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06-01-2010, 08:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rapid City, SD | |  Demeter - no amp/cab bad?
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I just bought a HBP1 and I was wondering if it is bad to use it as a D.I. only and not run an amp and a cab with it?
Thanks,
Chris |
06-01-2010, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by soundoholic  I just bought a HBP1 and I was wondering if it is bad to use it as a D.I. only and not run an amp and a cab with it?
Thanks,
Chris | That's a preamp only, so you can't even hook a cab up to it, directly.  |
06-01-2010, 09:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rapid City, SD | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tombowlus That's a preamp only, so you can't even hook a cab up to it, directly. | I know. I was just implying a amp/cabinet setup. I did some reading recently on TB that said you can damage your tube amp by not hooking it up to a cabinet. I'm trying to see if that still applies to a preamp. My demeter quit working and I want to make sure it wasn't anything I did. |
06-01-2010, 09:49 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | No, preamp tubes are not affected. You can't harm any preamp by not connecting a power amp (with or without cab) to it. |
06-01-2010, 09:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | You did nothing wrong. A pre-amps output doesn't need to be loaded.
Paul |
06-01-2010, 09:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rapid City, SD | | | Thanks guys! |
06-01-2010, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by soundoholic I know. I was just implying a amp/cabinet setup. I did some reading recently on TB that said you can damage your tube amp by not hooking it up to a cabinet. I'm trying to see if that still applies to a preamp. My demeter quit working and I want to make sure it wasn't anything I did. | What part(s) doesn't work?
Riis
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06-01-2010, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Zooberwerx What part(s) doesn't work?
Riis | All of the outputs. The DI, balanced 1/4", unbalanced 1/4", and the tuner. |
06-01-2010, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | Check al them little glass jobbies under the screening cans. See if the tip has been knocked off one of them. It's all too easy to do!  If it has the tube will look greyish white inside.
Paul |
06-01-2010, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rapid City, SD | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BassmanPaul Check al them little glass jobbies under the screening cans. See if the tip has been knocked off one of them. It's all too easy to do! If it has the tube will look greyish white inside.
Paul | I replaced the tube twice just to make sure. I'm going to take it into a tech today. Thanks for the help! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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