solid state or tube

[D.M.N.]

 

[kosmicwizard]

I prefer SS. Tubes sound nice in the music store, practice room and the living room. But once they're pushed, all that glassy goodness turns to distortion. I want the bass to be as clean as possible when it's loud.

LOL! I love that about tube amps ... You don't need no stinking pedals! If you want clean head room out of an all tube head get a MESA/Boogie 400+, and add cabinets down to a 2 Ohm load. IMHO, you are doing something wrong if you can't get enough clean volume out of a 300 or higher watt all tube amp. I use a less than 300 watt head and tubes that distort early because I don't want to blow up the neighbourhood before I can hear grind. If I want to add volume for playing out I plug in the 2X15 beside the 8X10. Cheers.

 

[zachoff]

I'll play my SVT until I can't lift it... Or I get to play/purchase one of those elusive Trace V series I hear so much about and it turns out to be better than the SVT.

 

[LiquidMidnight]

Ever hear anyone says they wish that their tube amp sounded like it was an SS amp? Do you think there might be a reason for this? Cheers.

I know there have been times when I wished my tube heads had as much clean headroom as my high watt SS gear.