I need a tube amp so that I can attach an effects pedal as a pre-amp... It so happens that my current amp is not a tube type... So I need to distinguish between a tube amp and all the other types...
2007-02-18 20:48:49 · 4 answers · asked by chains_of_kefka 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Look in the back and see if it has an amber glow inside.
2007-02-18 20:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tube amps as a rule of thumb sound better but if your doing metal or hard rock a lot of time a waste of money. If you just plan to hook up a bunch of effects stick with solid state. Most of all if you can't tell the difference you don't need one. There is something called more money than talent. If you are just starting to play and you go out and buy a $1500 Gibson and a $4000 Marshall stack and you don't know your chords by heart. That is a waste of money learn to jam on cheap stuff and when its time to up grade you will know. The other thing this goes for amps or guitars there is no best there is what is right for you. For example I have played sg's and Les pauls and there cool but not for me. I will take a jackson any day The necks are more comfortable to me and tone wise a match for me where as ESP's fill the same niche and I haven't played one I like yet. Stick with what you got!
2007-02-18 21:25:25 · answer #2 · answered by Bleed the Freak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tube amps have tubes in the back. Look and see what you have. Tube amps always sound better than solid state. Tube amps cost more, are heavier, and have to warm up. The only people playing solid state amps are those who can't afford tube amps.
2007-02-18 22:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by britune 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be heavier, have a glow in the back and have to "warm up"
before you can use it.
2007-02-18 20:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by redman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