How To Use a Guitar Amp for Beginners [EXPLAINED]

If you’ve just got a new guitar amp and have no idea how to use it, you’ve come to the right place! In this video, I explain about amps and speakers, as well as take you through different settings you can use which affects your overall sound.

Hope it helps!

0:00 Introduction
0:41 Words + Definitions
2:36 Guitar Amps + Settings
10:24 Speaker Boxes
11:04 Amp Heads
11:33 Different Guitars
12:29 Final Thoughts

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[CraftyMusicTips]

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[DougZbikowski]

Young musicians are so fortunate to have YouTube. Back in the 80s when I was learning to play everything was learned by trial and error. You had no idea what controls did, what effects pedals sounded like, or how amps would perform…you just bought something random and messed around with it. If you couldn’t figure it out you would sell it 😂

[jmcb]

This the best vid I have ever seen on the basics of amplifiers. Especially putting the guitar and amp in a neutral position. BRAVO!

[beaker_guy]

I'll admit it, I'm just a software engineer, and I'm helping out a friend with a Noise Box project (with a piezo pickup) and *I* hadn't a clue of the difference between vibrato and tremolo. So, YES, some people (like me) do need to hear this. Makes perfect sense now! Thanks!

[Your_.lovemaya]

OMG FINALLY SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY EXPLAINS WHAT TGE HELL AN AMP IS

[moby]

Gain is the amount of volume going into the amp and the output volume coming out to the speaker. Brillant explanation. Thanks.

[ananthapadmanaabang.vchemi]

Every time I search to learn something a guy shows up with a video less than 15 minutes and makes me understand the concept till my grave. You're a great teacher bro 😊.

[patwentland]

Been playing for almost 60 years now but always open to different ideas and interpretations.

[Entrixstormwind]

My daughter got interested in guitar. Long story short, she heard "Ride on Shooting Star" and now she wants to play electric guitar. She was given an old Mako TB1. I found an old Magnatone 412 in my uncle's garage, no idea why he had an amp. Anyway, the amp powers up, but needs some TLC before I let her plug in and use it. I'm glad I found this video. Everything I know about amps, I just learned here, lol.

[ralphadamo]

Don't worry about the knobs. Just crank everything up to 10.

[curtpiazza]

Great presentation ...well organized...learned a lot in less than 15 min!

[Doowopsid]

Great job! This video is so informative and helpful with lots of demonstrations and no self serving narrative taking up a lot of time as some others do. Thank you!

[charlesbronson]

Listen Bro, a sincere thank you 🙏🏻 as you explained to me exactly what I wanted to know and was too nervous to sound stupid to ask and I bought on line from Fender a Mustang GTX 100w Amp and a all black Lefty Squire Stratocaster HSS without ever holding a guitar before. Got the gear, you got the info and I’m getting to work learning at 60 😆

[mbubdiv]

Hands down best video on explaining the basics of a amp (and speaker) for anyone starting out on guitar

[jonathanj]

This video is awesome! It explains the setting on the amps so well! I didn’t know what half those dials did for SOOOO long lol 😂

[eddwardherron]

It helped much more than you can imagine, Mr. Crafty (;-) )! Excellent primer, so thank you very much! Your other videos (that I've seen) are equally informative and helpful! Great stuff!

[lfkrnqd]

I bought my first electric guitar very recently and was given a beginner amp. It has less options than the amp you are using, but also several different jacks, so I was completely in the dark. I also had no idea it needed a speaker, and the specific knobs are not labelled, so your explanation has been really helpful for getting me started.

[kyleharris]

Great video man, I watched 10 other videos before this one and only after watching this did I understand how to dial in my amp.

[Maelli]

I only play acoustics, but - I've wanted to know what the GAIN button does for over 50 years, you explained it perfectly for us!

[Iggydylanmusic]

Holy smokes, thank yous mate, I’m gettin a electric guitar for Christmas and I had no clue bout amps feel like I’m ready to get started now that I have an idea of what stuff mean! Thank you so much !