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Have you ever wondered why you can't just plug your guitar directly into a mixing board? Or why everyone says you're supposed to match the "ohms" of your amp to the ohms of your speaker cabinet? Or why your guitar sounds so small through a cable that's 100 feet long? 

In this episode, Vadim and Ben talk about impedance - which is at the heart of the questions above. You will learn,

• The first principles explanation of what impedance actually is
• Why impedance mismatch is the origin story of the DI box
• Why matching loads between a tube amp and a speaker cabinet is so important
• Why passive guitar pick-ups can't handle cable runs as long as active pick-up cables can
• The tonal changes you may experience with an impedance mismatch between your instrument and the input device
• The impedance mismatch that won't break your amp...and the impedance mismatch that might
• How to start thinking about connecting multiple speaker cabinets to your amp
• Ben's crazy story of trying to build a wall of bass cabinets in high school. Result? Unsuccessful. 
• And more!

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