View Poll Results: Is your main jazz guitar amp a solid state or a tube amp?
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Tube
169 43.78% -
Solid State
217 56.22%
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Originally Posted by BBGuitar
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03-01-2020 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Boogaloo
Well, every year and half? About that time.
Every year and half. But still ... with minimal paycheck it was pain in the a**.
Well I have new rule now. If it is more then 22 pounds. I'm not interested in.
I have huge hype for like small 1x8 combos now.
Or like Quilter SS head and 1x8 box.
I'm huge fan of micro amps now. I love micro amp.
And in terms of tubes.
I would get something like H&K TubeMeister 5 with like 2 tubes, and if it had like auto bias.
But more then 2-3 tubes - no. Big no.
I'm soo glad that I got rid of this big s**t.
But I will go solid state.
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Btw amp was JCM 900 clone, in 50W version.
And box was 2x12" vertical.
I joined this community, cause people don't like small combos. Especially solid state.
But you know your stuff in terms of small micro amps.
That's why I love this forum.
When people tell me I love small 1x8 solid state combos. Most people tell me to get head scan. xD
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On the contrary my friend. I think a lot of members here love their small combo amps, be it tubes or solid state/modelling. Happy trails.
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Yeah, I know jazz players dig it.
I love them also.
When I saw photo of one guy from this forum.
He has DV Mark LJ combo, and other was Vox BC108 cab with Quilter 101 head.
I fell in love instantly.
I want something like that.
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DV Mark has signed up a legion of guitarists of all genres praising their solid state miniature amp products.
And I thought they were mostly into bass and some jazz oriented amplification.
DV MARK products are designed with a profound respect for the great history and traditions of the classic guitar amps, using cutting-edge technology!
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Originally Posted by Boogaloo
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I kinda wish Quilter and DV Mark would expand their offer.
I love their tiny amps. But they few models only. -.-
If they would have like 10ish models each, that would be cool.
Quilter has like Fender in 101 Reverb, and the other head is like Marshall, as I've heard. Only like 2 basic models. -.-
DV Mark same thing, I've heard they all have pretty pretty similar clean sound .... -.-
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Not to hijack a thread but...
I'm surprised nobody ever (or rarely) mentions the Positive Grid Bias or Kemper Profiler. Both are amazing amps albeit a bit pricey.
I've only tinkered with the Kemper at a LGS, and it had way too many possibilities to explore in a store. But I have had a PG for a while now and for clean it's the equal of most anything I've played. The reverb is lackluster and I've never tried to get any sort of tube breakup but it's so readily customized with their software I haven't even scratched the surface on its possibilities.
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When I leave the house: Henriksen JazzAmp 110 - nice tone, very loud AND clean, super-reliable, and lightweight.
But in the house? A Blues Junior with a Cannabis Rex speaker and replacement tubes - old school tone - very late '50s when combined with my P-90 equipped hollowbody.
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
I have a DV Mark for practice and rehearsals for ease but I am a tube guy. Mainly for the feel differences as mentioned in this thread
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Originally Posted by Stefan Eff
Anyhow, FWIW, I've found something as simple (and portable/affordable) as a BOSS GT-1 run through a flat EQ speaker cabinet does a marvelous job of creating tube-like tone. A dab of compression+delay+chorus+gain and you can dial in a wonderfully smooth and creamy tone, just on the edge of breaking up.
(... and, of course, you can also practice through headphones late at night and hear the same tone).
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Originally Posted by Stefan Eff
I have tube and SS and I’m happy with what I get out of both. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; most guitar players are incapable of determining whether an amp sounds good or not, they can only determine if it sounds like what they have heard before, if it’s familiar to their ear (Fender, Marshall etc.). You see a similar mindset with acoustic guitars; if the design, no matter how brilliant, articulate, bell like singing beautiful tone, if it doesn’t sound like a Martin/ banner year J45, it is ignored or slammed.
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With all respect to the pollster, there are too many variables between the two to state a preference. For example, how about ss amps that emulate tubes very well?
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
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Originally Posted by skykomishone
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Something wrong with the settings? Citizenk74 made the previous post on April 28, yet the list of threads claims it is from today. Anyway, I've been a SS guy from 1965, with a few exceptions (HRDL, Classic 30, SCXD; all before thigh, back and shoulder operations.) I constantly get lauded for my tone. Maybe it's just the only praise-worthy aspect about my playing.
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Tone Master Deluxe Reverb; sold state but sonically indistinguishable from its original sister and only 22lbs! So best of both worlds if you like the 1965 blackface mid scoop - if you don't then a decent eq will take you most places.....
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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Originally Posted by Ray175
I love my tube amps, warts and all, but if I were in the market for another amp, the TM series would be on the top of my list. Is it too late to change my poll vote?
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Many thanks. Alan
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For the last four months I don't think I've actually played through my amp for more than a couple hours total. I've been working on the never ending album project every day and that's been just plugging into the interface and straight into the computer. It's mostly playing at whisper volume levels while I record and hearing the strings as I hit them. It makes any amp sound just amazing when I get around to plugging in.
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I prefer tubes. I used to be a tube snob, but I was pretty ignorant without nearly so much experience as I have nowadays. I still prefer tubes, in part because the grit sounds more organic to me, and in part because the feel or the bloom of the notes seems different.
That's not universal, though. One of my amps is an ancient Peavey Bandit (first year if I'm not mistaken) that is a delightfully touch-sensitive amp. It stays at our rehearsal room, but I'd gig it without a second thought if need be. It's just bloody heavy.
I also used to own a Tube Works 25w hybrid 1x10 (tube pre-, SS power-amp) that was one hell of an amp. That was grab-n-go for walking to open-mics when I lived off downtown Ventura, could fill a small room with ease, and whether I was playing heavy rock or fingerstyle jazz it was easy to dial in quickly.
Have guitar, and amp, will travel.
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Originally Posted by Boogaloo
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Originally Posted by Gitfiddler
My main amps since 1971 have exclusively been tubes : 1966 AC30, 1975 Deluxe, 2004 Princeton Recording (hybrid beast, but great blackface sound). When the electronics on the Princeton recording died and no-one could repair it, I shopped around and was amazed by the sound of the Tone Masters, hence the purchase last year.
Having said that, my standby amp since 1986 is a solid state Laney Linebacker 50w combo, which can do a serious replica of the blackface sound, and I've recently added a TC Electronics BAM 200 head, mainly for bass, but it has a great clean sound through a Toob Metro 6.5"BG for my ES-175D, as an alternative to the TMDR.
Room for tubes and solid state in my life, as long as the sound is there.
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