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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WheresTheButta" data-source="post: 6906759" data-attributes="member: 559748">I'm far from an expert, I just know enough to tell you that your problem is simple - you're drawing too much current.   I have a feeling it's almost exactly the situation I laid out for you, where you have an amp that's putting out more power than you're used to, but with less efficiency.BTW your gain isn't a volume knob...   It's not like cranking it up is "full tilt"   - full tilt is what we use to describe the loudest level we can *safely* achieve!  The operative word is safely.   Think of it like the redline on a car.    The gain knob is used to match the amount of input to the amount of output.   In other words, it's just a switch that changes how sensitive your amp is to the input you're giving it.</blockquote>

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