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June 14, 2009 at 9:21 pm #78415adumoParticipant
Hi, I’m wondering if overloading the feedback on a modulation pedal is bad for it? I’ve done this on my Polychorus and a few other modulation and delay pedals and have had no issues. I don’t do it that often because it kind of worries me that I might damage my favorite effect pedals. Is there anything to be worried about?
June 14, 2009 at 9:53 pm #97914Ned FlandersModeratorI’d be more concerned about the speakers in my amp.
June 16, 2009 at 3:38 am #97949echodeluxeMemberoscillation would hurt nothing.
and it wont hurt your speakers.
in order to hurt your speakers, the pedal would have to somehow make your amplifier produce more than its rated output into the speaker. how can a pedal do that?
no matter how loud a pedal is, it will never blow out or hurt your speaker.
June 16, 2009 at 9:07 am #97957electro-melxModeratorQuote:oscillation would hurt nothing.and it wont hurt your speakers.
in order to hurt your speakers, the pedal would have to somehow make your amplifier produce more than its rated output into the speaker. how can a pedal do that?
no matter how loud a pedal is, it will never blow out or hurt your speaker.
does it matter about the frequencies you put through a speaker? People always tell me you can damage guitar speakers by running a bass through them, because the speaker isn’t designed to handle the frequencies the bass puts out?
Is that nonsense? I am actually interested because I’m thinking of picking up a bass guitar and wondering what kind of damage I could do to my 4×12 (if any) I don’t understand why using a blue box or Pog wouldn’t be the same thing though?
June 17, 2009 at 12:41 am #97983Ned FlandersModeratorDunno… The twin reverb amp is made for”guitar, bass and organ” so…
June 17, 2009 at 10:30 pm #98025BlueSteelParticipantQuote:Quote:oscillation would hurt nothing.and it wont hurt your speakers.
in order to hurt your speakers, the pedal would have to somehow make your amplifier produce more than its rated output into the speaker. how can a pedal do that?
no matter how loud a pedal is, it will never blow out or hurt your speaker.
does it matter about the frequencies you put through a speaker? People always tell me you can damage guitar speakers by running a bass through them, because the speaker isn’t designed to handle the frequencies the bass puts out?
Is that nonsense? I am actually interested because I’m thinking of picking up a bass guitar and wondering what kind of damage I could do to my 4×12 (if any) I don’t understand why using a blue box or Pog wouldn’t be the same thing though?
i really don’t think it’s bad for the amp. i’ve used my bass with my guitar amp a few times and the amp doesn’t sound different and it’s not messed up.
June 18, 2009 at 12:11 am #98027McHavenModeratorYou can run a bass through a guitar amp decently at low volume. Once you crank it, then you have to worry about speaker excursion and cones ripping.
As far as pedals, I’m always more worried about my amp and cab than my pedals. Huge walls of feedback are fun, but they get too loud to handle and clip my amp, so I stay away.
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