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Re: Tubes! They do a ____ good!

Aren't those Velocettes regular guitar amps though? I'm just looking for the power section, something like a Mesa 2:90 in a much smaller package, like about 30 watts, that will produce great power tube saturation when cranked. Seems like someone youd have designed a power amp with power tube overdrive in mind by now. It also seems like someone should have been smart enough to develop a hybrid amp that has an SS preamp with a tube power section by now. Anyone here spent a considerable amount of time playing a Peavey Bandit II? They sound fantastic and have tons of different good sounds. If I could get (or gut) one of those preamps in a standalone unit and run it into a cranked low watt tube power amp I'll bet it would sound rip roar!

 David Beardsley <db@biink.com> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Stagner"

> On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 03:49, Kirkland Mack wrote:
> >
> > It is absolutely RIDICULOUS that TB preamps are not commonplace.
>Does anyone know of a tube power amp around 10-30 watts that has
>very pleasing tone when cranked?
>
> I have a pair of Trace-Elliot Velocette amps.

Very nice. These are now the Gibson Goldtone amps.
Gibson bought Trace Elliot.


* David Beardsley
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