Neural DSP completely converted me from my amps. So nice so easy to use and honestly some of the best tones I have ever had
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Yea that’s what I keep hearing
@mauriciovazquez2371
7 ай бұрын
If I am touring regularly, then yes - a modeler is fine for lots of reasons. The bar patrons won't be complaining that my 6L6s didn't sound very warm. That's the best use case in my opinion. But for recording, I feel that it's really hard to beat a tube amp. The feel and tone just feel like home. I also think that the cool factor of a tube amp affects my playing. And let's not forget that sweet smell of glowing glass.
@joelortiz2281
5 ай бұрын
I used to swear tube amps were the only way. But eventually I came to the realization that I was always tweaking my settings, trying out new speakers and trying out different tubes and even buying and selling different types of tube amps. I will admit that the older generation modelers were very lacking. But technology really has caught up. I personally use a tone X with a few stock boxes, and a good quality line isolator. Every time I go gig I get compliments on my tone, I don’t feel like I’m liking anything, and if I want to try a new amp, I just download it from the Internet, and save thousands of dollars
@erichorn833
7 ай бұрын
Bought the Dream and Woodrow through UA’s B-Stock for $250 each. It’s been hard to find a sound I like more than my tube amps. However, I used the dream at my last show and it worked extremely well. Sounds really good in a band mix
@nurk_barry
7 ай бұрын
I sold all of my tube amps last month on reverb. I’ve had an ACs1 and a Boss IR200 for a year or so, and I even build and sell guitar speaker cabs (Nicks Shred Shoppe) on reverb, and I love analog SS and tube amps as much as anyone, but I’m in the exact same boat I live in a house with my family and I can never really crank them up anyway so nowadays, I just keep a bass amp and a orange terror stamp to at least run my cabs and test them out but I’ve gone to a small digital emulated board with the IR 200 You’re not losing anything you’re gaining something because now I can emulate my amp of choice to a real power amp and basically have any amp. I want all contained within a tiny unit on my board and a couple of other basic effects just for good measure but you’re absolutely right to vamps are not really practical anymore but they will probably always have a place in the hearts of guitarist at least while we’re alive. Nice channel I like what you’re doing here I recommend the Boss IR2 or 200 because you can run the cab emulation into a board or UsB while simultaneously pushing a cab through another channel (L or R) with cab emulation turned off. You can essentially get a perfect mic’d recording g while using just the amp emulation as a preamp to push a real speaker cab, using the pedal as a preamp and using the effects return of a real amp Sorry for the long comment but I feel it’s important for tube amp lovers like us to report the real experience, even someone that’s into “tone” has to admit that you can get 95% of the tone and feel from digital/emulation and the only real sacrifice is if you’re not using a power amp, you lose that “feeling” of air/speakers moving behind you. If you are still able to pass your digital preamp to a real power amp I’d say you actually gain a lot, and very little actual tone is lost from the switch, but you get a myriad of options and amps at your feet with no repair/maintenance or fuss. It’s the way to go
@clouds5
7 ай бұрын
Tube amps and guitar speakers are great if you/the audience can actually hear the speaker. Like a gig where you don't amp the drums and maybe only have a speaker for stuff like keyboards and vocals. But as soon as you mic your amp and go to a PA nobody hears your amp. Personally I run a digital setup since forever. But I still have a small tube combo for those rare situations there is no PA or where I wanna go all out and have a stereo sound with one output going through the amp and the other through the modeller. So tube amps aren't dead, they are just less important because we now have options.
@pongmaster123
7 ай бұрын
i bought the ua dream, then the ua woodrow. decided for the ua woodrow for the bigger warmer tone, then added a ua stomp ox for the cabinet. big sounding.
@Oscaraha
7 ай бұрын
Im torn as well! For recording at home Ive went away for the amp, and go through a nice tube preamp and darkglass element and listen through Sennheiser HD800. This setup gives me a great sound to both work/practice with and to record. For live playing, especially the ones you do for little money I find it much more enjoyable to play with an amp. On bigger stages I seldomly get to choose, but often I get to have an amp as monitoring myself and the instrument straight through to the sound engineer. Yeah, Im a bassist but all the same all though we mainly use transistor amps.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Yea I get it. I just want to do what is most convenient and loses the least amount of experience for the fans who come to shows ya know ?
