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Chapter 15: Choosing Your Amp and Effects<br />

279<br />

Figure 15-8:<br />

An amp<br />

with a<br />

footswitchactivated<br />

boost.<br />

What’s That Sound? Checking Out<br />

Your Amp Choices<br />

When shopping for an amp, you should be aware of what’s under the hood,<br />

as far as the amp’s sound-producing engine is concerned. The type of amp is<br />

defined by the sound-producing technology it uses, and the following sections<br />

outline the different types of amps.<br />

Tube amps<br />

At some point in your blues-playing career, you may own a tube amp. Vacuum<br />

tubes are the big, glass cylinders in amps that glow orange and get hot the<br />

more they’re used. Playing through tubes makes you believe the amp is playing<br />

along with you — that it feels your notes as you do.<br />

TEAM LinG

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