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JohnnyCrash · August 2nd, 2007, 04:17 AM

All it boils down to is:

Do you like it?

With threads like this many people begin to influence your opinion before you even know it. Then comes in the "its not all 110% tube" arguments that make you feel its less than an... amp.

Forget everything you just read. Does it make the sounds you want? Then its your amp.

I love tweed sounds (who knows how many tweed Fender clones I've built) - I also dig old Marshall sounds (built a few there as well) - I also dig BF Fender sounds (played quite a few, but actually just built my first)... but for some rare tracks an OD pedal and a non-tube SolidState amp get the sound the track wants/needs.

Get what YOU want and need. After all of my tube snobbery and building of many all-tube classic circuits - my main gigging amp is a Marshall DSL100. Why? I need a Clean (w/Reverb) and Dirty in one amp... the Clean doesn't need to be great, but the dirt has to be "classic" Marshall (to me, that means JCM800 style)... the amp can do JCM800 style dirt with a lead boost - or when fiddled with, a Clean and a Dirty. For recording, I've used everything I have - including SS amps!

August 2nd, 2007, 04:17 AM	#49 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	All it boils down to is: Do you like it? With threads like this many people begin to influence your opinion before you even know it. Then comes in the "its not all 110% tube" arguments that make you feel its less than an... amp. Forget everything you just read. Does it make the sounds you want? Then its your amp. I love tweed sounds (who knows how many tweed Fender clones I've built) - I also dig old Marshall sounds (built a few there as well) - I also dig BF Fender sounds (played quite a few, but actually just built my first)... but for some rare tracks an OD pedal and a non-tube SolidState amp get the sound the track wants/needs. Get what YOU want and need. After all of my tube snobbery and building of many all-tube classic circuits - my main gigging amp is a Marshall DSL100. Why? I need a Clean (w/Reverb) and Dirty in one amp... the Clean doesn't need to be great, but the dirt has to be "classic" Marshall (to me, that means JCM800 style)... the amp can do JCM800 style dirt with a lead boost - or when fiddled with, a Clean and a Dirty. For recording, I've used everything I have - including SS amps!