Re: Tubes! They do a ____ good!

[Travis Hartnett <tiktok@sprintmail.com>]

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 01:34 AM,  
Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:

> Kirkland Mack wrote:
>> There are lots of standalone preamps and standalone power amps, and  
>> there lots of guys who like power amp saturation, so why aren't there  
>> any standalone power amps designed to give "vintage" sound and  
>> pleasing overdrive?
>>

Mesa/Boogie makes a rackmount Class-A tube power amp, 20 watts a side  
(the 20/20) which has buffered outputs which can be fed into a larger,  
clean power amp, or a mixer or whatever:

http://mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Stereo_Power/20_20_Stereo/ 
20_20_stereo.html


Zachary Vex also makes a 1/2W amp, the size of a stompbox:

http://zvexamps.com/


But, as others have pointed out, if you really want the  
amp-turned-up-loud distortion sound, the speaker is also a factor, so a  
speaker iso box or cabinet simulator would also be needed.  You're  
quickly looking at something like a thousand dollars for the power amp  
and speaker-type box.  But if you must have that sound,  it's not going  
to be cheap or easy.

TH