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07-08-2010, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: chicago | | | Why do those of us who are NOT tube lovers not love tubes?
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Sorry JimmyM...had to do it
I am sure they all look nice and chunky but...
- they are heavy
- they are a pain to move to a gig...a greater pain to move to crappy gigs
- when a tube breaks, you don't feel technically proficient to do it yourself, so you have to move the chunky beast to repair.
- warm up...cool down. I just want to plug and play...like right now.
- Attempt to catch a falling amp and you might injure your shoulder
For those of you that would never understand a Woody Allen or an Almodovar movie
The title is a parody to this thread: Why do we tube lovers love tubes?
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07-08-2010, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Might want to re-think your title, there, buddy.
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07-08-2010, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by M0ses  Might want to re-think your title, there, buddy. | I are fine with thread title good.
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07-08-2010, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by crow01 Sorry JimmyM...had to do it
I am sure they all look nice and chunky but...
- they are heavy
- they are a pain to move to a gig...a greater pain to move to crappy gigs
- when a tube breaks, you don't feel technically proficient to do it yourself, so you have to move the chunky beast to repair.
- warm up...cool down. I just want to plug and play...like right now.
- Attempt to catch a falling amp and you might injure your shoulder |
So much has been written in this forum in praise and otherwise about tube amps, so I won't comment directly. Instead, I'm reminded of a quote I heard a long time ago about tattoos:
"the difference between tattoed people and non-tattooed people is that tattoed people don't care if you have tattoos or not".
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07-08-2010, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: kansas city, mo | | | These reasons are all.. well not good ones. You can't fix your own solid state / class d head. There are a bunch of heavy, dare I say chunky SS heads. If you can afford the added initial cost, and don't mind the size, the only reason not to go tube is if you like a modern hi fi tone, imo.
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07-08-2010, 02:47 PM
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07-08-2010, 02:48 PM
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07-08-2010, 02:50 PM
| | | | Only reason for me is that my girl can carry my LMII and I don't like carrying my SVT.
PS - Tube amps look cooler too but not cool enough for my lazy a$$ to carry to some bar for a bunch of drunks
Funny, we all talk about SS amps that sound like tubes, but rarely hear talk about any amps that sound like SS |
07-08-2010, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto, ON | | | Because we don't need to remember the conversion to tube watts. |
07-08-2010, 02:52 PM
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07-08-2010, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kansas | | | Me playing a solid state head has nothing to do with the fact that I like solid state better. It has to do with convenience, reliability, and value. I pay $700 for a new LMIII that will likely be problem-free and require no maintenance for many years to come. It's small, so it makes my load in/out much easier. Also, I have a "do-it-all" amplifier that I can play small coffee shop gigs, big band concerts, jazz gigs, and full-on rock shows with...I just have to select the right cabinet for the situation between my MB Traveler 2x10, Eden 1x15, or my Aguilar GS410.
Down the road I will own an all-tube amp again, but as a college music student just breaking even financially, I can't afford to have my gear break down. |
07-08-2010, 02:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland | | | Why not are tubes is state solid love not.
THats why. |
07-08-2010, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by juggernaut1 Why not are tubes is state solid love not.
THats why. | Grammar on worked needs be to, graduate did you grade 3 from? |
07-08-2010, 02:57 PM
| | | | I've had badass solid state amps, and badass tube amps. It's apples and oranges, man. |
07-08-2010, 03:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: JaxBch, Fl | | the issue of weight.
my crown amp/ashley/furman rack weighs as much as an svt it does. 
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07-08-2010, 03:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | I have a close friend who is a tube junky. He probably has 15-20 tube amps along with enough spare parts to build that many more. He's awesome with them. He tweaks and fixes and mods all sorts of guys' stuff.
He actually thinks I have a some kind of physical and/or psychological disorder because I don't care for them. I think he feels sorry for me. |
07-08-2010, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by shadow_FIX Grammar on worked needs be to, graduate did you grade 3 from? |
Thats great!!!!!!
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07-08-2010, 03:53 PM
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07-08-2010, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Herefordshire, UK | | | Weight, well my 410 is impossible to lift on my own, whether or not I have the SVT or a SS with me. |
07-08-2010, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by shadow_FIX Grammar on worked needs be to, graduate did you grade 3 from? | Grammar, that sounds like perfect Jedi to me  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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