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I like the idea of a 'Swiss Army' amp, especially for practice and for
reliability. I've had the ole tubes let me down, and sometimes, you're in places
where its hard to find the ole tubes as well. My biggest issue with the digi
amps is whether they're gig-worthy (and of course tone). I don't know how they'd
do, I've never owned one. Most of these digi things, including my POD, have
rock-god-wannabe type presets across the board, and, if you don't get beyond the
presets, you could be passing up something that really can deliver quality tone
(again, experience from POD). Oh, and btw, my pure '63 Jazzmaster has the
original bridge: No buzz, no string shifting, no problems. Guess I'm
fortunate....the 11 Chromes probably help as well.
-Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: surfbandbill
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Stupid-hat award/no bother
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
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