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I recently went googling because an intriguing amp showed up for sale: Hughes & Kettner Puretone. It is out of production.
Apparently it was designed by simplifying. As few steps between guitar and speakers as was deemed possible. There's a tone stack but there's also a pot that gradually cuts it out. Just one volume. 25 or 40 Watts, depending on speaker impedance, I recall. On various forums, people praise its touch sensitivity. At the same time, it is mentioned that it highlights anything you do. If you play badly, that is highlighted too....
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I mostly play an amp with about zero touch sensitivity - a polytone teeny-brute bass amp (same as the other Polytone Brute amps but 10" speaker and only vol/treble/bass controls). It changes nothing with touch, with high output pickups vs low output pickups, you can just set it for how loud you want it and you get clean headroom volume. Very one-dimensional but classic jazz tone. I had a blackface (1967) Fender Bandmaster that was very touch sensitive, to me. If I wanted clean volume I set the volume quite high but dialed back the guitar volume so as to not overdrive the input stage. If I wanted to rock out a bit, pickups up all the way and distortion started around 3 on the volume dial. It was very sensitive to pickups as well, you would really notice which ones were high output and which ones were a little calmer.
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About nasty high output pickups, yes I have a copy of the super distortion humbucker in my Tele Deluxe which is rated at something like 16 ohms. Pushing an amp into distortion with it is easy but it sure does allow for a lot of messy playing/ mistakes - touch sensitive indeed (humor). |
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It’s no secret the Stratocaster was the launch pad for many talented guitarists due to its plain, naked single coil platform that pushed the envelope of the possibilities of talent by providing the player detailed articulation to improve technique upon. |
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....my take...touch sensitivity is sometimes referred to as velocity in tube amps....its referring to how quickly the amp responds to the signal it receives..in much the same way we talk about an acoustic guitars responsiveness...some acoustics are more touch sensitive than others...generally there is less effort required to get to the sweet spot...I find that amps with simple signal paths are likely to be touch sensitive...I prefer them and currently play through a Benson Monarch...the most touchy amp I've owned yet...
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My Marshall Vintage Modern is a touch sensitive amp. Reacts great to playing dynamics and volume control.
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