@rockoutvideography91
5 ай бұрын
Great video! You are now 1 sub closer to 500
@pureguitargear3935
5 ай бұрын
We are almost there !
@SudzieDoom
5 ай бұрын
Hey friends! Just before COVID, I recall angrily cursing to myself as I attempted to haul my 70+ lbs H&K Switchblade combo up some nightclub stairs and vowed no more of these heavy tube amps. I decided to get a Kemper powerhead and spent the following years getting up to speed on this digital stuff. Used her to record our band's CD and really dug all the extra bells & whistles & additional features. Since then I have purchased 5 more tube amps!!!! All these devices have a place. Digital if you can only work under quiet conditions but nothing can replace a tube amp cranked at proper volume and rocking out with a live drummer and set! Once you hit the right volume, you don't just hear the awesome.....you feel it!! My two cents - every guitarist should have one of both! Don't abandon tube amps, they all need a loving home! :D _\m/ Cheerz from Canada!
@1htsht4u
7 ай бұрын
Totally valid concerns. I'm in the same boat right now. But no matter what if your amp is mic'ed for the audience your guitar sound is still coming out of PA speakers. I think you are subject to the whims of the sound guy no matter what so if you are monitored from a DI setup if you tweek your sound referencing your monitor at least the audience should be getting most of what you're getting. That will have to be good enough for the live setting and then you can work on perfect tone when recording.
@mooseymoose
7 ай бұрын
Went through several different configurations before I settled on a stereo pair of Quilter Superblocks. The reverb is meh and the stock “cab sim” is pretty weak but easy to load a plugin for DI with its XLR outs. Can run them at 1 watt with a pedal power supply or a usb battery and buck converter. I found the UA Dream to have some issues, supposedly modeling the original amps quirks, but I don’t remember ever playing a vintage amp that gave me strange digital aliasing sounds. This way I can run them as DI, 1w or 22w pedal platform.
@marksaulnier2222
6 ай бұрын
I recently ran my pedals into a wampler 65 (as a pre amp) into a cab sim, into the mixer. All the sound pushed out of the monitors and front end. It's a usable setup for a small gig. That said, nothing compares to a tube amp sitting behind you. You can't underestimate the feel factor. When i set my divided by 13 is on the edge of feedback and play a gig. It feels magical.
@kevinmichiko
7 ай бұрын
I have the UA Dream 65, UA Golden Reverberator, and the UA Starlight Delay. I also use the 64 Audio IEM with 6 drivers, I run stereo thur the front of house and it's sounds AWESOME! It sure beats carrying a guitar amp around! I run my distortion pedals in front.
@michaelstitz2710
7 ай бұрын
I get what you are saying but I dont play out anymore. I still have my Marshall JCM 900. I loved it when I used it back in the 90's but drag it around go old and now I would definitely want something easier to drag around if it would sound good enough. As long as I could get that feeling underneath my fingers like you mentioned in that eleovated state, I would be good to go!
@crigonalgaming1258
7 ай бұрын
I think this ship has sailed for the past 10 years. Tube Amps are high maintenance devices that are expensive to keep at top condition and are heavy to move around for gigging musicians. These past few years, people have stopped using them to gigs, and have become more of a home use or for recording studio type of deal.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Also I feel like the majority younger crowd isn’t even going to want to dive into tube amps. Sadly.
@BartoszXIV
7 ай бұрын
UA Dream 65 is my dream. I own mesa lone star 1x12 and this amp is simply fabulous. I don't think you can replace the feel of a tube amp and 12" speaker with anything else however if you are recording or giging and micing your amp that's a different story - amp modelers are meant to imitate miced amps and they are now so good its almost impossible to distinguish the difference when listening records of both so I believe that if you are running your amp through PA then take a pedal, if not then you need an amp anyway :D
@cantcoact4412
7 ай бұрын
I've gone strictly modeler. We play small places only and none of them are going to let me crank even a 50 watt tube amp for front of house volume. With my amp I ended up with weak output tube power mic'ed through the P.A., so why bother? The people that actually matter, the crowd who are dancing and having fun, are not critiquing my guitar tone. I like how it sounds, I now use in ears and the stage volume is lower with less mic'ing and less potential feedback issues. My backup is a spare modeler that weighs 5 lbs. setup, breakdown and load out are faster and easier.
