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Old 18th December 2006, 04:45 AM   #4
Wes Kuhnley
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Most, if not all studio equipment has some sort of regulated power supply, which holds all supply voltages constant. many guitar amps do not, which allows supply voltages to fluctuate in comparison to the incoming line voltage. I read somewhere once that Eddie VanHalen used to run his amp on a Variac set to 90VAC rather than the full 120...
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