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Posted by Puke on July 11, 2000 at 22:41:20:

In Reply to: Line6 POD, Johnson stuff, etc. etc. posted by JR#97 on July 10, 2000 at 16:03:27:

I finally bought a couple power
soaks. You go through
power tubes a lot. But the sound
of EL-34s (or 6550s)
being pushed to the limit cannot be matched
by even 12ax7 or ecc83 preamp tube
distortion, yet alone
a wanna be solid state device.
(However, if your amp
is one of the master volume ones
you'll have to get
used to leaving your master on 10
and using your drive
stage exclusively for your
overdrive. I've
never found any of the pre's, etc.
for guitars ever really have that
sound. I remember when tom sholz came
out with that 3rd "boston"
record and he used
his own gizmo and not the marshalls
they used previously, I mean, that
Dude was pathetic, playing like it
was almost identical. I don't know anyone who
thinks that. But hey, what the hell.
You can even use a variac
on a tube amp and try that,
but I hesitate to because tubes
are expensive enough
as it is and the bias voltage changes as the
voltage changes. therefore, you either have an
"unmusical, too cold bias" or a too hot one that
sounds great until it's new tube time..,..which
will be sooner rather than later. Anyway,
you will never be satisfied (AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU ARE TO THAT POINT OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN
THE POST) with non-tube if you
really want "that" sound, you only get it one way.
We all put up with the other stuff strictly because
is the easiest path, but it's like, once you play
a hundred watt old 4-input marshall thru 4 cabinets
with original greenbacks in it, you realize that
all the marshalls they have at the music store are
just crap (actually, usually at places like
Guitar Center, they'll stock at least one four-input
non-master volume marshall, but you probably have
to ask them for it), and the others will now suck forever
because you've tasted the real thing.
Hell, I'm getting boring I'm sure, I'll see you
later. Puke
Oh, one more thing, at some point recently,
Lexicon started producting some sort of guitar
amp or pre-amp. I think it's a pro thing and not
one of the consumer deals like the lx15 was (or
whatever you call it). But I expect you will
REally have to pay a lot for it. And those folks
are very good, so it "may" do the job. Later

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• Re: I think I've tried practically everything they made. Jon B 23:14:02 7/15/00 (0)

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