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Let me start this out by saying I'm not a "tube nazi" nor do I
immediately write off any type of digital effects (yeah, I have a dan-
echo instead of an echoplex for delay), but I just don't like the
direction of music as having a digital equivalent for anything and
everything. I had to cringe when a few days after purchasing a '64
Blackface Twin Reverb (a steal at $800), a guitarist friend told me I
was dumb and should just buy a Line 6 for a couple hundred more,
since you could get it to sound exactly the same.
So, with that said, I think the CT has it's place -- mainly among
either guitarists playing a wide range of musical styles which all
require distinct tones, or those who play for themselves and want to
have a variety of amp sounds at their fingertips.
Naturally, if you're playing surf, nothing beats the sound and tone
of a vintage Fender amp, but as has been stated in earlier posts,
this can run up to $2700. I, for one, would buy a Cyber and
say "close enough" if I'd be saving $1800. Hell, at least it has
SOME tubes in it....
While I'm writing I guess I'll also add fuel to the purists fire by
just throwing something out there about the Japanese-made Jags and
Jazzmasters. I've had my MIJ Jag since '97 and have never had a
single problem with it. Now that I've added a buzzstop (the best
thing to happen to Fender Trem systems since the whammy bar), I
couldn't be happier with mine.
-Bill Bergstrom
The Lava Rats
www.thelavarats.com
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Dick Messick" <rmessick2@a...> wrote:
> O.K., I'll bite . . . yep, I've got a Cyber-Twin. Can't say how
the
> BF Twin Reverb preset compares to the real thing (since I can't A/B
> it).
> On the whole, I pretty happy with mine. Tube purists/snobs may
> disagree, but the amp sounds pretty good (to me). For my basement
> playing, I've never had the master volume above "4" - this thing
can
> get LOUD! If anyone is considering it, though, don't think you can
> toss your outboard reverb tanks . . . also, be sure to dig down and
> tweak the presets - it's not a time consuming process, but it can
> yield some nice tones.
>
> -Dick
