Re: can 60 watt tube keep up with 100wat solid state
nobody really needs more that 50 watts unless they are playing to say a stadium...but I belive that in MOST cases a 60 watt tube amp will walk over a 100watt S amp...but, an AC-30 (33 watts...MAX, and tube) will walk over most 80 watt tube amps! Remember you can NOT hear a watt!
Re: can 60 watt tube keep up with 100wat solid state
the guy who invented fire said:
nobody really needs more that 50 watts unless they are playing to say a stadium...but I belive that in MOST cases a 60 watt tube amp will walk over a 100watt S amp...but, an AC-30 (33 watts...MAX, and tube) will walk over most 80 watt tube amps! Remember you can NOT hear a watt!
A watt isn't a watt.... a 60 watt tube amp and 60 watt solid state may saturate at around the same volume level, but additional overdrive will give you a volume increase with the tube amp but it will not give you a volume increase with the solid state, you'll simply get more distortion.