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.
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".
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)
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)
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
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.
Verse: A C#m E Bm or B?
Pre Chorus: A Bm (?) F#m
A Bm F#m F#m
Chorus: Bm Em D A
Bridge: ????
Every breaking wave on the shore tells the next one there’ll be one more
Every gambler knows that to lose is what you’re really there for
Somewhere else I was fearlessness, now I’m speaking to an answer phone
Every silent leaf on the breeze winter wouldn’t leave it alone
Hey hey now
Hey hey now
I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
To be somebody and to love someone
Every sailor knows that the sea is a friend made enemy
Every shipwrecked soul knows what it is to live without intimacy
I thought I heard the master’s voice but it’s hard to listen while you preach
Like every broken wave on the shore this world’s as far as I can reach
Hey hey now
Hey hey now
I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
Got to be somebody to love someone
The waves know we’re on the rocks
Where drowning is no sin
And you know that my heart is
The same place yours has been
We know the fear of winning
Should we end before we begin
