what's the difference between each!?
which is more expensive (supposing they had the same amount of watts and effects and similar quality)!?!?
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which is more expensive (supposing they had the same amount of watts and effects and similar quality)!?!? thanks :)Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Solid State and Modeling amps (which have pretty much been solid state up until the Spider Valve amp from Line 6) are workhorses that will give you constant and exact performance every time you turn it on!. Tube amps have a certain "mojo" to the sound that can only come from a sound passing through the imperfect signal of the vacuum tube!. Solid states will be the cheapest, and you can buy a lot of wattage for 200-300 dollars!. You may not like the sound you get from them, however!. Modeling amps will cost a smidge more, on par with the low end tube amps!. They'll have a whole ton of features on them as well!. If you're experimenting with your sound and are looking for "pretty darn good" on the cheap, go for it!. There's another possibility, and that's "hybrid" tube amps!. The large part of the amps character comes from the preamp stage, and the hybrid amps are tube-preamp!. These run about the same as modeling amps!. Tube amps will run from $400 and up; WAY up!. You have to deal with tired tubes and replace them every once in a while!. You can't jostle the amp too much, and they're going to weigh more!. Having said this!.!.!.if you can get one, you will hear the difference!. having both the preamp stage and the power stage (and sometimes the rectifier stage and phase inverter stage) all tube brings a real sweetness that can be best heard in solos and low-gain settings!. As far as wattage goes, the smaller, the cheaper, but not necessarily the worse!. 5 watt tube amps are awesome, cheap, and can be loud enough to play in a band with sensible musicians!. 15 watts is loud enough to get over an exuberant drummer, but not the rest of the band!. 30 watts and you're playing with the band pretty well!.!.!.!.but not really rocking the house down!. around 50 watts is where you see the "stacks" come up!. 50!. 100, 150, 300 and up will power 1 or 2 sets of speakers will little effort, and a LOT of volume!. 50 watts will play a small club, and 150 will play a small concert venue!. Tube amps will be louder sounding due to the output of the amp itself!.!.!.!.keep that in mind!. Go look around at Musiciansfriend!.com for a while and follow these rules of thumb!. hope that helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com |