same as connecting to both with a splitter cable. If the pairs are Normal and Bright running both together gives you both tonal characters together - you get the increased top end of the bright channel with the normal channel adding a bit more body than just running into the bright on its own.

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