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  1. Originally posted by U2Nick:[..]

    If you use a tube amp "regularly," how often would the valves need to be replaced?

    "Regular" being something like...
    1/4 - 1/2 volume three days a week for about two hours each day, with one day of 3/4 to full power for four hours.


    I honestly don't have experience with velves, but I hear that they usually last about 5 years in moderate use. I have heard about some bass amps that have valves that are 40+ years old, but they were probably not used to get distortion, so they were not pushed to the limit.
    I don't think that it will be an issue. The distortion from valves is much better than the distorion from transistors. The only bad thing that I see about valve amps is that they are heavy.
  2. ...and expensive.
  3. Do tube amps sound "better" or just "different"?
  4. (from my experience and what I've heard)


    Both
  5. I want one so bad but amps are so damn expensive.
  6. Me too. I'd rather stick with my cheap transistor guitar and get another beautiful six-string machine, than "wasting" (I know it's not the right verb, because a good amp is neccesary, etc.) my money in an expensive amp. I know I'm wrong in this, but that's how I feel.


  7. Better is always subjective, but I would say that 99% of the great distortion tones you hear are from valve amps. That being said, you can get away with a decent external unit that emulates the "valve sound".
  8. Let's just say this.

    Edge uses AC30's-tube amps
    John Mayer uses his Two Rock amps-tube amps
    SRV used his dumble-tube amp
    Hendrix used the old Marshall JCM-tube amps (I think, I don't know Hendrix's gear too well)

    Nuff said.
  9. Sweet, just scored myself an older Deluxe Memory Man off of the bay. The mini-rig quest has begun! Next on the list:

    Boss SD-1
    Maxon CP101
    Behringer Reverb Machine (still thinking about this one, essentially it's a cheaper altertanative to the line 6 verbzilla, and apparently it's one of the better behringer pedals)
  10. I was slightly drunk when I finished my final exams today evening, and it seems I've bought a 12-strings accoustic guitar. I don't remember doing it properly, although I had played this same guitar in a shop near the university so it might be the reason. If I'm not right it was 180€ but the seller offered me for 150€ + a few accesories... Finally I've recounted and only 135€ have left my wallet so EPIC WIN for me. I think I will get drunk more often hahahahaha



  11. Good stuff man. I love twelve strings. It's like an automatic reverb/chorus on a regular acoustic 6 string. I love them. Takes a bit of practise to get used to them, but once you do it's FULLY worth it.
  12. That's great. 12 strings sound so full. You actually do the job of two.
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