@JonnyDee123
6 ай бұрын
Nice video. Just bought a Fender Mustang GTX 100 modelling amp. Almost every guitar sound ever made available and it's so easy to move around. I've gigged and recorded for over 4 decades and love my Twin Reverb and Boogie Studio 22 like a couple of bothers. Thing is they're old, very tired. and extremely noisy. Look, tubers. The world and sound tech have moved on and as a pragmatist I ain't no sonic snob. I'll always keep both tube amps for old time's sake. But I doubt if I will be using them much more again in any playing situation. We've been through a lot - but I have discovered the future. 🙂
@killerhit00
5 ай бұрын
I have a 50 watt Marshall Origin combo amp and it's alive and well
@LRHutch
5 ай бұрын
I've been playing on stage since I was 14 I'm now 70 and still playing gigs. My first amp was tube and I've had SS amps throughout the years even modeling amps but I take my tube amp and an multi effects unit to the stage, studio and jam sessions. Nothing beats a tube amp. You would be surprised at the people in the audience that know and can tell the difference. In the ear monitors are a joke, you lose the natural stage sound. If you have a sound guy that complains about the stage amps, fire him and get a real one. Have a good one.
@kazeo1953
6 ай бұрын
For stage use and traveling bands it makes sense to use anything that is small to simulate an amp and use the in-house PA for amping the sound, but I think for small bands, home use, garage bands that don't do much traveling, the good old tube amp sounds the best! There is nothing more satisfying than that old school amp pushing out a thumbing guitar sound behind you as you are playing! This is something that is being lost when you pump everything through a PA. Just like the manual stick is a lost art. An Art that is lost to an entire generation that will never know the engaging thrill of driving a stick. The same goes with the Tube Amp Head and Cab. The feel and sound of these amps will soon be lost to the same generation. In the long run there will be a small market for tube amps. For those who want an analogue sound that is "real" and not a simulation. It feels as if the "art" of guitar is now just a digital modeler with the heart and soul of the "real" thing missing. As they say you'll never miss what you never had. In the future (near future) young guitar players will not know what it is to play a tube amp and it will truly be a lost art. The world is becoming more and more digital and AI is sucking the soul out of creativity. I am afraid for the future. Just my two cents!
@davidstorm4015
7 ай бұрын
I love my tube amps. OK, so we have a house that allows me to use them at whatever volume I like and I don't do gigging, but for me I would not change. Playing a tube amp is a much more interactive experience than anything else. For gigging, I understand why you would not want to use tube amps, an amp in a box solution is probably a more sensible approach.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
What kind of amps do you have ?
@Nightpants
7 ай бұрын
I've got the Dream and Ruby. They sound great but I'm not a live player. playing them both through the pre amp input on a Boss Katana for room sound and straight into the sound card for recording. Not going to be getting rid of my tube amps though. I plan to get the Lion and eventually Woodrow for sh!ts and giggles.
@traviswilliams5466
7 ай бұрын
If you want to be a professional musician or even just a pro weekend warrior you need the gear to come prepared for the job you are hired to do. It's that easy. If the gig is outside and you can crank a 100watt tube head, do it but if it's right for the gig. If you are living easy off wedding gigs and smaller venues then the bring the appropriate amp. I own the Ruby, Dream and Woodrow and they are all 3 the best amp modelers I've personally played but just like a great tube amp they need a bit of tweaking. Having Saud that any time I get a chance to crank my Two Rock or Homestead 100W head of course I do it. The biggest thing I see folks struggle with is the difference of hearing your amp roaring behind you while using wedges vs hearing your amp through a mic and IEMs. If you are used to IEMs then the switch to a modeler is a no Brainerd. But just dp what's right for you.
