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05-15-2010, 04:24 AM
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my band wants to do 'crawl' by kings of leon, if i use a distortion pedal such as the boss bass overdrive ODB3 , will it damage my amp or cabinet speakers in any way ?? |
05-15-2010, 04:37 AM
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05-15-2010, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Essen  no | +1
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05-15-2010, 06:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | Someone may try and open a big ol' scary can of worms here, but unless you're pushing your amp to the point where your clean tone would damage it, then no. Distortion's not gonna hurt nuthin' 
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05-15-2010, 08:56 AM
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05-15-2010, 09:00 AM
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05-15-2010, 10:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Switzerland | | Yes, they get hurt. Same with the guitar speakers. That's why metalbands have so many cabs on stage. Just in case one gets hurt. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Hod5pqCp6gE/SH...g/DSCF1446.jpg
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05-15-2010, 10:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Baltimore,MD USA | | | Use your ears. If it sounds wrong (farting, screeching, or otherwise overdriven at the power stage), it will be obvious. That's how it works. Your speaker will be fine.
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05-15-2010, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | what you're likely thinking of is the stories of people blowing speakers with square waves. sudden very large signals hitting the speakers at ridiculous volumes, yes, it could. but the applications for that are ridiculous.
they wouldnt make bass distortion pedals if we werent meant to use them 
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05-15-2010, 07:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New York | | | Does it hurt your stereo to listen to Kings of Leon?
Maybe then.
If you are pushing the speaker to distortion that's one thing, but artificially adding it is just making sound.
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05-16-2010, 04:11 PM
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05-16-2010, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: uk | | | No It wont hurt your amp... a lot of amps have overdrive (gain)built in them already.
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05-16-2010, 04:59 PM
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05-16-2010, 05:13 PM
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05-16-2010, 05:17 PM
| | | | It's possible. I killed a 15" speaker way back when with a distortion pedal and a flexed wah pedal. It was just too much high end for the 15" and the cone separated from the coil. |
05-16-2010, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island, NY | | | itll make your amp sound distorted. |
05-16-2010, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cybersnyder It's possible. I killed a 15" speaker way back when with a distortion pedal and a flexed wah pedal. It was just too much high end for the 15" and the cone separated from the coil. | I worry about this every time I play actually. I run multiple octaves on my HOG + square/pulse wave on the freqbox + muff and am just waiting for something to blow! I depend on my Demeter comp to limit spikes, but one can never be too careful! |
05-16-2010, 05:30 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | will distortion hurt speakers?
No and Yes!
If the distortion comes from a pedal or preamp then absolutely no.
But if the distortion comes from the speaker being overloaded and the sound breaking up from overdriving a speaker then yes it can harm a speaker. |
05-16-2010, 05:46 PM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | Did Leon Russel have sons that became heads of their kingdoms?
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05-17-2010, 05:39 AM
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the odb 3 might hurt your ears tho
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