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

Wally · April 13th, 2009, 07:14 PM

Teh day that a reasonably priced SS amp creates tube sonics is the day that tube amps will die a quick death. It hasn't happened yet. Cleve hit the nail on the head, imho. The Lab SEries amps came closer than anything else has. IN today's dollars, the one I bought in '75 would cost $2500 or more today. IT came close, but there was no cigar for all that. Sit it next to a TR, and the difference will be heard.
Someone mentioned Evans amps. They are in that high-altitude price range where you can get an exquisitely built tube amp and not have any doubt that you are getting those wonderfully musical tube harmonics.
Can someone make music on a SS amp? Sure. Can someone enjoy playing on a tube amp? SUre. Can you sit a SS next to a decent tube amp and hear the difference? Sure!

April 13th, 2009, 07:14 PM	#68 (permalink)
Wally Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 13,731	Teh day that a reasonably priced SS amp creates tube sonics is the day that tube amps will die a quick death. It hasn't happened yet. Cleve hit the nail on the head, imho. The Lab SEries amps came closer than anything else has. IN today's dollars, the one I bought in '75 would cost $2500 or more today. IT came close, but there was no cigar for all that. Sit it next to a TR, and the difference will be heard. Someone mentioned Evans amps. They are in that high-altitude price range where you can get an exquisitely built tube amp and not have any doubt that you are getting those wonderfully musical tube harmonics. Can someone make music on a SS amp? Sure. Can someone enjoy playing on a tube amp? SUre. Can you sit a SS next to a decent tube amp and hear the difference? Sure!