Hopelessly addicted to tube

neroceasar · 10-28-2007, 08:08 PM

i'm just going to go ahead and say this. Even if tomorrow some company came out with an amp that was solid state and it sounded just as good as a tube amp i still would keep on buyin and loving tube amps. It's like the guitarist's crack(if your not a crack head, lol).

budda · 10-28-2007, 08:55 PM

if it was cheaper and sounded just as good, i'd probably switch.

until then, i stick with my firebottles.

SevenDeadly · 10-28-2007, 08:56 PM

all hail the fire sound!

Drew · 10-28-2007, 11:01 PM

I'm a tube snob, too, but if I ever found an amp that really and truely sounded just as good as a tube amp and had all of the benefits of solid state (lighter weight, didn't require tube changes, didn't NEED to be loud to sound awesome) then I'd certainly consider switching.

As it is, I dig the fuck out of my Tech-21 Trademark-30.

Alpo · 10-29-2007, 12:51 AM

I

a good tube amp for jamming with a band. I'm not going to buy another one anytime soon, though. Unless I stumble on a big pile of cash.

Toshiro · 10-29-2007, 01:13 AM

I wouldn't mind having a Randall G2 or Peavey XXL right now, just for fun. SS has come a long way.

ShawnFjellstad · 10-29-2007, 01:19 AM

i

tubes.

* ShawnF wants a t-shirt that says that.

mnemonic · 10-29-2007, 03:52 AM

as long as it sounds good, i dont really care ,ahah.

right now i use a vox valvetronix which is all solidstate and digital except for a little preamp tube somewhere between teh preamp and poweramp, and i dig it alot. especially with an overdrive infront to tighten it up/add some gain.

sounds exceptional for bedroom jamming with my friend, which is pretty much all i do, haha

Ishan · 10-29-2007, 04:02 AM

While I'm a tube snob too, I've heard some pretty awesome SS amp in the recent years : One of the new peavey bandit some guy was beating the shit out of with a les paul in a shop, it sounded just godly (might be the guy fingers too hehe). Or one of the big SS head from Laney wich sounded very tube like and was very punchy.

loktide · 10-29-2007, 05:42 AM

well, it's not like there hasn't been put effort to mimic tube amps... at least preamp modelling has come pretty close IMO, but as for poweramps... well, that's my main complaint about SS amps. They just don't cut through well enough and the 'feel' it just not there. In my experience, most SS amps sound worse as you crank 'em up to stage volume. I find it interesting how line 6 is apparently giving up SS technology and combining modelling w/ tubes. After what i'm reading about the new spider valves, i'm really looking forward into a vetta valve

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10-28-2007, 08:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
neroceasar DEATHMETAL!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: grand rapids, mi Posts: 325 Real Name: clay Main Seven: Ibanez rg1077xl prestige Rig: MAKO>RIVERA Thanked: 8	Hopelessly addicted to tube i'm just going to go ahead and say this. Even if tomorrow some company came out with an amp that was solid state and it sounded just as good as a tube amp i still would keep on buyin and loving tube amps. It's like the guitarist's crack(if your not a crack head, lol).

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budda Guiterrorizer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Deep River ONT (summer), London ONT (school) Posts: 7,465 Real Name: Justin Main Seven: Carvin DC727 OFR Rig: JSX->XXX w/ WGS CL80 Thanked: 49	if it was cheaper and sounded just as good, i'd probably switch. until then, i stick with my firebottles. 3 cheers for free gear! "Do you like burned toast with your JAM? cuz we're on FIRE!"

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SevenDeadly Loomis Brotherhood Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Heart of Texas Posts: 357 Main Seven: Jeff Loomis Signature Rig: Mesa DR Thanked: 20	all hail the fire sound! The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God -Ludwig Van Beethoven 25 essential metal licks Advanced Arpeggios

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Drew Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,805 Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 147	I'm a tube snob, too, but if I ever found an amp that really and truely sounded just as good as a tube amp and had all of the benefits of solid state (lighter weight, didn't require tube changes, didn't NEED to be loud to sound awesome) then I'd certainly consider switching. As it is, I dig the fuck out of my Tech-21 Trademark-30. "...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

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mnemonic ss.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 770 Real Name: Max Main Seven: Lefty Schecter 007 Elite Rig: Toneport Thanked: 5	as long as it sounds good, i dont really care ,ahah. right now i use a vox valvetronix which is all solidstate and digital except for a little preamp tube somewhere between teh preamp and poweramp, and i dig it alot. especially with an overdrive infront to tighten it up/add some gain. sounds exceptional for bedroom jamming with my friend, which is pretty much all i do, haha

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