The Elegance Of Tube Amplification.

[Deleted member 5962]

Clean tone?

Oxy!

 

[Deleted member 5962]

I’m elegant AF.

https://imgur.com/UcUBYcR

Show off!

 

[alantig]

R

I’m elegant AF.

https://imgur.com/UcUBYcR

Yeah you are!

 

[tiboy]

I gig at the laundromat.

No wonder you love your 594 Soapy.

 

[Mike J.]

I agree there's something magical about plugging straight into an amp. I grew up in the era of guitar, cord, amp and that's all we had! Because that was it, folks had to play their butts off. Some of my favorite music is from that era.

I only play at church now and am loving my Pod Go for two reasons. First, the portability factor. I'm 69 years old and my days of carrying gear up from my basement, into the car, into the church and back again are long over. Second, I have to be real careful because of the tinnitus factor. Some days it's not to bad and other days it's more noticeable. But when I get around anything loud my ears are ringing something fierce. I set my tones with studio monitor headphones and we use in ear monitors at church.
As a result, my ears aren't ringing anymore than usual.

I've had the Pod Go since January of 2021 and through a lot of trial and error I've learned to get some pretty good sounds that work for me and for the music that we play at church. (Of course, my Vela was the icing on the cake!). The amp model I've come to really like is a Soldano but it's the clean channel. I have no idea how much it does or doesn't sound like the real deal because I've never played through one. But so far everyone at church loves it.

 

[Dirty_Boogie]

I’m elegant AF.

https://imgur.com/UcUBYcR

Got wood?

 

[László]

I’m elegant AF.

https://imgur.com/UcUBYcR

I just wish my studio had your wood floors. The amp and guitar, of course, just add to the equation.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Nicely put Les

@dmatthews you just Daz-zle them with your tone!

 

[dmatthews]

Nicely put Les

@dmatthews you just Daz-zle them with your tone!

Or something!

 

[László]

Or something!

You're still the only forum member I've linked to my page on SoundCloud for that blues delay effect thing you did.

I don't know if that's much of an honor, coming from me, but I like your playing.

 

[László]

Tubes, tubes, and more tubes.

It boggles my mind that people who will change strings for every gig freak the f@ck out if a tube on one of their amps goes bad.

I mean, seriously? It's easier to change a tube than a string!

 

[dmatthews]

You're still the only forum member I've linked to my page on SoundCloud for that blues delay effect thing you did.

I don't know if that's much of an honor, coming from me, but I like your playing.

I don't remember what I did, but thanks!

 

[aamefford]

Les, perfect sentiment from a listing perspective. Our youths overlapped, but you grew out of yours a bit before I did. As for “playing” I’ve only just started. A pod go (baby modeler) and a Mesa mkv25 combo (baby tube amp). Sometimes I use them together, sometimes I don’t. Both are very fun. The Mesa does sound better. As I begin to understand feel, it feels better as well.

 

[Bob Hundemer]

Nice write up. I'm old, 75, We didh't have modelers back in the day. My heroes all used tube amps.. I still use tube amps.
Just because something is new does not make that something better than what it's attempting to replace.
If you think other wise try persuading a Stradivarius violin player to go "modern".

 

[Teletex]

Use what works and is accessible to you. Tube Amps certainly have a lot of history and "mojo" but digital amplifiers are just as valid and useful as musical tools. I love both.

Now that I think about it, SS amps have some history and "mojo" of their own...

 

[dmatthews]

Use what works and is accessible to you. Tube Amps certainly have a lot of history and "mojo" but digital amplifiers are just as valid and useful as musical tools. I love both.

Now that I think about it, SS amps have some history and "mojo" of their own...

Always loved this clip. So joyous!