Folklore makes for great storytelling, but has no place in a serious analysis of creating superior sound reproduction.
For years, large-volume amp manufacturers have piled myths upon half-truths on the buying public in order to divert attention from the cheap parts, poor design, and inferior craftsmanship of their products. We want to slaughter a few of these “sacred cows” by getting past the hype and examining the actual science of sound.
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Myth #1: Channel switching heads add value

Would you pay $1,600 for a 3 channel distortion stomp box? Of course not. But when you buy a channel switching head for that amount, that’s essentially what you’re doing. In fact, far from being a carefully integrated tonal add-on, a channel switching head is really two or three stomp boxes stuck in front of an amplifier section that was really an afterthought. Worst of all, the clean channel is usually a disappointment and the other two channels can be replaced with $150 stomp boxes. What kind of “value” is that?

Myth #2: Price is king

Everyone has a budget, but if tone is truly important to you, why are you plugging your
$2,000 guitar into a $500 amp? Or, why pay $2,000 for an exact copy of an old fender when, for a few bucks more you can have everything an old Fender has to offer and much more. There is more to engineering than throwing really nice parts at an old design.

Myth #3: Point-to-point wiring = GOOD / Circuit boards = BAD

Wrong. A well-designed well made circuit board can be far superior than point-to-point in
that they provide a consistent layout over and over again so that unwanted cross talk and
oscillations do not occur as a result of random wire location. Point-to-point is always better
when connecting from a circuit board to a panel control like a potentiometer. Many manu-facturers use cheap boards that crack and they mount the controls to the board which
move back and forth cracking the solder pads. So really a combination of the two is always best.

Myth #4: Blueprinting an old design equals a better product

Wrong. Putting an expensive riding saddle on a mule wont make it a Kentucky derby contender; likewise, expensive parts will definitely not make a poor design into a world-class product.

But, that's all changed now

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