mrohio
First Lieutenant   Posts: 7 Registered: 12/11/2004 Status: Offline
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 posted on 12/11/2004 at 22:59 |
I've heard about these amps that are solid state but have a tube in them or
something like that. but ive also heard that the tube does nothing but look
pretty in there. has anyone used these amps before? is it a gimmick or
what? 
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 12/12/2004 at 01:47, Reply 1 |
These are cool amps. They use a 12ax7 preamp tube to add some warmness.
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mrohio
First Lieutenant Posts: 7 Registered: 12/11/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 12/12/2004 at 12:40, Reply 2 |
Thank you brian. that helps
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brian
Moderator Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 12/12/2004 at 13:37, Reply 3 |
I'm not sure if it's just one or more preamp tubes but the same thing
applies......Better Tone
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RedHotChiliPepper
Second Lieutenant   Posts: 74 Registered: 7/6/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/11/2005 at 15:33, Reply 4 |
I just bought one of the Vox Valvetronix amps. I got the AD30VT, and it is
absolutely incredible. It's a hybrid amp, but the distortion sounds
incredibly close to real tube distortion. The only distortion I've heard
that's better is from the Fender DeVille. This is an amazing amp, and it
only cost me about $250. It gives 11 amp models and 11 effects. The AC30
setting is very realistic. I never thought I would be able to afford
something this good.
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357mag
First Lieutenant Posts: 13 Registered: 9/5/2006 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/5/2006 at 07:33, Reply 5 |
I listened to the sound samples for these amps and they do sound
incredible. If my Fender Blues Junior doesn't work out I'll probably go
with the Valvetronix.
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keithl
First Lieutenant Posts: 1 Registered: 1/14/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/14/2007 at 16:55, Reply 6 |
Just finished a new cd with the Valvetronix...
click here to listen
to the samples.
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drk529
First Lieutenant Posts: 18 Registered: 1/10/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/15/2007 at 16:17, Reply 7 |
with these amps you do get what most people consider tube distortion,
strait up, not a copy... when you turn up the gain on a tube amp you're
just turning up the preamp distortion. The tube(s) are in the preamp in the
valvetronix, so you get genuine tube distortion in this sense. You need to
actually play full volume on an all tube amp to get power tube
distortion... i have a epiphone valve junior 5w tube combo amp that has
that great sounding powertube distortion when cranked... Its only 140 and
it sounds a hell of a lot louder than 5w... much louder than usual room
level when cranked. I'm thinking about getting a 1x12 cab for it and then
a/b'ing between that and my fender hotrod deluxe for distorted to clean
tones.
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