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Re: Tubes! They do a ____ good!
Jesse Ray Lucas wrote:
> I'm on the tube path now, but I'm seriously considering moving back to
>solid
> state for space/weight/maintainability reasons. I'm no slouch, but the
>idea
> of carrying in an amp slung over my shoulder is enticing. I have heard
> several guys come through town on tour using those Traveler heads and
>they
> sound great for the size venues I'm playing in right now.
For bass, I prefer solid state. More "punch" and less "puff," i.e. it
does not get buried by the rest of the band. But in a recording set-up,
tube all the way!
> 5. I read several very technical discussions of tube vs. solid state on
>the
> web that boiled it down to: solid state and tube amps are basically the
>same
> until you begin to push them into overdrive.
Actually this is not true in my experience. Play a Fender Stage 100 next
to a Twin (both VERY clean amps) and weep at the beauty the tubes
impart. This is not to say that a solid-state amp cannot sound good,
because it can. A really good solid-state amp can sound better than a
crappy tube amp, but a really good tube amp will (IMO) always sound
better than a really good solid state amp. YMMV.
> One day, when Linux gets a good audio distribution and commercial
>software
> support we will just drag our rack-mounted computers (by then, they will
>be
> in 1U chassis or smaller) out to gigs with us, plug our basses into them,
> and run through the Echoplex Digital Pro plugin, into the SVT-II plugin,
> into the Ampeg 8x10 plugin, and into the board. It's coming, I tell you.
> Mark my words.
Yup, when the tube-modeling is finally perfected -- still a long way off
though...
D.G.