@abelincoln78
7 ай бұрын
I have a Woodrow. It does a decent job of replacing the preamp from my Blues Deluxe. That’s in part due to the fact I’ve effectively EQ’d the BD very flat. One caveat is that I’m not at all impressed by the cabinet simulation shipped with that pedal. It seems to pass through unpleasant high frequency distortion that real speakers and IRs don’t. Of course it could just be the unit clipping but I don’t think so. Make an IR of your amp how you like to mic it and use that. It will add a box, but many IR’s come with DI out so you won’t need the DI. Gain a pedal, save a pedal…. To your point of IEMs. IEMs bring the biggest loss in feel over the real amp. Those little headphones just don’t vibrate your guitars body. There is sustain and controllable feedback in that live speaker at stage volume and IEMs take it away. Now, if you use a wedge, since it is in front of you, you get that communication between guitar and speaker at lower volumes, so you can more effectively use that interaction.
@FoulBodyAutopsy
7 ай бұрын
From experience of recording live gigs bands that don't use amps on stage sound awful. Having the DI signal for the recording is really handy but in all honesty the crowd really get ripped off. I was at a gig in London last year and the opening band didn't have amps on stage. So from where I was sitting all I could hear was the drummer. Every other band was using tube or transistor amps and they sounded so much better. I was also at bloodstock last year and I happened to watch the megadeth acoustic set. Again it was a very similar problem but for different reasons. The stage they were on had no mid fills so if you where stood near the front in the middle you couldn't hear anything. So any band that used FX units with no stage volume sounded far worse.
@planzed.2
7 ай бұрын
Tubes definitely aren’t dead or ever gonna die but what you said is true. I use Tonex these days & my back is much happier & I’ve got so many amps to choose from it’s stupid. Just do it
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I’m going to I just need to decided which one. Any suggestions?
@planzed.2
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 what’s your budget & what do you want out of it? ..I mean if you want literally an amp in a box or a selection of amps &/or plus fx… the UA stuff is cool but I haven’t heard a shootout yet where they actually sounded like the amp they’re meant to be whereas tonex, kemper definitely gets harder to tell in shootouts. You’re gonna need to experiment man, find your flavour, either way will be a learning curve & fun & frustration for you too as it’s a new a completely different beast (to you) - took me a little minute to adjust.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Any suggestions for in ear monitors?
@planzed.2
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 sorry man I’m no good to you on this one, I’m live looping & have a Mackie mixer I take a monitor of full mix to headphones & don’t use traditional in-ears.
@satchrules101
5 ай бұрын
The new 20watt heads the have these days , like Friedman, Marshall, soldano .. are so easy to carry around with a small 2/12 cabs .. very simple and easy and u get a great sound , not a digital sound .
@montraix
5 ай бұрын
I have the UAFX Lion, Dream 65 and Ruby. And Marshalls, a PRS Haze and Fender amps. I record 90% with the UAFX boxes and even the “real” amps I I run through an Ox box for cabs and mics I could never afford. Live? That I can’t answer, but in the studio, UA allows me to use amps I could never buy that are as real as anything to the ear.
@Livistane
6 ай бұрын
Never!!! Tube amps aren't dead, I have UAD Marshall JCM 800 Jubilee, Marshal Plexi, Engle RT, lots of other amp sims, even an old Vox Tone Lab modeler that's older than dirt that I still record with occasionally. I STILL use my Mark 5 35 combo for recording and gigs, and I love them all. And I still use my Mesa Roadster and Stiletto for recording. NOTHING wrong with amp sims, they are great and easy, saves a lot of time. But tube amps are great too, cause you never get the same sound twice. So there's a magic in that, the fact that you are getting a unique sound and not the same sound you got the last time. Then there's days I want to be in that comfort zone, and I grab that amp sim with that preset that I love. That's the beauty of guitar today, we have all these tools to create with!
@leonardskinerd7758
7 ай бұрын
The technology was bound to catch up sooner or later.
