Pre Gain?

[mooreon131]

Okay, this is probably a newbie question, but whatever. I'm using a peavey TNT 115, from the early to mid 90's (as far as I know) And it has Pre gain, high/low knobs, a 7 band graphic eq, volume, bright and punch switches, and built in chorus. Recently, I've been turning the pre gain up to 10, with the volume at a low volume (1 in my basement, 2 or3 jamming with my friend) It gives me a really cool, natural sort of overdrive that's way better sounding than distortion from my Boss DS-1; very good for punk, and DFA 1979 stuff. No problems thus far, but I don't want to blow out my only "real" amp. So, I wanted to check with those of you more knowledgeable than I about amps to make sure this is safe. Thanks for all the help!

[5StringBlues]

You are fine.It's just there to give you overdrive,as you have stated.

[christw]

Yup, lots of us do that. No harm done, you're just overdriving its preamp.

[mooreon131]

Thanks a lot guys. I figured I was just being paranoid, but now I can be at rest and OD to my hearts content.