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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: van halen's variac
- Message-ID: <exuptr.221.721690595@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 21:36:35 GMT
- References: <035l02El2aJ601@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1dgk0rINNs7o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <55xQ025c2abm01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
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- In article <55xQ025c2abm01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> drp40@cd.amdahl.com (Doug Puchalski) writes:
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- >Excuse me, but a variac *decreases* input voltage, correct? By decreasing
- >input voltage you lower the amplitude at which clipping and distortion occurs.
-
- No, most variacs allow up to a 20% _increase_ as well as a decrease. Now
- decreasing the supply voltage is ksher in most cases, and it's what Music
- Man did back in the late 70's with their top-of-the-line amps. It allowed
- you to get the "balls to the wall" sound at 20 or 30 watts.
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