@clarissaanaferreirasieiro2127
7 ай бұрын
I hope so because i would be so happy in get on ebay tube amps bargains. I got the Fender Deville 4x10 1996 USA made for £275 in prestine condition.
@markmalonson7531
7 ай бұрын
A couple of orders of magnitude development and it will be close closing in on it it's called a singularity of physics it will soon encompass every perimeter so to speak but it's nowhere near it some of it actually sends a stupid it sucks some tones you can get blending all of these sound options but just it's organic cortone it's still not at high enough modeling resolution and speed but it will be in how many years.
@jacobbockover1628
7 ай бұрын
Man ive got an amp in my closet thats great and at volume but i am just using a ss amp with a few more pedals. Its like a hot rod and a regular daily car Really this started cause it was to hot this summer. I do gotta say i was at a show years ago and one guy was running through the board n one had a twin. Through the board one guy was to quiet and "distant" compaired to the twin but i blame that on the way they like to turn guitar down in the mix If your a die hard tube guy there is the d.kowalsky half watt stuff but its too loud for a condo or apartment probly fine for a house
@terrybowen9810
7 ай бұрын
I think the tone still matters. Maybe the audience as a whole wouldn't pick it out, but they have ears. If they see one band after another, they can tell if they care. Setting the tone brings the vibe the audience will reciprocate, even if it's unintentional.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
That’s why I’m nervous to make the jump. How the crowd hears your guitar tone is basically all up to the sound guy and that makes me nervous. We all have played gigs where the sound person is terrivle
@StopTheRot
7 ай бұрын
Nope
@mikeferguson4816
7 ай бұрын
I stopped lugging a bass amp around many years ago, especially after I heard that Geddy stopped using amps (I have an old Ampeg stack). I started using a Line 6 Bass pod, used off eBay. It was fine...and that was almost 15 years ago. Watching recent videos of pro guitarists, who get fooled by amp emulations sold it for me. Don't get me wrong, I like the psychology of a hybrid...cuz I have a Two Notes "Le Bass" cuz it has a glowing tube in it, then I go into their C.A.B M+. I also have a Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Bass Compressor Pedal in front of that...
@scamp7887
7 ай бұрын
I have to say though, the laney ironheart loud pedal is pretty awesome. That could be a good option.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Laney makes an amp in the box pedal!?! Why have I never heard of this?
@scamp7887
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 I have one. It sounds amazing for a solid state amp, but it's 60 watts with an effects loop and a di out. No heavy amp and you don't have to compromise on the rest
@evanwright1964
7 ай бұрын
Not as long as the 15w Monoprice Stageright is only $250.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Lol
@jezmez68
5 ай бұрын
Get a Two Notes Captor X. This is the best of both worlds. When you can record, you can use your actual amp in headphones, and do mic placement on the Captor X. Pick a cabinet. Pretty cool.
@picksalot1
7 ай бұрын
The Scott Uhl KZitem Channel is a great resource for information on In Ears, and just a new video on an important improvement in them.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Yea I would definitely want a good set of in ear monitors.
@picksalot1
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 Scott's video is called "In-Ear Monitors w/AMBIENT MICS - In Earz "HEAR EVERYTHING LIVE" System"
@markallen381
6 ай бұрын
The Pizza Depot down the street has an open mic on Thursday nights. I think that if the place was packed you could get maybe 40 people? Karaoke if no live talent. They do not have a PA system. Gotta have an amp for things like that. I prefer the sound of a tube amp to all the new digital
@thomascleveland
7 ай бұрын
My main reason for switching to UA amp pedals is the ability to get a cranked sound and enjoy playing at 11:00 at night when my family is sleeping upstairs.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
That’s the beauty of them. Which one do you have ?
@thomascleveland
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 I am a beginner guitarist and started on the Joyo British Pedal. My wife got me the Dream for christmas. The main two tones I am into on guitar are fender cleans, and plexi psychedelic rock, so I plan to pick up a lion when they start going for ~$280 used. I got a monoprice 1x12 with a vintage 30 (amazing price on that) and I power it with an EHX 44 magnum. So its the best of both worlds really. I get real feed back and the feeling of an amp in the room. And when I get good enough to gig or play at a church or whatever, I'll be able to comfortable slide into that by going direct to front of house or whatever.
