Hi Gordon

Yes, even the valves in microwave ovens can now be replaced with transistors.

I have not built a tube/valve guitar amp for several years and have forgotten some things.

They are still very popular with guitar players but will eventually die out, I guess.

I am told by electronic engineers I know that they can build solid states guitar amps that sound like tube amps, but they would be costly.

I have several amp modeling software packages that I use all the time. They do a good job, but none of them sound like my tube amps.

Times change, and so do people. I am certainly not willing to lug a Fender Twin Reverb amp around any longer. But on the other hand, I am not willing to listen to music on a cell phone.

I have a lot of modern high-tech stuff, but I also am not willing to leave some of the high-quality products of the past just because the new stuff is cheaper and more convenient.

There may come a time when I can no longer grow my own food; I am getting old. But, this summer, we will eat real watermelons that taste like the watermelons you had in 1956...lol

The audiophile stereo conversation will be argued about forever...lol People believe many things not supported by the best evidence.

I find it humorous that the first thing guitar tube amp purest do is put a transistor peddle in the circuit...lol

I have enough tubes and other components left to do me for the rest of my life...lol If forced to, I am sure I could make a power transformer and an output transformer.

I don't know the current state of nanometer-scale vacuum tubes, but it seems that there may be a place in the future for that type of tube.

I have always liked tinkering around building stuff, boats, airplanes, fishing rods, and guitar amps, just to name a few.

So, you older guys need to stay alive, so I have someone to answer my questions...lol And thanks, by the way.

Billy


Last edited by Planobilly; 06/12/23 02:51 PM.
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