Wewus432 Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 I know a lot of you guys are guitar players. What is your favorite tube amp. I've got this Crate Vintage Club amp or whatever the hell they call it. 30 watts the thing kicks ass. It's got a nice clean sound and it's got good crunch/distortion if I need more volume I just mic it. I wish some one had told me when I started playing a long time ago GET THE TUBES! I screwed around a long time playing a Roland Jazz Chorus and various other bullshit. Get the tubes. That rule still applies. You cannot emulate that sound, yeah there's a lot of stuff that comes close, but close don't count. If you are a young or beginning guitar player, skip all that emulation, digital effects, etc. and GET THE TUBES. Can I make that any clearer. Guitar players, tell me about your tube amp. BTW the Crate Vintage Club uses EL84 which I believe are the same as a VOX and a lot of other great sounding amps. GET THE TUBES! OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 An overdriven tube provides a very desirable distortion. My current favorites for guitar recording are a 1955 Fender Princeton, 1959 Magnatone Troubadour and a newer Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I recently acquired a 60's Epiphone Pacemaker and a '94 Fender Pro-Junior. For bass, a 1970 Ampeg SVT with both 8 x 10 cabinets. GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where02190 Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 I love the MesaBoogie Mark III combo. It just always get's the tone I want. the Dual and triple recifers are very nice too. Our '64 Showman is a real jem, and a good marshall is hard to find, but when you do is a wonderful thing. Hope this is helpful. NP Recording Studios Analog approach to digital recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 err, ahem. i dig my peavey rage. i run it at "1" through an onkyo custom speaker. it has a 421 bolted to the cab, surrounded in thick carpet. i use the amps clean setting with a ds-1 pedal and a metal zone pedal. bringing up on the mixer sounds, er, ahem, tits. my guitar playing friends with marshalls, mesa boogies, etc all are jealous of the tone. although, i cant play that setup live! only studio. for live sound, their amps kick my little POS's butt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franknputer Posted April 13, 2002 Share Posted April 13, 2002 This subject gets me hot!! :D [img]http://www.lynx.net/~jc/tubes.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted April 13, 2002 Author Share Posted April 13, 2002 Let's all gather round the glow of the tubes and sing Kum Ba Yah( heavy metal version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjones_Bodyguard Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 I love all tube amps! Especially the kind that use 6L6's. I read somewhere that vintage club 30 has a SS preamp, is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfonso Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. the first in my life that is ready to play without having to tweak knobs for more than 5 seconds. Guess the Amp .... now it's finished... Here it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 Be sure and copy this thread over on the guitar forum. Myles Rose could talk tubes all day long. [img]http://www.crest.com/images/img_greatproduct.gif[/img] But seriously...there are times when a solid state amp is nice. Roger McGuinn advocates the use of a Roland Jazz Chorus for a Rickenbacker 360-12...and if you've ever played a Rick through a Roland you'll know why. A buddy of mine has a solid state Fender (he has a Blues Deville too), but actually, for clean sounds, that little solid state is sweet. Don't get me wrong...I'm mainly a tube guy all the way (my main amp is a Marshall TSL-122), for anything that requires at least a little grind. But, the solid state stuff can sound sweet for clean tones. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Leites Posted April 14, 2002 Share Posted April 14, 2002 I still have my 1965 High School graduation present; an Epiphone "Mity-Mite". It's a spring reverb amp with a pair of EL34s. My Web Site - Tunes - Pictures - Guitar Projects - Native American Style Flute Projects - Hard Rock Cafe Guitar Pins My Eclectic YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franknputer Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Da Bomb... :D :D :D [img]http://www.ewetel.net/~horst.wilhelmy/orangeamp.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 Does you really have an Orange amp? Does it suck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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