@aitken1965
7 ай бұрын
I like OWNING a valve amp, but I do not like HAULING a valve amp to gigs. That being said, I have no interest in programming IR devices. What's an aging rocker to do?
@lance134679
7 ай бұрын
For gigging, tube amps are a bit of a luxury as you risk breaking them with all that moving them around, especially when they're hot at the end of the night. That's why I eventually switched to a Tone Master Twin. For home recording, I really like my tube amps. You can't get more real than the real thing. That said, you absolutely don't need a tube amp. They are slowly becoming a niche market.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
It’s sad that they are kind of dying out.
@gambooyt
7 ай бұрын
I played on computer plug-ins for years before finally going back to a real tube amp. Modeling devices make your guitar so much easier to play but that's deceiving. A tube amp will amplify all the wrong little things you do and eventually that makes you a better guitar player. Also, my ear gets less tired/bored when I play on a real guitar amp, as the sound is so much more natural, musical and harmonically richer than a fake amp. To me, by giving up on real amps, we're losing a big part of what has made the electric guitar charming and sonically exciting. Modelers may sound quite the same, but they will never FEEL the same as a real amp pushing air.
@Lowtech14
5 ай бұрын
Heard a classic bar band trio cover band recently. Guitarist had a Katana 100 unmic’d for his amp. Sounded harsh imo.
@darrenkenton5364
7 ай бұрын
Tube amps ain't dead, nothing will give you as big a boner as a cranked Marshall or fender...........or any other well designed tube amp for that matter!
@Bixll09
7 ай бұрын
New tubes are very hard to get at the moment.... Also, far more expensive before the War in Europe.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
They are. I been buying NOS tubes off eBay
@spinosaurusrex11
7 ай бұрын
nice vid.
@thedirtyknobs
7 ай бұрын
The ruby is 95%, there .. I have both ruby and woodrow .. both awesome will get all of them
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I wanted to check out the Ruby and the Lion. I might just order them both and do a shoot out.
@thedirtyknobs
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 there's a steep learning curve with them ... watch the videos with its creator.. that helps a lot
@GordonPavilion
7 ай бұрын
My Tone King Imperial MkII says no.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Fantastic amp I had an mk1 for a while.
@satchrules101
5 ай бұрын
It’s nice to have at home the lion modeler . But I would not want to bring It for a gig .. because for me i lose the connection between me and my guitar and amp .. I want my sound and amp close to me
@jackcrook4435
5 ай бұрын
Yeah sure amp sims are good but you cant have ultimately have any creativity. You cant record a fuzz guitar with a mic on the other end of the hallway to bury it in the mix. You cant use some wacky mic in the back of the amp. You cant get unique sounds. Its not just the amp but the process dies too. A world where every person has the same amp sim with the same cab sim is so boring. Plus moving air is cool and exciting.
@Aeon_Electronics
7 ай бұрын
The 1000th video about "Tube Amps are dead" or "Are tube amps dead yet?" ... No they are not. Digital & tube has their right to life. Case closed. Long answer: All those kemper and axeFX are great, no question about that, but try to repair them in some decades.. Good luck with all that proprietary ICs and firmware. Just digital waste... A tube amp can be repaired even in the far future.
@gambooyt
7 ай бұрын
So true
@ajaypimpalapure1322
6 ай бұрын
I still like tube amps
@anthonycraig1458
7 ай бұрын
The end of tube amps have been predicted for decades ever since solid state amps started getting more popular and yet they're still here. OK, digital technology is getting better clearly but plugging into an old school amp is easy to get a good sound out of. Using a pedal for an amp into a PA is all very well but you need good monitoring systems and if venues don't have their own PA, you still need either a monitor or an existing set up where you can use in-ears which not every band will have. Vinyl was written off and declared dead 30 years ago so I wouldn't write off tube amps just yet.
@JamesMatthew-Zero79
7 ай бұрын
Subscribed cause it doesn’t cost me a damn thing! LETS FUCKING GO!!
