Ep96 How to Use a Guitar Practice Amp

Guitar Music Theory

Desi Serna

Musictheoryforguitar, Guitar, Guitarscales, Performing Arts, Guitarmusictheory, Music, Guitarlessons, Arts, Guitarchords, Guitartheory

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🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this free guitar lesson, I explain how to use a guitar practice amp. Get to know how to set up a basic clean sound and properly adjust the Gain, Volume, and Master output knobs. Learn how to add overdrive and distortion by changing the Amp Type. Add effects such as reverb, delay, and chorus so you match the sounds of the songs you play.

I use a Boss Katana Air in my example, but other types of desktop guitar practice amps work similarly including the Yamaha THR, Positive Grid Spark, Blackstar Fly 3, Vox Mini5, Fender Mustang GT, and Roland Cube.

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0:00.0	In podcast episode 96 I talk about how to use a guitar practice amp. Greetings guitar engineers.
0:19.0	Greetings guitar engineers.
0:20.0	Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast. I am your host Desi Cerna. Today I explain
0:26.5	how to use a guitar practice amp. I am a big fan of small low-powered desktop amps. They are much better to use at home than the types of
0:36.4	full-size combo amps that were honestly designed for use in studio and on stages.
0:42.4	Practice amps also have very useful
0:45.0	built-in features like amp modeling, effects, headphone outputs, and audio
0:50.9	inputs. But as great as they are, sometimes all the options they provide can be a little
0:56.6	confusing and you may not know where to begin to get a good basic tone. So I'll go over
1:01.9	what you need to know today. I've pulled today's audio from a video that I posted to YouTube.
1:07.0	If you'd like to watch the video, just search for Desi Cerna How to Use a Guitar Practice app.
1:14.0	Before we dive in, what do you specifically need to be working on right now
1:18.3	in order to be a better guitar player?
1:20.8	Go to my website, guitar music theory.
1:23.0	Come, answer the questions I ask you about your playing, and I'll send you free custom
1:28.2	video instruction calibrated to your current level.
1:31.0	I'll show you what you should specifically be working on in order to
1:35.1	get your guitar skills in order and reach your music goals. Enroll in your free
1:39.8	video course now at guitar music theory.com you can click on the link in the
1:44.7	podcast show notes. The You're going to demonstrate
2:20.8	how to use a guitar practice amp. I'm using a Boss Katana air here, but its features
2:29.7	are similar to like a spark by positive grid or a Yamaha THR or other similar practice
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