Tubes! They do a ____ good! (was Re: Info on Hughes & Kettner Replex

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I've also noticed that almost *all* my favorite guitar gear has real 
tubes it it.  I've been toying around with the idea of getting an 
inexpensive ART tube preamp for a while, mainly to warm up synths and 
drum machines.  While I'm loving my new Lexicon MPX G2, I do admit that 
while usable, the "preamp/speaker cab models" do sound a bit cold.  
There are also a bunch of tube distortion pedals I've been looking at as 
well.  I'd love to hear about the experiences of other loopers on this 
topic.

Mark Sottilaro

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 10:55 PM, S V G wrote:
> You can
> also slightly overdrive the tube to get a soft distortion sound though 
> that's not what it's there
> for.
>
>      Ever since I got this little box, I can't play my acoustic 
> unplugged anymore.  It warms up
> the sound of the guitar so much that I always keep it on.  Even without 
> any reverb or delay it
> still makes the guitar sound better.
>
>      They go for $450 new, I picked mine up for $325.  Money very well 
> spent.