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Yea!!!! Let’s goooooooooo!!!!
@ScaleScarborough-jq8zx
7 ай бұрын
Is electricity really a deadly spirit?
@GordonPavilion
7 ай бұрын
Electric fence, wiz on that, and find out.
@mikehewett4393
6 ай бұрын
Nooooo! You don't need to go through the PA. Get an analog transistor, carefully crafted amp that fits on your pedal board. Then run a SPEAKER cable to a lightweight cab loaded with, say alnicos. I have been complemented on my tone by other guitarists for years. Reliability and portability and you can still go direct to the pa as well if you want.
@spillemusicstudios8515
5 ай бұрын
The UA pedals are great. Kemper, fractal, and QC are also great. Helix and tone master pro are both pretty bad sounding imo (months of tweaking presets did not make helix sound good for me). There's still absolutely nothing like tube amps though. Nothing digital will ever be the same.
@rainbowmade1880
7 ай бұрын
Plus one for Ruby.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I am trying to decide on which one to get. And maybe run like stereo with two? Because now with just two pedals it won’t be as crazy as bringing two amps lol
@hosoiarchives4858
7 ай бұрын
I will never stop playing tube amps
@bobmanners8624
5 ай бұрын
Amps, guitars, pedals, etc. are all tools in the chest. Heck, keep playing that tube amp, absolutely. But, I bet you have more than one guitar - why expect to have just one amp? You've got to admit that some of this modeling stuff sounds pretty remarkable. The right tool for the right job.
@hosoiarchives4858
5 ай бұрын
@@bobmanners8624 I’ve never played a modeler that was 10% as good as a basic Fenderish tube amp
@bobmanners8624
5 ай бұрын
@@hosoiarchives4858 Tools my friend, tools. You can't make a Marshall sound like a Roland JC120, and visa versa. Tubes, solid state, analog or digital, it's how you use your different tools to get the end goal.
@hosoiarchives4858
5 ай бұрын
@@bobmanners8624 I don’t buy into the tools theory. To me music is transcendent and my musical instruments are the same. If an instrument doesn’t have a beauty or a spirit to it I don’t want them. After my 50 years of living my rig is a handmade 64 AC30 clone, handmade Fender Twin clone, and Jimmy Page Supro clone. I play an assortment of mostly strats and teles, and with an EQ boost, clean boost, low gain overdrive and compression my tone makes the angels cry. No modeler can capture even 10% of that tone. When I play for myself I never cease get lost in the infinite richness of my own playing. It took a lifetime to work out my rig but I would put it up against John Mayer, the Edge, Jeff Beck, whoever you could name. Models of these amps sound like electric guitar strings on an acoustic.
@bobmanners8624
5 ай бұрын
@hosoiarchives4858 I think when you said: "When I play for myself, I never cease to get lost in the infinite richness of my own playing," you said it all. Most of the baby boomers I've met feel the same way - and being born in 1955, I've met a lot of 'em.
@GordonPavilion
7 ай бұрын
Until UA develops a Gorilla Amp Sim…nah, not going to happen.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Lol
@robertthomas906
7 ай бұрын
Over the years I`ve owned numerous tube amps including a fender dual showman, fender hotrod deluxe. a fender concert, a Mesa boogie dc3, two different peavey tube amps. The verdict? There is nothing special or exclusive about tube amps. It`s all a myth that`s spread by hearsay. Check out JHS, solid state amps suck.
@donr4902
7 ай бұрын
"Because you have stage volume?" I play out more than 40 gigs a year, and your amp's stage volume is not going to be louder then the entire band coming out of the PA. I only use a amp once a month on the average and usually go direct. So i do agree with you that there's no need for amps much anymore. But, the points you are making are really dumb points. "If the Edge isn't doing it why am i?" Maybe because he plays arenas and you play covers in a bar?
@maxwiseman9915
7 ай бұрын
no.
@Studio-xj4cm
7 ай бұрын
Get a tube Amp and software cab sim.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I’ve always wanted to try the OX box have you?
