How to buy an Amp/tube amp tips

**thesteve** · 09-22-2005, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dcunning30

That reminds me. ALWAYS, be good to your soundman!

How well to your audience your band sounds is in his hands. If he screws up your mix, and/or EQ, the audience won't say the soundman sucks, they'll say the band sucks.

after shows i always try to say thanks to the soundguy...of course my enthusiasm will be based on how good he actually was, but even if he sucked, at least we didnt' have to do it ourselves.

tht00 · 09-22-2005, 12:10 PM

Keep in mind that this thread is nearly a year old...

**thesteve** · 09-22-2005, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tht00

Keep in mind that this thread is nearly a year old...

true...but it was also stickied...suggestions?

Fatboy Judo · 10-20-2005, 10:22 PM

I'm a guitar/ amp newb and was wondering what the significance is between two speaker (alah 2/12) vs a one speaker amp (1X12). Any advantages or disadvantages?

**thesteve** · 10-21-2005, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Fatboy Judo

I'm a guitar/ amp newb and was wondering what the significance is between two speaker (alah 2/12) vs a one speaker amp (1X12). Any advantages or disadvantages?

sound dispersion and perceived volume...a 2x12 will have greater of both. also a 2x12" will probably have a bassier tone.

Demon_Hunter · 11-03-2005, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dcunning30

That reminds me. ALWAYS, be good to your soundman!

How well to your audience your band sounds is in his hands. If he screws up your mix, and/or EQ, the audience won't say the soundman sucks, they'll say the band sucks.

As a soundman myself, I can honestly say that the amount or sincerity of complements has absolutely nothing to do with how the service will sound.

We just lost a music minister here who was generally rude, and sarcastic, but I mixed sound for him just as poorly as I did for any other music minister

**thesteve** · 11-03-2005, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by demon_hunter

As a soundman myself, I can honestly say that the amount or sincerity of complements has absolutely nothing to do with how the service will sound.

We just lost a music minister here who was generally rude, and sarcastic, but I mixed sound for him just as poorly as I did for any other music minister

while this may be true for a church service, playing out in venues where music is the only draw, this is definitely important

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 11-03-2005, 05:53 PM

as a soundman for quite a few years at church... I gave a lot more effort into people who were nice to me. Actually, there were some jerks who I would intentionally screw up their eq a bit to get them to shut up when I did it right.

Demon_Hunter · 11-07-2005, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

as a soundman for quite a few years at church... I gave a lot more effort into people who were nice to me. Actually, there were some jerks who I would intentionally screw up their eq a bit to get them to shut up when I did it right.

Ive done that before. I generally have to be pretty pissed to do that tho.

shreadhead · 01-09-2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by virtuosogitaist

I haven't purchase it yet, but I am curious about it. I have a Zinky Superfly Half Stack and a Peavey Delta Blues Combo Amp. I love my Zinky, but can't get a Steve Vai-ish Tonality and Michael Angelo Batio Tonality. What do you think about the Amp?

My Zinky Superfly Half Stack is practically my baby, I don't want to get affected physically during concerts and gigs. Mainly amp for Recording and for having the Utmost Clean Sound for Jazz.

Therefore I need amp for standing the abuses the world can give to it. Steve Vai had some saying in this passage. I would like to have any comments about this amp when you played it.

(I don't like (AMPS) Mesa Boogies, Fenders, Peaveys (except my Delta Blues), Marshalls, and other amps below $1000.) No offense...

Thank you for all your patience and your time for reading my posting.

God Bless.

On the Legacy they are bullitproof reliable have a killer big warm clean and a great singing lead tone . I personally play Carvin amps but have a pair of the MTS`s .The MTS is lower in price has more clean headroom and is quite versitile in it`s self by the way . The Legacy has a warmer clean and a less agressive smoother crunch than the MTS . Both are STELLAR rigs and great bang for the buck .

changed_in_him · 01-16-2006, 03:33 AM

lol im going to be weird lol and be bold too.

1. what IN THE WORLD is a tube??

PianoMan · 01-16-2006, 03:01 PM

It is a lost art you could say. Back in the day, power tubes were used in all types of circuits. I don't know exactly what they did, but they worked, so they were used.

Essentially, a while back tubes were replaced by transistors, because transistors are tiny, a small fraction of the cost, and are more efficient. However, when they were put in guitar amps, it was found that the sound lost a certain texture that most guitarists found quite desirable. A warmth to the sound you might say. As such, guitar amps using tubes kept on being made, and as their desirability has gone up, so has their price. Most entry level amps you see out there are amps built with said transistors.

Recently though, modeling amps have been doing an extremely good job of copying the tube sound. Line 6's stuff has gotten good enough that fully qualified sound engineers (Lincoln Brewster for example) can't tell the difference in a blindfolded studio test.

Hopefully that will give you a small but relatively good intro to the world of guitar amps.

Dave H · 01-16-2006, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PianoMan

It is a lost art you could say. Back in the day, power tubes were used in all types of circuits. I don't know exactly what they did, but they worked, so they were used.

Essentially, a while back tubes were replaced by transistors, because transistors are tiny, a small fraction of the cost, and are more efficient. However, when they were put in guitar amps, it was found that the sound lost a certain texture that most guitarists found quite desirable. A warmth to the sound you might say. As such, guitar amps using tubes kept on being made, and as their desirability has gone up, so has their price. Most entry level amps you see out there are amps built with said transistors.

Recently though, modeling amps have been doing an extremely good job of copying the tube sound. Line 6's stuff has gotten good enough that fully qualified sound engineers (Lincoln Brewster for example) can't tell the difference in a blindfolded studio test.

Hopefully that will give you a small but relatively good intro to the world of guitar amps.

FYI - many stereo audiophiles still believe in the art of tubes as well, though it is a small market. It's not hard to find a stereo tube amplifier these days.

kent56p · 09-13-2006, 04:39 PM

Vacuum tubes are the nearly dead ancient electronic technology that we
cranky guitar players along with ultra snobby audiophiles won't let die a quiet
death. Vacuum tubes for you youngsters were the basis of electronic circuits
from the early part of the 20th century on up to the late 60's when affordable
transistors began to be used in nearly all consumer and military applications.
Thankfully the inate basic imperfections of tubes makes for great sounding
guitar amps due to ear pleasing harmonic distortions. The early transistor
amps sounded sterile and cold. Later FET and MOSFET transistors made for
warmer sounding guitar amps but we guitar player are too stubborn to give
up our vacuum tube amps! It also helped that Russia and China were too
poor as nations to give up vacuum tubes for their electronic needs while
the U.S.A. and western europe said ' bye bye' to the tube and thats why
we still can obtain tubes.
I for one am greatful that we can still buy some great sounding tube amps
in this early part of the 21st century. I wonder how long it'll last?