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Why won't a Marshall guitar amp get distortion with gain all the way up?
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∙ 14y ago
Even if the amp can produce gain it will still take a guitar with the proper pickups to get there. I play several tube amps. My Ibanez SV5470 has Seymour Duncan P-90's and a "quater ponder" single coil. I have the ability to play all three pickups in series. In this setup I get gain without the volume. Pickups can be rated in many ways. A pickup with high "Resistance(there's more to it but I'll keep it simple) will "push" an amp into a "gain" sound much easier than a low resistance pickup. Some pickups simply don't have the power to push an amp into the metal zone. Now I don't know anything about your guitar but based on your' description, I believe this is your' problem. It's like comparing a single coil strat to an Ibanez RG. Strats just don't have really strong pickups. They are designed for a "bell like tone". The RG only wants to overdrive any amp because the pickups have a great deal more resistance. Hope this helps.
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