troubles with volume.. i guess

saintpeter · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:35 am Post subject: troubles with volume.. i guess

heya there! i'm new in here xD
well, i run an epiphone les paul custom plus (wich is new) in a very old sanyo stereo receiver head, 85watt and 2x20watt speakers. its kind of a vintage amp.
yesterday i went to a music store near me and tried a BUNCH of amps: peavey, roland, marshall, whatever, all of them with nearly 50watts.
what i figured out is that my sanyo amp doesnt give that much with the volume, i mean, i have to turn it to "7" to have some audible sounds! even the 50watt ones with the volume turned into "3" play louder!
is it a problem with the guitar connection (as i connect it by the tape-in behind the amp), equalization or age? is it possible for me to fix it?
thx

Herb · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

That Sanyo is built for home audio, not guitar. The "watt" output is measured differently. Using it as a guitar amp; I'll bet you aren't even getting 10 watts out of it.
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saintpeter · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

and you are as right as you say. but, you see, i even once talked with an employer of the music store and he told me i'd rather stay with the amp i have (even though it's a multiamp or homeamp), because the sound it gets is better than most of the amps he had in the store..

but, kay, i was thinkin about buyin one after all... another question: whats the mith about marshall transistor-amps being "*Poop*"?

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Structo · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:57 am Post subject:

It is probably more of a mismatch of input impedance on the receivers input.
Guitar amps are typically 1 Meg Ohm ( 1 million ohms) on the input.
You could probably mod the receivers input but you would have to be experienced in electronics to do it. Wink