@wickedglassbears
6 ай бұрын
My Toneking with built in attenuator is a game changer. I play it every day with my family home and the only thing I change is my attenuator level depending on time of day. I would use my helix to play a show though because the audience wouldn’t know or care.
@pureguitargear3935
6 ай бұрын
Literally one of my favorite amps.
@wickedglassbears
6 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 So good. I have the imperial mkii and royalist mkiii It’s every amp tone i’ll ever need. You don’t get tube amp depression either when you realize you’ll never be able to turn it up past 4-5.
@gigifara9312
7 ай бұрын
Get a revival drive and use it as an amp
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I never knew you could do that. I thought it was just an overdrive pedal. Does it have XLR out ?
@gigifara9312
7 ай бұрын
youd need to pair it with an IR, either on the computer or with an IR pedal@@pureguitargear3935
@williamnapolitano1550
7 ай бұрын
nothing like a tube amp. lets not be dopes. my 1985 Jcm 800 2203 . no cheap ass pedal can ever compare... besides other real deal amps that I have. FAKE IS FAKE. IF YOUR A FAKE
@chesneytube1
7 ай бұрын
yeah I'm with you and Neil Young on that one, keep it real!
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
I agree if you watch my videos I shit on modelers all the time. I’m just wondering if I look insane being my tube amps to these small bar gigs ya know.
@chesneytube1
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 it’s probably about playing to the space… if a tube amp doesn’t work for a small space it doesn’t work… I’m not against modellers in any way I just don’t think they compare to the real thing ultimately
@Ace96x10
7 ай бұрын
Nope. I play out a lot and get a lot of players saying my tube amps make them want to go tube again. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want tube if they are in any type of guitar orientated band. Also, the people who call people who prefer tube amps "Tube snobs" are simply tone deaf. if someone can't tell the difference, they should invest in new ears.
@scamp7887
7 ай бұрын
Guitar players are too finicky and stuck in their ways. Tube amps will never die completely. I do think they will be relegated to the home and studio though. Attenuators and low watt tube amps with di outs will still have a place. I could definitely see the 100 plus watt tube amps slowly disappearing though. Also, the situation with Russia will affect the tube market for years to come. So who knows.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Yea I think tube amps will always be around. I love them in the studio and love them on stage but I am starting to wonder if the trade off is worth the convenience of a UA pedal is worth it.
@yaniv-nos-tubes
5 ай бұрын
friedman ir x where you can't use an amp
@Wilbafarce
7 ай бұрын
Lost me when you said the Edge isn't using one...
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Why? Lol
@Wilbafarce
7 ай бұрын
@@pureguitargear3935 I just find him a wee bit dull....
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
@@Wilbafarce yea not my favorite either.
@petervandebelt6062
7 ай бұрын
I have got the Dream 65 and a Fender FR-12. It’s a great combination!
@heavymetal6910
5 ай бұрын
When the mass produced pcb disposable junk is in landfill, my handwired wampler bravado 6L6 head will still be going strong, so no, tube amps aren't dead
@pureguitargear3935
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Buy NOS tube
@marcoheerema5726
6 ай бұрын
Only tubes...
@DDuMond1
7 ай бұрын
ramble on...
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Sick comment.
@adamgh0
6 ай бұрын
They're not dead. They're just big, heavy, loud and way overpriced. They sound great but so does the modeler that can clone the tone that the audience doesn't care about.
@mikecorey8370
7 ай бұрын
Yup. Constantly in for repairs so after awhile, you've bought the amp twice. My Marshall and Fender amps are going up for sale (once I get the Blues Deluxe back from the repair shop). I'm just done with it. My Pod Go sounds great, so with a flat frequency response amplifier like a Line 6, I'm good to go. Tubes are on the way out. 5 years from now, 75% of amps sold will be digital.
@manuhirvilammi
7 ай бұрын
Yes. Tube amps are as dead as vinyl players.
@pureguitargear3935
7 ай бұрын
Lol
@sjmusicforlife4638
5 ай бұрын
Tube amps are what we use at church. Cant replace the warmth and control the musisicians have over their own sound.
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