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Originally Posted by scooteraz
Nor does Velvia have the green tinge of Kodachrome. But, I understand. On Tubes you are an iconoclast for the new solid state (better or worse), and on film you are an iconoclast for the ancient and creaky Kodachrome. 
IDK, sometimes I got great results with Kodachrome (when shooting really bright colors) and sometimes I got crap (almost any scene with sky and clouds). Velvia seems to my eyes to be a more accurate film.
Sort of like tubes vs. solid state vs. modeling. Being familiar with the item and making it work the way you want it to is more important than exactly what the item is. For years, magazines used Kodachrome because they new how to deal with the green tinging of the original slide. We have years of experience making tube amps work the way we want, despite the shortcomings of tubes (heat, limited life, delicate nature, the need for the tube to be near saturation for the sound to be the best). For those who have put the time into SS, maybe their rewards will be good tone as well.
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That's exactly how I feel. I've put so much time into solid state amps that I've found how to get great tone out of 'em. I haven't had the same results with tube amps. For all the shortcomings that solid state amps have, I've discovered how to work them to my advantage. Tube amps are just a strange beast that I'm not interested in wrangling tone out of. Any time I try and use a tube amp, I can't stand the tone, and they never sound right to me. Too warm, too round, and they just lack the bite I love in SS amps.
And I always found Velvia to oversaturate blues too easy. It's not
bad film, but I prefer Kodachrome.
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Originally Posted by allen st. john
Derek
Can I pet your hearing-ear dog?
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Ben loves being petted. :D