gt-6b as preamp, tube poweramp?

I had a Music Man HD-130, which was solid state preamp, tube driver & tube poweramp. It didn't sound much like a tube amp driven. It was fat & clean, but when driven, had that unmistakable harsh farty clipping transistor sound. I dunno how well the Boss emulates tube overdrive, but as long as the power amp has preamp tubes for phase inversion/driving, it should get fairly close.

 

I actually tried this in a shop. I paired my -6B with an Aggie 400 watt tube poweramp. It sounded good, but nothing compared to with a Demeter or Aggie pre. Personally, I think that most of the modeling on any FX unit is a load of ****.

 

Simply put, no.

 

Are you looking for a unique sound that sounds like everybody else? Or you out to really develop a new unique sound?
Go try different amps.

Think outside the box. You find SS is more versatile than tube

 

That really depends on what amp you use. A Fender Pro 300 (300 watts all tube) is more versitle than a Kustom Groovebass (1200 watts, SS), and both are more versitle than an Ampeg -CL. The GT-6B paired with a tube power amp would be very versitle, but you could get even more variation by putting it in front of a head or preamp.

 

I use my -6B with a Mesa 400+, and I used to use the FX loop. I now run it in front of the preamp, because it makes it track better AND adds extra warm tone onto it; the -6B can suck out tone on some of the settings. An added bonus on the 400+ is that I can go into both inputs (with the -6B's stereo out) and blend em. Having a good preamp before the power amp fattens up the sound quite a bit, and yes it is easier to dial in a good tone because, when using some FX, the tonal characteristics are changed quite a bit; the preamp helps level out these changes.