Don't get me wrong tube amps are not all the same, it would be easy to say some are good and some are not. However we all have different tastes, we don't all like the same women....or there be a lot of us single!
There are a lot of ways to take this and its horses for courses is probably the best! Fender tube amps in the main have a fantastic warm clean (some don’t), Marshall Tube amps are more suited to Heavy Rock and Metal…..but not necessarily! You could say that about
Do they all sound the same at low and higher volumes…..No! In short they are in the main all different, even the same brands different amps tend to have different personalities! When a tube amp is cranked up and the tubes are cooking that tends to be when the best sound come out. That understanding has encouraged smaller wattage tube amps. Play a Fender tweed 1957 deluxe with 2 x 6v6’s and around 18 watts and wow….and it has the volume for small to medium size gigs….try that with a Fender twin, you are not going to make it sound as good as it could at low settings and turn it up in a small to medium venue, not to mention permanent hearing damage….remember that scene from Highlander when he cuts the big chaps head off and all the windows blow out!!!!!
Remember it’s quality not quantity…and when you see bands with 100 watt Marshall stacks then put it through the PA…..OK for the visuals…mmm, but for sound reasons, I don’t think so!!!!
I know the techies will say they are all variations on a couple of circuits but there are so many different variations and those themes.
More later….if you have contributions please let me know?
