POWER STATION: WHY DOES MY AMP SEEM HAUNTED?

This is the seventh video in our series where we take our most commonly received tech support questions and attempt to answer them in as succinct a manner as possible. Thanks for checking it out!
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The Fryette Power Station® - a new amplifier attenuator and re-amplification solution, offering players intuitive and precise control over amplifier volume, distortion behavior and a wide range of highly refined tonal qualities previously unavailable from any single attenuating or re-amping product.
Built on decades of experience producing the finest all-tube power amps available, the Power Station is a practical and highly functional tool that solves problems frequently encountered in live playing and recording environments. It beautifully accentuates the inherent qualities of any amplifier and allows your amplifier to breathe and dynamically respond to your playing technique the way a great guitar amp should. The Power Station is designed to be transparent, user friendly, reliable and ultra-responsive to a wide array of guitar amplifier and speaker types. It also integrates seamlessly with any combination of internal and external speaker configurations.
The Power Station also excels as a power booster, something that no other attenuator can do. Just as you would connect a big amp to reduce output volume, the Power Station can also be used to boost the output of a small amplifier. Imagine taking your mini-amp or small vintage combo to a gig and having enough power to be heard without sacrificing feel and tonal quality. It is not only possible, but easy and fun!
Finally, your Power Station functions as a versatile silent reactive load for direct recording by simply connecting the Balanced or Unbalanced Line out to your recording interface.
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Music and guitar dude = Joe Gamble

[@danielrose703]

The witness protection voice asking the question was a nice touch

[@loupgouot3658]

Thanks Dr. Fryette for alleviating the damn headache I've had for the past month recording silently through my PS2 (speakers unplugged)....and trying to find out witch newly changed tubes of my Sig X head might have turned microphonic while they'd actually worked just fine.

[@johngormus5855]

No way am I accepting this science. I can only attain haunting mids from my phantom power sounds emitting from from my ghostly amp. It’s magic I tells ya! Great video again Joe and Steve

[@Lu_Woods]

I'm laughing at the soft piano intro : )

[@ClearColorCloud]

So cool

[@hoboroadie4623]

I've often wondered if potting the big transformers to shut them up would have a difference of reliability, like the mechanical vibrations could lead to a short circuit in the windings. Seems like they are only burning up when something stupid happens like a shorted speaker lead, but... 🤔

[@FryetteAmps]

Transformers are “potted”, actually sealed, with varnish to effectively glue the windings in place to prevent that very occurrence. There‘s a limit to its effectiveness though due to the high intensity of electro-mechanical activity generated when an amp is cranked.

[@SHREDTILLDEAD]

Or when a manufacturer doesn't put proper load connections in their manuals ? Cause shorted speaker leads are the only cause right? Never could it be confusing and hooked up wrong because of that.

[@GraphiteandCigars]

I thought it was a sprinkling of Niko Chan dust......

[@FryetteAmps]

That too!

[@scottpeters4401]

I have had my amp/power station sound come out of my Studio Monitors…..and the monitors were powered off…it was at really low volume with no cab connected to my amp…

[@Lu_Woods]

So the Power Station was also a Radio? ... Does the FCC know of this? ; )

[@scottpeters4401]

@@Lu_Woods I don’t know…it was the craziest thing,and I had friends that didn’t believe me,until they heard it….

[@Robstafarian]

Guitar pedals can pick up radio signals, too. The clue is in the FCC compliance.

[@rosszwierzchowski8821]

I have a ps-2a. I use a super reverb. However when I crank the SR past 5 but keep the volume on the ps-2a at 11 o’clock or lower I get a harsh distorted low end. Like a bad distorted sound. Does this seem right? I see so may vids where the amps are cranked and the low end still seems tight and musical at low volume. When I bypass the ps2 I don’t have the issue though.

[@FryetteAmps]

You’re simply hearing what the amp is doing when your ears aren’t being pummeled😄

[@JHPRS]

On the PS-2, concerning the presence and depth controls, is the flat setting fully counterclockwise or 12 o'clock? :)

[@FryetteAmps]

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