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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:02 pm
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morbe wrote:
...I was told that when you buy matchinrg tube sets no re-biasing was nessesary, but i could be wrong, i purchased a Used fender hrd and it had the tubes replaced and all this was done by an amp tech. He sold me a quad set of tubes and said that they were inter changeable because they were all matched. Just what i was told. I guess i will cross that bridge when i get there...


Quite possibly, what the amp tech said or means, is that if the bias is correct, and you replace your tubes with the exact same kind (ie the other two of the matched quad), then no re-biasing is necessary. Once the bias is set properly for a particular pair of tubes, you can replace with the exact same type/brand of tubes and the bias should still be the same.

This is why some people buy a quad when they only need a pair, changing tubes in this case saves having to check the bias again. Of course you have to know for sure that the new tubes are the same as the old, such as using GTs and going with the same color/number rating, or getting new tubes from the same vendor as before, using the same number as before, from the rating system that they use.

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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:05 am
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Yep your first paragraph seems to be dead on thats what the man said. All have been checked and all match within a safe range and they can be interchangeable.


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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:22 am
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Back to the original issue of this thread. I just bought a Hot Rod Deluxe III. The purchase was mostly in response to playing a gig where my boss (female singer/songwriter) plugged into a borrowed 60 watt Egnater. I was using a Mustang III. The Mustang III kept up fine volume wise but, it just didn't have the presence of a real tube amplifier. I really didn't have a grand to spend on a Deluxe Reverb or an Egnater so I sat around in a guitar shop for a good long time and settled on the HRDIII. I still use the Mustang for some gigs just because I don't have to drag any pedals around...my sound is all there in the DSP....just plug and play but, I definitely like using a tube amp where it matters.


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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:12 am
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You wont be disappointed. I have the 1st generation HRD. Great tone and great value. I've read some posts where people claim its an entry level tube amp. I disagree, i go to live shows in the Austin and San Antonio area and see this amp a lot. At the end of the day the HRD is still a solid sounding tube amp. Please take my comments with a grain of salt but IMHO i think solid state amps are entry level.


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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:32 am
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morbe wrote:
You wont be disappointed. I have the 1st generation HRD. Great tone and great value. I've read some posts where people claim its an entry level tube amp. I disagree, i go to live shows in the Austin and San Antonio area and see this amp a lot. At the end of the day the HRD is still a solid sounding tube amp. Please take my comments with a grain of salt but IMHO i think solid state amps are entry level.


Hard to disagree with Morbe on his last point. You can buy a solid state amp or a modeling one, and yes they are great...and really they can be very useful! At the end of the day tho' you will still be looking toward your next purchase....a real, honest to goodness, all tube amp!


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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:30 am
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The best amp I ever had was two amps.

I used to plug my guitar into a pan pedal (internally it was just a dual ganged pot - no batteries :) ) and then I'd run the two outputs to a Yamaha S100 and a Peavey Heritage.

I put a spring in the pedal so that it would rest in a mid position. The layered sound of the two amps was inspiring and bouncing the sound around with the pedal was fun too - though I could get a little self-indulgent at times.

So get a pan pedal and use both a tube amp and solid state amp. 8)

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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:45 pm
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Just an addendum. I just bought a Super Champ XD for only like, 200 bucks! It was at the Guitar Center....I started running a series of pedals in front of my HRDLX and needed a smaller amp for smaller gigs....I am NOT disappointed with the purchase. I just use the clean channel and the amps reverb and put my OCD, the chorus, the tremolo, and delay are in a chain in front of it. WOW! I am actually looking forward to those smaller gigs! If you can find one, BUY it! I am selling off the modeling amps (the MI and the MIII)....they are cool but they can't touch either one of my Fender tube amps.


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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:14 pm
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morbe wrote:
...i go to live shows in the Austin and San Antonio area and see this amp a lot. ...

Don't forget that a whole lot of music stores that rent out equipment will have a fleet of rental HRD series amps. If some artist comes into town with the intention of renting, and many do I assure you, the HRD will very likely not have been his first choice but he takes what is available. That's not to say that absolutley no artist will ever use one but I do know for a fact that a lot of the acts that come through my area use HRDx's and HRDvl's on stage only because that what was available to rent.

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Post subject: Re: tube vs. solid state
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:02 am
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Plus, most of those traveling musos will have a pedalboard so they can use only the clean sound on the HRD.

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