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RE: Guitar amp tube wear

Pushing a normally clean amp like that into an overdriven (cliping) range can shorten the life of power tubes. How much shorter is anyone's guess. You just have to listen for a lack of power and/or focus in the tone.

The preamp tubes should be fine.

Dman
Analog Junkie


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