[Paleolith54]

Originally Posted by phcorrigan

Interesting. The standby switch on my Bugera V22 Infinium cuts the high-voltage circuit, like Leo Fender's design. The manual, however, goes counter to the Sweetwater article, saying the following:

"STANDBY - Mutes the amp's output and preserves your valves. Use STANDBY when changing guitars, changing the MODE switch, selecting a new IMPEDENCE or taking a break."

This is basically saying the standby switch is a mute switch. I suspect the manual writer was following common wisdom, but perhaps there is something different about the Bugera design that makes this good advice? I doubt it, but I have neither the knowledge nor information to know one way or the other.

Any thoughts on this?

The manual for my Mesa gives the same basic instructions, so not specific to Bugera.