Members snoz65 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Well just to get more pedantic, distortion can be any change made by the circuit. It's the change in waveform at the output compared to the input. Really were talking about clipping and compression. That is what is refered to as distortion or gain, both technically not the correct term. For sake of simplicity lets just call it gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IbanezJon Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 The important thing to learn here is that girls do infact fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snoz65 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 My hosemate (female) farts more than any male I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 I love high distortion amps.......thats why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thy God Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Gain is one syllable, distortion is three. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaGi Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Distortion just reminds of kids who have never owned proper amps, i adjust the gain not the distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 i dunno, ask these guys........... http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=928912 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 I call it overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Strictly electronically, without the forum bull surrounding the term gain, wouldn't a Fender Twin be a high gain amp? (Or any tube amp in fact?) I mean, a guitar amp takes a tiny voltage fluctuation from your pickups, amplifies it by xx.000 times which results in a huge roar at the other end of the chain? AFAIK the only thing that makes it sound different from amps that actually distort is that the gain stages are adjusted so that they do not distort audibly... ...but yeah, the common use of the word gain amongst guitar players is about the amount of distortion produced by an amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhall Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 It's easier to spell noob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheik_Yerbouti Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Saaayyyy... isn't that Cakefarts girl? I hear she can fart at WILL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mermph Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 But it's not gaining anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultrahighgain Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ok then. Gain means you are sending a hotter signal to the tubes or whatever component you are using on your preamp. Distortion is the resulting sound effect of that. ...as well as compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultrahighgain Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Well just to get more pedantic, distortion can be any change made by the circuit. It's the change in waveform at the output compared to the input. Really were talking about clipping and compression. That is what is refered to as distortion or gain, both technically not the correct term. For sake of simplicity lets just call it gain. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zozobra Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Because it is gain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Saaayyyy... isn't that Cakefarts girl? I hear she can fart at WILL. Reverse farts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fly135 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Why is it so? Because equipment makers decided to label the knob that substantially controls distortion with the word gain. Since that knob actually does change gain, they may have felt silly putting the word distortion on the label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucius Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Strictly electronically, without the forum bull surrounding the term gain, wouldn't a Fender Twin be a high gain amp? (Or any tube amp in fact?)I mean, a guitar amp takes a tiny voltage fluctuation from your pickups, amplifies it by xx.000 times which results in a huge roar at the other end of the chain? AFAIK the only thing that makes it sound different from amps that actually distort is that the gain stages are adjusted so that they do not distort audibly......but yeah, the common use of the word gain amongst guitar players is about the amount of distortion produced by an amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madrigal77 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 I used to use "gain" and "distortion"... And then I discovered Tain. I discovered Taint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teemuk Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Why do some things have "tone" controls when the thing really just controls the magnitude of different frequencies? Why do some amps have overdrive channels, because when you dial down the guitar's volume knob the channel usually isn't overdriven...? Why do people, even after growing up, still keep asking stupid questions? :freaking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Razsan Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Because I don't have a "distortion" knob on my amp. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IbanezJon Posted July 20, 2011 Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 After seeing this thread I went on a girl fart hunting mission on YT.. took 15 mins or so but there is some great ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted July 20, 2011 Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 After seeing this thread I went on a girl fart hunting mission on YT.. took 15 mins or so but there is some great ones. there ARE some great ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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