What's wrong with me?

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I find myself playing through a solid state more than my valve amp. And preferring it in a way. It does some nice clean with a good dose of power behind it, a kind of british drive that the valve amp just doesn't do. What's wrong with me?
 
Seriously though, I use a solid state amp for all my swing jazz gigs. Two reasons. One, it's a damn sight lighter to carry. Two, I get a nice clean sound that cuts through the horns for playing rhythm all night. I wouldn't use it for blues, covers, funk, gigs etc. where I do more single solo's. I like the warmth of my old ProAmp Viper for that or any other tube amp for that matter, I roll out the Boogie for special occasion. In a nutshell it's horses for courses. You use what gets you the sound you want.
 
There's nothing wrong with you. Different gear for different players. If it works for you-use it. I get sick and tired of reading about wankers that have "this great vintage valve amp with all the mods etc etc" knowing they probably can't play for shit anyway.
 
TelePaul said:
You'll come round when you get it out of your system :D

It does a Paul Weller / Clash sound way better than the TSL.
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Ah but I know why I prefer it. ;)

Paul Weller processes the B'Jaysus outta that guitar tho... your going to have to spend a few Punts to get close to that. :D
 
muttley600 said:
Ah but I know why I prefer it. ;)

Paul Weller processes the B'Jaysus outta that guitar tho... your going to have to spend a few Punts to get close to that. :D
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No, like Jam era Paul Weller, Eaton Rifles Paul Weller
 
muttley600 said:
Get A Rickenbacker 330 and a Vox AC30 then. :cool: :D
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Yeah see that's the thing, the hybrid solid state with one 12AX7 sounds more like the AC30 than the TSL 601 with a modded output transformer, four 12AX7s and two EL34 ouputs.
 
If you can get an AC30 sound out of it you've cracked it. Just about every British guitar player of note from the 60's and early seventies recorded and gigged on them. I even had a few myself way back when (mid to late 70's). Obviously I was very very young at the time. :D
 
Weller used to drive those AC30's all the way too. Great sound.
For some strange reason my Strat and Marshall DSL 50 head gets a dead-on "In The City" sound.
 
Mike_J said:
Weller used to drive those AC30's all the way too. Great sound.
For some strange reason my Strat and Marshall DSL 50 head gets a dead-on "In The City" sound.
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I think the problem is I have three channels. The first one is absolute clean and I dunno what I'd use that for because you can't push it. Then the first OD channel is too overdriven. It's like I need a compromise between the clean channel and OD1.
 
The new AC30CC's are very nice amps. They have two channels - one "Norm" channel for the older, classic AC30 sound, and a top boost channel - and the channels can be blended. The amp does a very nice, full, clean, jazzy sound on the Norm channel. Having a master volume lets you dial in as much preamp saturation as you like without blowing the walls down.
 
Zaphod B said:
The new AC30CC's are very nice amps. They have two channels - one "Norm" channel for the older, classic AC30 sound, and a top boost channel - and the channels can be blended. The amp does a very nice, full, clean, jazzy sound on the Norm channel. Having a master volume lets you dial in as much preamp saturation as you like without blowing the walls down.
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Thats exactly what my old ProAmp does. I haven't seen another like it for years. Its sound is a cross between an AC30 and a Fender Twin. Very versatille. Sadly it's in need of some TLC these days and I'm no amp tech. The guy I've always used retired to Aus a few years back and I'm still in search of someone I can trust with my baby even though it's not worth much...except to me.
 
Yeah I dont own a Fender amp which is weird considering I love their guitars. I heard Keith Richard once say ya gotta match the Fender guitar with the Fender amp and you're set.
 
TelePaul said:
Yeah I dont own a Fender amp which is weird considering I love their guitars. I heard Keith Richard once say ya gotta match the Fender guitar with the Fender amp and you're set.
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If I was to go Fender these days I'd probably seek out an old Princeton. I used to love them, traded mine for something that I cant even remember. I must have been mad.
 
muttley600 said:
If I was to go Fender these days I'd probably seek out an old Princeton. I used to love them, traded mine for something that I cant even remember. I must have been mad.
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They solid state? I know alot of ss's are being sold with the princeton reverb tag
 
TelePaul said:
They solid state? I know alot of ss's are being sold with the princeton reverb tag
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They do both now and I have one of the solid state ones. It's OK but no great shakes. Thats not the one I'd be after..This is the new one based on the old original. I'd settle for either as good originals are rare as rockin horse shit.

Check out the "Soundbites"....

Fender Princeton
 
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