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I was just reading that thread started by Deftgala about what would happen if you pulled out a power amp valve. Very interesting stuff. When the conversation turned to what each volume/gain control actually does I got a little lost. I'm gonna explain the layout of my amp and would really appreciate someone explaining it all to me. I thought I understood but I'm not so sure now.

|| (Cln. chnl. vol.) || (2nd Chnl. Vol.) (2nd Chnl. Gain) || (Master vol.) ||

I hope I've made this clear. I thought the channel volumes pushed the pre-amp valves and the master volume pushed the power-amp valves. There are are two power amps dor the AC current thing. Then one pre-amp for each channel's volume/gain knob and one for the reverb tank.

Is this right or have I got this very wrong?

I always thought when people talked about power amp distortion they were talking about the sound I get from whacking up the master volume. Am I wrong again?

Please help!!!

Thanks,
Ben

Don't yank a tube out of that JTM Ben, pretty much right on otherwise.