Originally Posted By: mrgeeze
For my style of playing tubes of any kind no longer matter.
Amp modelling is so good today that the difference is wasted on me and most everyone I play for.

If I'm playing a telecaster, the new Fender Tone master amps sound excellent. Real nice clean sound. Reverb is good
I find my pickup selection (Joe Barden's for me) much more important than the amp.
The Barden's crackle the way I like and the breakup is there at volume
The tonemaster weighs half what a tube based deluxe reverb does. That matters to my 62 year old back.

For a humbucker based guitar (for me a prs cs24) i normally play the tonemaster or a Quilter.
I like the breakup on the Fender but the Quilter has a good sound also.

I've been waiting for decades for solid state modelling amps to do a good enough job to replace my tube amp.
That time has arrived
I sold my last Vibrolux 6 months ago. Don't miss it. Happy to get a grand for an amp I paid $300 for.

Tube amps are dead..... Long Live Tube Amps !!!!


I quite like the Boss Katana amps. Lightweight, loud, and sound fantastic! I'd personally get the 100 watt version as a minimum for gigging.

That said, you'll never get me to give up my Rivera or my Carvins.

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