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Re: Let's do something fun

4/16/1998 4:27 AM
MHelin	Re: Let's do something fun What about a full amp, with 12AX7 output tubes? <2 watts output, but pre-clip and/or power-clip. Because this should be a SS circuit. Have you guys actually tried any of those tube amp emulating solid state amps? I've tried Roland's Bluescube, and it was definitely more tube-like than a Marshall's Valvestate. It had even a switch for diode/tube power supply emulation. The sound was more convincing when cranked, I couldn't get good smooth bluesy overdrive from it. Another excellent amp which sounded exactly like a tube amp even with clean tone was a german manufactured Rath-Amp (model Retro 50/115+, see http://www.solton.com/rathamp.htm). They have some tube-amp & speaker simulators, too,worth looking into if you ever happend to find a one. -Mikko

4/16/1998 4:27 AM

MHelin

Re: Let's do something fun

What about a full amp, with 12AX7 output tubes? <2 watts output, but pre-clip and/or power-clip.

Because this should be a SS circuit. Have you guys actually tried any of those tube amp emulating solid state amps? I've tried Roland's Bluescube, and it was definitely more tube-like than a Marshall's Valvestate. It had even a switch for diode/tube power supply emulation. The sound was more convincing when cranked, I couldn't get good smooth bluesy overdrive from it. Another excellent amp which sounded exactly like a tube amp even with clean tone was a german manufactured Rath-Amp (model Retro 50/115+, see http://www.solton.com/rathamp.htm). They have some tube-amp & speaker simulators, too,worth looking into if you ever happend to find a one.

-Mikko