[Shredcheddar]

Smashing guitar, I reproachfully suggest that you repent and read 1 Bill 7:22.

[smashing guitar]

What's 1 Bill 7:22 ?

[thesteve]

Originally Posted by smashing guitar

What's 1 Bill 7:22 ?

i'm not entirely sure...but i'm guessing it has to do with the hapzard insulting of solid-state amplification.

[Shredcheddar]

The dead thread shalt not be raised. 1 Bill 7:22.

[smashing guitar]

Originally Posted by Shredcheddar

The thread shalt not be raised. 1 Bill 7:22.

Would you like to start making some sense now?

[ibanez_dude]

i got a question. if you have a tube amp, and you want to keep its warm analog sound, what distortion/od pedals would you want use/not use?

[smashing guitar]

Originally Posted by ibanez_dude

i got a question. if you have a tube amp, and you want to keep its warm analog sound, what distortion/od pedals would you want use/not use?

Any analog overdrive pedal. ie: Rat, SD1,Tube screamer ect..

[thesteve]

basically you jut want to use a pedal that isn't going to color your tone alot.

alot of people use nothing but clean boosts for lead work which pushes the tubes further into saturation territory generally without changing the tone too much.

[ibanez_dude]

Originally Posted by smashing guitar

Any analog overdrive pedal. ie: Rat, SD1,Tube screamer ect..

my question is more, how do you know if it an analog pedal?

[thesteve]

Originally Posted by ibanez_dude

my question is more, how do you know if it an analog pedal?

um...because it says it's not digital?

[maadio]

Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing

That's what I thought. Man, I wish I lived in Europe. All the good amps are from there.

Ehem. I happen to love my Fender Pro Reverb with a passion beyond words. Please retract your statement.

[ApparentlyNothing]

Originally Posted by maadio

Ehem. I happen to love my Fender Pro Reverb with a passion beyond words. Please retract your statement.

Of course. I was being facetious..... There are some great American made amps.

[maadio]

Fair enough. I just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.

Now I don't have to challenge you to a duel with pistols.

[dcunning30]

He he he,

While all the tube-amp snobbery is going on, let me remind you of a fact:

When you play live, the audience will not be thinking "Wow, that $5,000 boutique class A, 18 watt amp sounds soooooooo awesome!" All they care about is were you playing well written songs, did you play them well, and did they have a good time watching you perform? Period!

[Shredcheddar]

Originally Posted by dcunning30

When you play live, the audience will not be thinking "Wow, that $5,000 boutique class A, 18 watt amp sounds soooooooo awesome!" All they care about is were you playing well written songs, did you play them well, and did they have a good time watching you perform? Period!

Well, I know from experience that I'm much more confident in my playing when I'm happy with my tone. There are a lot of things that I don't want to play when I can't dial in a good tone because I know they will sound icky to my ear. There's no way for me to separate what I hear and what I think the audience hears; I assume that the audience hears every flaw and shortcoming in my tone. So it's more of a personal confidence measure than anything, although I would still argue that there's a subconscious difference to even an uneducated listener between a top-notch tube tone and a somewhat sacrificed solid-state tone.

And who says you have to spend $5,000 to get a good amp? Wattage for wattage, tube amps are "more expensive" than solid state, but when it comes down to the actual volume each puts out, there is basically no difference. A 30-watt $500 tube amp will match the output of a $500 80-watt solid state amp, and usually sound better in the process.

I don't think it's snobbery; to most tube users, it's common sense.