Rinse the two bunches of mint, then pat them dry with a paper towel. Pluck the mint leaves from the stems, place them in a small bowl, and pour three ounces (6 tablespoons) of bourbon over the mint leaves. Let the mint leaves soak in the bourbon for fifteen minutes. This softens the mint leaves and infuses the mint into small amount of bourbon. After the mint leaves have soaked for fifteen minutes, take the leaves out of the bowl and put them in a paper towel. If you don't want to pick the leaves out with your hand, pour the bourbon and mint mixture through a fine mesh strainer into another bowl. This will leave you with the mint leaves in the strainer, which you can then put into the paper towel. Gather the corners of the paper towel so that you create a little sack containing the leaves. Then wring the mint sack out over the bowl by squeezing and twisting the bundle. The leaves will still be wet from soaking, so when you wring out the bundle, drops will drip into the bowl. Wringing out the mint helps to release the flavor. After the drops stop falling, quickly dip the bundle of leaves wrapped in paper towel into the bourbon in the bowl. Then wring out again to ensure that the mint releases all of its flavor. Use the 1 cup of distilled water and the 1 cup of granulated sugar to Make Simple Syrup. When making the syrup, make sure to stir constantly so that the sugar doesn't burn. If you want to skip this step, you can buy pre-made simple syrup. Pour 3 cups of bourbon into a serving vessel like a glass bowl or pitcher. Then pour in 1 cup of the simple syrup. Start to add the bourbon mint extract mixture into the pitcher, stirring the mixture and tasting after you add each tablespoon. Stop adding the extract when you are satisfied with the flavor. Because mint extract varies depending on the mint leaves, some extract can be stronger than others. You should look to add around three tablespoons. You can serve the mint julep right away, but it often tastes better when you store and refrigerate it for a day to let the flavors mix. If you're not serving it right away, pour the mint julep into a sealable pitcher.

Summary: Wash the mint leaves and cover them with bourbon. Soak the leaves for fifteen minutes. Take out the leaves and put them in a paper towel. Wring out the leaf bundle. Make simple syrup. Pour the bourbon and simple syrup into a pitcher or bowl. Add in the mint extract by the tablespoon. Pour the mint julep into a bottle and refrigerate.

Yes, it seems remarkably uncomplicated and highly un-technical, and there are really no acronyms to cover it. However, it's important to realize that from the outset, you have to like the sound the amp makes relative to the style of music you play. A Marshall amp sounds absolutely amazingif the style of music you're playing falls in to the Van Halen, Cream, or AC/DC camp. A Fender amp also sounds amazingif you're going for more of a Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jerry Garcia or Dick Dale sound. The best way to determine what an amp sounds like is to play your guitar through it. If you are more of a beginner, not confident about your chops, but want an amp you can "grow into," have somebody at the store play it for you. The critical issue here is how amp "a" sounds when compared to amp "b," so do whatever it takes to get a good comparison. Amps are rated by wattage rather than physical size (although high-wattage amps do tend to be physically larger). Lower wattage tube amplifiers will tend to create harmonic distortion at lower volumes, which is preferable in practice, studio, and miked stage performance. Higher wattage tube amplifiers will distort at higher volumeswhich will require more creative mixing for live situations. The wattage has an effect on both the actual and perceived sound volume. In general, it takes 10 times the wattage of an amp to double the perceived volume. For example a 10-watt amp will sound half as loud as a 100-watt amp The wattage and cost of an amp are rarely related, as 10 watt amps can be two, three, or even ten times the cost of a 100 watt ampdepending on the quality of the components and the design. A knock-off 100-watt solid-state amp is inexpensive to produce compared to a boutique 5-watt tube amp. The sound quality experienced from an amplifier can be determined by many things, including (but not limited to): the preamp tubes used power amp tubes used the wood material used for the speaker cabinet the type of speaker cones the resistance of the speakers the guitar used the cables used the effects used the pickups in the guitar and even the fingers of the player. There are two main categories of guitar amplifiers configurations: combo and head/cabinet. Combo (combination) amps combine the amplifier electronics with one or more speakers in a one-piece package. These are generally smaller, as combining a powerful head and a couple large speakers can quickly push an amp into the "weightlifter" category. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/7\/7f\/3343-4b1.jpg\/v4-460px-3343-4b1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/7\/7f\/3343-4b1.jpg\/aid3343-v4-728px-3343-4b1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>License: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/">Creative Commons<\/a><br>
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Summary: Use your ears. Evaluate your needs. Understand what defines an amp's overall tone. Learn the categories.