This is an interesting discussion for sure. It's impossible to draw a hard line in the sand. But speaking in generalities, bebop makes much greater use of altered chords (sharp and flat 5ths and 9ths...
How many times have I read: you can substitute other "lower" gain tubes for the 12ax7?
Many times. And it's true, it works. 5751's, 12AT7's, etc.
In my Fender PRII, I have had those tubes...
Since the band I'm primarily interested in using this for is a "showband" I'm already committed to bringing one stompbox which gets used on 4 or 5 tunes, and I've just conceded that clip-on tuners...
The CP sounds a little more melodically regularized for execution at higher tempos. But it still does seem like the goal of bebop is to use mellifluous syntax like swing, just faster.
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