I guarantee that it was not Leo Fender who first figured it out.
I suppose it makes sense to me that the noise generating circuitry could come before or after the amplification stage in a preamp (or both, I suppose, but ideally neither) - I guess the preamps I have tend to make [more] noise first, then amplify. Thanks.antichef - Self noise in preamps comes in two different forms. Some have most of their noise basically before the gain so that - like you said - the noise stays proportional to the signal and gets turned up with everything else as gain is added. Others though have a sort of noise floor that must come "after" the gain, so that the noise level is fixed, and adding gain tends to bring the signal up without increasing the preamp noise. Some of course have a bit of both. With the first type you usually can just leave them all the way down and add gain ITB. With the second you're better off turning it up in analog. You need to figure out which category your specific preamps fit into.
I suppose it makes sense to me that the noise generating circuitry could come before or after the amplification stage in a preamp (or both, I suppose, but ideally neither) - I guess the preamps I have tend to make [more] noise first, then amplify. Thanks.
Wow - lots of that going on in my neighborhood. I bet things will be better for me soon.LOT! Of midnight oil, fags, tea and Bad Words involved in getting it "right"
2) A strat, Tele or Les Paul. (Or some variation of those)
I've heard a bunch of Teiscos, Kays, and Harmonys that sounded pretty damn cool too. If you can't take the guitar you've got, plug it into the amp you've got, and get something useable out of it, then something is broken - guitar, amp, or (mor often than not) guitarist.I've heard enough 335s, Rickenbackers and archtops sounding awesome to consider them more than 'exceptions' ' Chuck Berry; Cream era Clapton (y'know, when he was good); B.B. King; Chet Atkins; Brian Setzer; The Beatles; The Byrds; Pete Townsend - it could be a long list!
Not without something in between, probably. Course the pointed thing with EMGs crushing a Mesa or 5150 isn't going to work for your Cocteau Twins cover band.Depending on the context, of course. A tiesco into a Roland 120 isn't going to work in your death metal band...