Conversations about the various types of amps can and do go on forever. My recommendation is to play what sounds good to you.

Solid state amps have come light years from the first transistor amps.

In a conversation with Bruce Zinky once, I ask him if a solid state amp could be made to sound like a tube amp. His answer was yes, if you wanted to spend enough money.

One thing I like about tube amps is their repairability. Solid state amps in general, are designed to be less expensive and disposable. Some repair parts for solid state amps are no longer manufactured and symply don't exist.

Someone can bring a tube amp to me and I can change the way it sounds without much difficulty. Doing the same thing with a solid state amp is much more difficult. Most if not all the "boutique" amps I have ever seen were tube.

There has always been an unending search for "tone". I don't see tube amps going away anytime soon.

Billy


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