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Post subject: Gain and volume controls
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:09 pm
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What is the difference between the GAIN and the VOLUME knobs on my Mustang I amp? Or any amp for that matter? Obviously I don't know much about amplifiers. At the moment I have used them the same. Only to adjust the volume. I also am trying to learn about the effects, presets and controlling them from the amp and the FUSE software both.

Any tips and/or advice regarding this amp is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance guys.


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Post subject: Re: Gain and volume controls
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:55 am
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The short answer is gain allows you to control how hard you drive the base signal going into the amp while volume is meant to control the overall loudness. The effect on most amps is that increasing the gain will increase the distortion or overdrive the signal without affecting (too much) the loudness which means you can have a distortion at lower volumes if you limit how high you set the volume.

Be aware this works differently on different amp models that are contained in the Mustang amp. For example increasing the gain setting on a British 70's or British 80's amp model introduces a considerable amount of distortion while increasing the gain setting on a Fender '65 Twin amp model only slightly increases distortion.

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