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James M
03-06-2009, 04:24 PM
Is it possible to overdrive a preamp tube too much (ie: too much overdrive/distortion) to cause it to the tube to fail? A new preamp tube I just put in V1 is starting to sound fuzzy/more distorted than it did when I first put it in (a few weeks ago), especially when I run an OD pedal into it. Any thoughts? I do do run a few high gain pedals into the front end....
SatelliteAmps
03-06-2009, 04:30 PM
Nope. Tubes fail for a lot of reasons, but unless the amp was designed poorly, then the tube shouldn't fail for that reason.
James M
03-06-2009, 05:34 PM
Nope. Tubes fail for a lot of reasons, but unless the amp was designed poorly, then the tube shouldn't fail for that reason.


Ok...thanks!