Re: Tube amps, volume, and tone
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:16 pm
by the way I got the black one with the creme cloth...... not the paisley
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rsjean wrote:Really fast slew rate and the tendency of SS devices to go into hard clipping readily really makes them harsh in my opinion. They wreak havok with odd order harmonics which are the ones that really contribuite to listener fatigue. Having said that I also believe tube amplification is more colored in it's reproduction which is why various models and brands (even brands of tubes!) tend to have more of their own sound than do SS devices.
But I am a tube fan. Not only in guitar amps but in audio amplification as well. The big thing about tube amps(guitar)is "clean sounding distortion"(10% minimum)and that's why to most peoples ears they sound twice as loud(and twice as good)as solid state amps due to "sounding" clean when they're not.You wouldn't want to hear a solid state amp with 10% distortion(yuk!).Speaking of harmonics(tube amps pink noise is much more pleasurable to the ear than the solid state produced white noise).The reason,I don't care for most jazz git players tone(Chet had the perfect tone)is due to the fact that all harmonics are removed by rolling back on the tone knob so much(too much fundamental). The Best, Ty M.
Steve