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for the most i agree with what's been said about the tube/solid state thing.
in general, tube amps are way better then solid states for overdrive. but if
you want heavy overdrive SOME tube-amps might react a little too wild to
stomp-box distortions. (but then again, others are great.
a question for Gavin: does the hod rot have tube driven reverb? i used to
own the older tweed version of the same amp, and sold it 'cause of the solid
state reverb driver, which in my opimnion just didn't have "it". never heard
the hot rod though, i heard it just has an extra channel. all the better if
they improved the rev too.
as for volume: if you have an amp with preamp out power amp in plugs (as the
hod rot has), it's possible to put a little cord inbetween with a resister
between ground and signal. this will diminsh the power going in to the power
amp; you will loose a little tone in comparison to the full amp, but you
also loose volume; works pretty well for home practice.
by the way, my first amp was a fender sidekick 65 reverb. all solid state,
but very decent sounding, a very usable volume range (home practice to small
gigs) and good rev. and very cheap nowadays.
>From: "windanseabeachboy" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Newbified question - Tube vs. Solid State
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:42:07 -0000
>
>Tone...is a very personal issue. Most of it comes from your fingers
>(as Eddie Van Halen once quipped, Ted Nugent snuck onto a stage where
>he and Van Halen were playing and asked a roadie to let him play thru
>Eddie's equipment. He did...still sounded like Ted Nugent).
>
>Take your guitar and play it through many amps. And decide what you
>like best. Once you've narrowed things down to a half dozen or so,
>take a friend who plays a lot and knows your style and preferences.
>Then, buy the amp you really had FUN with, regardless. Period. You
>have to listen to it, not the rest of us. If your talent is there, the
>audience won't care if it is a Line 6 or a vintage Fender Bassman.
>
>P.S. I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with a Weber Cali 12" speaker
>mixed NOS pre-amp tubes, both Ei and older RCA. These amps are common
>as dirt, but my Strat and ES-335 sound great and quite unique with
>only these modest tweeks. I use a re-issue Fender Reverb tank for surf
>guitar, although the built-in Hot Rod reverb is plenty wet. I'll put
>my tone up against the Vintage amp/Vintage guitar combos anytime.
>
>--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, aside from how to operate them, I know nothing
> > about amplifiers. I'm looking around for a good amp;
> > I want something decent sized in the middle price
> > range, (practice, maybe small venue one day, who
> > knows) and I'm getting advice from two schools of
> > thought. There's the tube guys and solid state guys.
> > Now most of you are tube guys, so I'm sure you already
> > know what you'd tell me. The solid state guys are all
> > saying, "lighter," "cheaper," "tougher" and "Don't buy
> > the purists line, you can't tell the difference." Now
> > outside of surf I'm also into punk rock and would like
> > as much of a catch-all amplifier as I can get. I have
> > very little experience as far as guitar amps go...I
> > haven't tried many. I've played one reverb reissue
> > (very nice) and a host of smaller, pretty crapped out
> > amps. I've been told that tube amps are most
> > certainly NOT for distortion. I use two digital
> > effects - I have a Holy Grail Reverb pedal and a Boss
> > Metal Zone pedal that I split time between. The
> > general question is, what are the major differences
> > and what couldn't I do with a tube amp that I could
> > with a solid state and vice versa?
> > ~R
> >
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