Topmusicanswers
- What does a guitar amp head do?
- Can you play with just an amp head?
- What is a head unit for a guitar amp?
- What is the loudest guitar amp ever?
What does a guitar amp head do?
The head part determines your guitar tone and the amount of power you can deliver to your output. The cab (cabinet) is simply a passive speaker or set of speakers designed to receive the powered signal from an amplifier.
Can you play with just an amp head?
As a general rule, you cannot play guitar through just an amp head. The head makes no sound on its own. In fact, using a tube amp head without a speaker connected is dangerous, and can seriously damage the amp. The head requires a load to distribute its power, usually provided by a speaker cabinet.
What is a head unit for a guitar amp?
A head is simply the name for an amplifier without a speaker. Your friends won't have heads on top of amps, they'll have heads on top of speakers (with the head driving the speaker). The "basic guitar amp" you have at the moment, is probably an amplifier and speaker combined in one cabinet.
What is the loudest guitar amp ever?
By way of legendary amp engineer Ed Jahns, Fender would produce the most powerful production tube amp ever made, the Fender 400 PS. Debuting in 1969, the 400 PS was a behemoth conservatively rated at 435 watts RMS.
