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What's your favorite amp?
Poll ended at Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:53 pm
Fender Amplifiers 66%  66%  [ 19 ]
Marshall Amplifiers 31%  31%  [ 9 ]
Line 6 Amplifiers 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:23 pm
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EddieVanHelen wrote:
You guys who don't like Line-6...Listen up! Line-6 20 watt combo amps suck, I know, but go to your music store and try the larger Line-6 amp. They are great because they have all the pedals and stuff built right into them, so they are decent amps for the price range guys! Try them! :P


Yeah, I've tried everything by them. Pod's rock for what they are - general idea recording (some finals) and as a live backup. Their amps? The cheap ones are good for beginners or guys on very small budgets, lotta toys to play with with little $$$ - no doubt.

But the big amps? Compared to a great tube tone? NO comparison for me. Buttload or FX, just to cover cheap tone? Not interested. Play a great tube amp and you'll pretty much not even care about effects.

Glad you like them, but there's a good reason most tube players don't.


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I don't like them I just find they're good for the money, you know what I mean? :P

By the way, try the Spider III amps, they are good for the money. :wink:


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dgonz wrote:
... Buttload of FX just to cover cheap tone? ...

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

I used to be a tube guy, too. I know all about the "solid state sucks no matter what" mentality. I used to be there. But let me tell you, dude... Things things have changed drastically.

For me, I go for a tone that lies somewhere between Halen and Satriani. Without question my Line 6 Spyder 3 head will take the Pepsi challenge against the tube competition any day of the week.

I admit that for new users you don't "just flip it on and go". I definitely also admit there is a factor of "dialing in". But that "dialing in" is due to having huge tonal variation (and I am not referring to ANY effects).

IMO, the lack of love here for Line 6 is due to (1) the age-old "tubes are better" paradigm, and (2) there is a learning-curve/ dialing-in process that tube guys are not used to.

So ... uh ... "cheap tone"? Ummmm, no.

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^^ Yeah, some people like them. Me, personally, I don't. It sounds too solid state to me, the "feel" is completely different, and the harmonics are way hasher-sounding to my ears. Certainly doesn't suck, but I much prefer certain tube amps for that I play.

Also, the learning curve on those is super easy. I've been playing and programming videos games since the 70's, so that's not part of it for me. That part is pretty cool. I just like a raw, tube growl that I can hear and feel the response to. When I get that, I rarely "want" any effects to mess up that pure, great tone, and only use them sparingly, or when I need to replicate something someone else recorded. I'm great at using effects, I just don't like to use them if I don't have to.

But you're right, they have come a LONG way.


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How did Marshall get poned? Marshall amps kick @!$. :o


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I've been using Fender amps since high school when I got my new Bandmaster-Reverb - back in 1969.
Then I bought a Super-Reverb in the early '70's because it was more portable, and I bought a Blues Junior NOS two weeks ago.
Along with the Blues Jr, I still have the Bandmaster (head only - I sold the speaker cabinet) and the Super-Reverb.
I have never had any failures of any kind (other than normal tube replacement) in all the years I've used the Super-Reverb.
The Bandmaster blew an output transformer once......but I was experimenting with speakers a lot at the time.

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dgonz wrote:
... I just like a raw, tube growl that I can hear and feel the response to ...

Nothing will ever be wrong with that, bro ... 8)

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01GT eibach wrote:
dgonz wrote:
... I just like a raw, tube growl that I can hear and feel the response to ...

Nothing will ever be wrong with that, bro ... 8)


Yes, my apprentice! I agree! I own about 8 amps. My favorite is my Deluxe Reverb and my Marshall 1016X Handwired Stack. They are really good amps. By the way, the '65 reverb is original. Sweet eh! :lol:


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