Tubes vs Modelers is always a hot topic. However, I'd like to suggest that it's perhaps the *wrong* topic.
In the last few weeks, I've been to three pretty big shows, and another a few years ago:
Purson/Ghost (indoor club/theater)
Marilyn Manson/Rob Zombie (huge ampitheater)
Shovels & Rope/Blackberry Smoke/Tedeschi Trucks Band (smaller ampitheater)
Dhani Harrison/ELO (hockey arena)
Of those 9 bands, three of them were pleasant experiences. Purson (tubes), Ghost (Fractal), and Dhani Harrison (Twin). The commonality was they all played at volumes that complemented the venue.
The other 6 were all tube amp users, and were all a total mess because they were way, way too loud. ELO had like 6 people in their lighting/sound control area, and it was the most echoey mess of nonsense.
So, whatever the hell amp you're using, it should be loud, but if the sound is an incoherent mess of sludge, it really doesn't matter it's tubes or ones and zeroes.
In the last few weeks, I've been to three pretty big shows, and another a few years ago:
Purson/Ghost (indoor club/theater)
Marilyn Manson/Rob Zombie (huge ampitheater)
Shovels & Rope/Blackberry Smoke/Tedeschi Trucks Band (smaller ampitheater)
Dhani Harrison/ELO (hockey arena)
Of those 9 bands, three of them were pleasant experiences. Purson (tubes), Ghost (Fractal), and Dhani Harrison (Twin). The commonality was they all played at volumes that complemented the venue.
The other 6 were all tube amp users, and were all a total mess because they were way, way too loud. ELO had like 6 people in their lighting/sound control area, and it was the most echoey mess of nonsense.
So, whatever the hell amp you're using, it should be loud, but if the sound is an incoherent mess of sludge, it really doesn't matter it's tubes or ones and zeroes.
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