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Originally Posted by JohnnyCrash
There we go.
BB King has attrocious tone IN MY OPINION, but he's sold more albums than I can dream. AND... He plays a Solid State amp!
All that matters is that WE like the racket the dang thing makes.
In the long run - Who cares what its made from :)
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I don't know if BB King still uses those Lab series amps, but I doubt you'd give a newby this advice: "
Get one of those Lab series amps, you'll sound just like BB King." You also are not likely to find anyone making replicas of those amps anytime soon.
Myself, I'm not good enough to sound that good without a little help from my equipment. That's why I come to this site for advice, (which I always take with a grain of salt). If tone was 100% in the hands, this would be discussion page about skeletal structure and callous care.
All of us tend to become fond of the devices we use to make music. It's a natural tendancy to "defend" them from perceived "attacks". We use the quirks our individual peices have, and over time turn them into elements of our style.
The fact that this site even exists is proof of this. Telecasters are instruments that are not without quirks, and I've read countless testimony by many players, From Mike Bloomfield to John Scofield that playing a Telecaster at one time or another, has left it's imprint on them.
The concept that solid state, PCB amps, or modeling amps are "inferior" to hand wired amps is a cliche, and like all such concepts, does have
some basis in fact. I'd bet that most of us, if given a list of amps to choose from with only the above four construction methods listed, with no more information given would take the hand wired amp most every time.
Iwill buy into the concept that PCB amps can be made, if care is taken in constuction and layout, to sound as good as a hand wired amp. But I don't think they will be as easy to modify or be as serviceable for the guy with average soldering skills as a hand wired version. They will also cost nearly as much as a hand wired amp, and thus be a little harder to market.