Tube pedals or emulators for ss amps?

[eclecticsynergy]

Ethos TWE-1 is very amplike; it even sags a bit. I think it would do very well into a dead clean SS amp.

Some pedals containing tubes use the outdated starved-bias principle.
I have an old BK Butler pedal like that - decent OD character, but it doesn't really feel and respond like tubes should.
If you go tube, make sure whatever you get is going to be running them at high voltage.

 

[Erlend_G]

tube emulator :/... when I think of tubes, the first thing that comes to my mind. Is the high-frequency, overtone "zing"; while SS amps are "flatter" and "deader" :/.

Don't know what can really do the job, except real tubes

-E

 

[Jeffblue]

Fuchs Plush Valve Job

 

[solspirit]

Fuchs Plush Valve Job

This is cool. What is the 'touch' knob?

 

[Securb]

You might want to look at the Amp Resue. It was designed to "tube up" solid-state amps and add touch sensitivity.

 

[Jeffblue]

This is cool. What is the 'touch' knob?

Adds more or less touch sensitivity

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Fuchs Plush Valve Job

I've been hearing raves about that one for years.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

You might want to look at the Amp Resue. It was designed to "tube up" solid-state amps and add touch sensitivity.

Never heard of that one. Seems mighty cool. I wonder if all three of its gain stages are germanium?

Another germanium pedal that's insanely dynamic is Joe Gore's Cult overdrive.
As with the Amp Rescue, the Cult has no tone shaping, just touch-responsive gain.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Arthur Sound makes twin tube pedals that clone preamp circuits from specific amps.
Might be worth investigating them.

https://www.ebay.ca/sch/arthurguitarsound/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

 

[Securb]

Never heard of that one. Seems mighty cool. I wonder if all three of its gain stages are germanium?

I think the first two are and the last gain stage is FET..."I think"

 

[Mincer]

New one coming out today, the Ampster.

 

[Jeffblue]

I've been hearing raves about that one for years.

This is one I would use in front of an ss amp. I use mine in front of my Fargen modded Bandmaster Reverb. The tones I get are astounding.

 

[Dave Locher]

Back to the solo in that video: I believe you are hearing the slide and the guitar more than the amp. It's not very high gain but it's near the edge of feedback. A good hollow or semi-hollow guitar or careful use of an eq pedal can get you there. It's not a tube thing, it's a speaker/guitar body interaction thing.
I had an SG that would do that so it doesn't have to be hollow, just really resonant so that the guitar picks up vibration from the speaker.
But yeah, it also seems like a tube screamer could get you in the ballpark. If you're trying to stay low budget try an MXR Classic OD used. But the guitar you're playing & speaker(s) in your amp matter more.