Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Are There Any REALLY Good Solid-State Amps (Don't Pass Over Just b/c of the "SS"!)

Jakedog · April 13th, 2009, 01:04 AM

Peavey trans-tube amps. Especially the Delta Series (red stripe). I went to jam with some new players Friday night, we're putting a new band together for some extra work. The guy putting the whole thing together is 30+ year pro, and absolute tube amp junkie. He was down on my Bandit 112 from the minute I walked in the door. Had nothing nice to say about it, and wanted me to commit to buying a "real" amp for gigging before we even started jamming and trying out tunes.

After the first song, I had to get him a dust pan to sweep his jaw up off the floor.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I've owned just about everything. I'd put my Trans-tube amps up against anything, anywhere.

They are like any other amp, you don't just plug in and get everything you've always dreamed of like magic. But if you take a few minutes to learn how it works, it will absolutely do everything a good tube amp will do. And I can buy TT Bandits used all day long for $100-$150. For what it costs to have one decent tube gig amp these days, you could buy a house full of these, and just leave one everywhere you play.

If you want a ridiculously reliable, low to no maintenence amp, that sounds like a million bucks, and has more than enough clean headroom and power to gig in any situation, and can also break up the clean very nicely at low to moderate volumes for small rooms, plus be touch sensitive and really dynamic, the TT Bandit is your ticket to financial freedom. Sit with one and learn how to use it. Between the amp voicing switch, the T-Dynamics knob, and the resonance switch, it's like having a whole room full of different tube and SS amps at your fingertips. And that's just the clean channel. And it does it all with plain jane analog circuitry, no digital modeling.

Show me your favorite amp, and I will get the Bandit to do a startling impression of it. I will not sit here and say that no one could possibly tell the difference, but it will get you so close you'll be astounded. And I will say with confidence, that without seeing the amp, no one would ever say it's solid state.

April 13th, 2009, 01:04 AM	#50 (permalink)
Jakedog Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cleveland,OH But my heart's still in TX Posts: 4,572	Peavey trans-tube amps. Especially the Delta Series (red stripe). I went to jam with some new players Friday night, we're putting a new band together for some extra work. The guy putting the whole thing together is 30+ year pro, and absolute tube amp junkie. He was down on my Bandit 112 from the minute I walked in the door. Had nothing nice to say about it, and wanted me to commit to buying a "real" amp for gigging before we even started jamming and trying out tunes. After the first song, I had to get him a dust pan to sweep his jaw up off the floor. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I've owned just about everything. I'd put my Trans-tube amps up against anything, anywhere. They are like any other amp, you don't just plug in and get everything you've always dreamed of like magic. But if you take a few minutes to learn how it works, it will absolutely do everything a good tube amp will do. And I can buy TT Bandits used all day long for $100-$150. For what it costs to have one decent tube gig amp these days, you could buy a house full of these, and just leave one everywhere you play. If you want a ridiculously reliable, low to no maintenence amp, that sounds like a million bucks, and has more than enough clean headroom and power to gig in any situation, and can also break up the clean very nicely at low to moderate volumes for small rooms, plus be touch sensitive and really dynamic, the TT Bandit is your ticket to financial freedom. Sit with one and learn how to use it. Between the amp voicing switch, the T-Dynamics knob, and the resonance switch, it's like having a whole room full of different tube and SS amps at your fingertips. And that's just the clean channel. And it does it all with plain jane analog circuitry, no digital modeling. Show me your favorite amp, and I will get the Bandit to do a startling impression of it. I will not sit here and say that no one could possibly tell the difference, but it will get you so close you'll be astounded. And I will say with confidence, that without seeing the amp, no one would ever say it's solid state. __________________ It's not that I lack focus, it's just that I'm musically schizophrenic...