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May 1 2013, 10:14 PM
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Hi guys! I have been discussing with a friend who is Electronic Engineer about Tube amps and Solid State Amps. His point of view is that Tube Amps are something obsolete from the past and that newer technologies are better...
As I have never tried a top line Solid State Guitar Amp, I was wondering which you think are are the best ones for rock & metal. I know that Tech21 is doing some of these. -------------------- My lessons
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May 3 2013, 04:35 PM
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Really clean and very high gain tones SS can do very well.
Its the middle ground - low, medium and crunch - that is ( so far) they're weak point. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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May 3 2013, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ May 3 2013, 12:35 PM)  I'm sure some SS amp/processor will do a spot on clone of a KLON On mid gain. We are getting close, but you can do it with a tube amp as mentioned for a pretty cheap price, and faking it with math doesn't come cheap yet  Todd And ... and this is huge for musicians in bands on stage ... with a decent tube amp and few nice analog pedals you can easily TWEAK VERY QUICKLY to get the tone you need for that gig/venue. Most tube amps and analog pedals are by design '1(or 2)-trick ponies' but if that's the trick you need - nothing else really works. Now, in the studio, with good converters and a good word clock - even a POD 2.0 is still very seviceable. I've had a Line 6 POD since 1999 and I haven't upgraded since the 2.0 upgrade (I just put the new processor in my original POD). I still use it on actual sessions (not just demos) for TV and movies - tons of players do. I've nailed the models that I feel 'work' (for me) and I really have no desire to fk with anything that's working. Having said that I am thinking about an 11 Rack. Also, I would love an SS amp that just gave me one GREAT real Marshall Plexi tone and/or Fender BF Deluxe tone (not the recorded, mixed and mastered tone - the actual tone and feel) - that's all. I can do the rest with guitars, a couple pedals and my hands. I personally think one of the (self imposed) road blocks for SS amp builders is that 'most' of them are trying to do it all. Like, here's the entire history of high-gain amps in one $300.00 small combo. Ummm ... no, not really - sorry. How about just three: JCM 800, AC 30, BF Deluxe ... and no fx (OK, maybe reverb?) Nail those 3 and you have a winner! I guarantee that they'd sell MANY of those to actual professionals and that in turn would stimulate the student and amatuer markets. This post has been edited by klasaine: May 4 2013, 06:36 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Darius Wave My solid state Hughess & Kettner Club Reverb 6... May 9 2013, 10:35 AM Amp360 Best means different things to different people.
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Slavenko Erazer I don't like solid states.
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