Jus Lukin Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 8 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said: May be worth a try- valve pre in most of those isn't there? Mine's the Toneman 300. If there are valves in it I wasn't aware of them. As far as I know it's solid state throughout but with tube emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHM Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks everyone for your comments. So, following my original question, to summarize: It is better to have your input gain as high as possible and keep your output gain as low as possible (rather than the other way round). This is particularly true for a valve pre-amp where you might be looking to spank the valve for some breakup. To monitor headroom it would be ideal if all amps had a clipping light post input gain and also a clipping light post eq / contour controls. 2 or 3 light meters would be better than single clipping lights to help monitor levels while playing. Your ears are a good final checking device, but not everyone has great hearing and normally you're monitoring in a very noisy environment - so some technical support would help. Any amp manufacturers / techies out there to comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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