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Re: Tubes! They do a ____ good!
On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 01:34 AM,
Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:
> Kirkland Mack wrote:
>> There are lots of standalone preamps and standalone power amps, and
>> there lots of guys who like power amp saturation, so why aren't there
>> any standalone power amps designed to give "vintage" sound and
>> pleasing overdrive?
>>
Mesa/Boogie makes a rackmount Class-A tube power amp, 20 watts a side
(the 20/20) which has buffered outputs which can be fed into a larger,
clean power amp, or a mixer or whatever:
http://mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Stereo_Power/20_20_Stereo/
20_20_stereo.html
Zachary Vex also makes a 1/2W amp, the size of a stompbox:
http://zvexamps.com/
But, as others have pointed out, if you really want the
amp-turned-up-loud distortion sound, the speaker is also a factor, so a
speaker iso box or cabinet simulator would also be needed. You're
quickly looking at something like a thousand dollars for the power amp
and speaker-type box. But if you must have that sound, it's not going
to be cheap or easy.
TH