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Can you slave a tube amp into a solid state amp?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:58 am
by ~101 From Hell~
Or vise versa...
Just curious about this, i just got a new tube head and i still really like my solid state.
anyone???
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:09 am
by Pfl?yd
No.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:48 pm
by Motorhead
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:56 pm
by PABassPlayer
It is black history month ya know.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:04 pm
by False_Prophet
you can A/B them
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:44 pm
by slay
is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:01 pm
by Acid Flashbakc
slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:14 am
by Pfl?yd
False_Prophet wrote:you can A/B them
Only if you are using separate cabs (or are using combos). I assumed he was asking if he can run one amp into another.
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:44 pm
by slay
Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:46 pm
by croninburg
slay wrote:Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Epiphone Valve Jr
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:02 pm
by slay
croninburg wrote:slay wrote:Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Epiphone Valve Jr

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:50 pm
by UNGODLIKE
Pfl?yd wrote:False_Prophet wrote:you can A/B them
Only if you are using separate cabs (or are using combos). I assumed he was asking if he can run one amp into another.
i used to play a guitar through a fender princeton 112 w/a jack labeled "preamp out" which i pluged a 1/4" cable from that to the input jack of my marshall jcm 800 amp head which was hooked up to a peavey cab and it worked just fine

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:15 pm
by Pfl?yd
UNGODLIKE wrote:Pfl?yd wrote:False_Prophet wrote:you can A/B them
Only if you are using separate cabs (or are using combos). I assumed he was asking if he can run one amp into another.
i used to play a guitar through a fender princeton 112 w/a jack labeled "preamp out" which i pluged a 1/4" cable from that to the input jack of my marshall jcm 800 amp head which was hooked up to a peavey cab and it worked just fine

As long as the preamp out defeats the connection to the power amp and stops the power amp from sending a load to the speaker it'll work swimmingly. Of course half the allure of tube amps is the preamp section slamming the power amp and rectifier tubes.
101 needs to be more specific about what he would seek to accomplish. When I think of master/slave relationships I think more of DAW or MIDI equipment.
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:53 am
by ~101 From Hell~
slay wrote:croninburg wrote:slay wrote:Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Epiphone Valve Jr

funny. im actually in a band that plays quite a few shows. and i dont even have a basement. so eat a shit filled sack.
thanks to everyone else that actually helped. i picked up an A/B switch the other day, 2 heads are definitely better than 1. I'm thinking about possiblyl picking up a 3rd....
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:41 am
by Cheyenne fucking Buffet
~101 From Hell~ wrote:slay wrote:croninburg wrote:slay wrote:Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Epiphone Valve Jr

funny. im actually in a band that plays quite a few shows. and i dont even have a basement. so eat a shit filled sack.
You're quite stupid. It appears he wasn't even talking to you, he was looking for advice.
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:21 pm
by croninburg
~101 From Hell~ wrote:slay wrote:croninburg wrote:slay wrote:Acid Flashbakc wrote:slay wrote:is it worth having a tube amp if 95% of your playing is in your basment at low volumes?
for the tone, yes. only problem is that youll need a low-watt amp so you can get the cranked sound of tubes without having the volume of a stack.
i see.. any reccomendations? Peavey valve king 112?
needs to be on the cheaper end of things
Epiphone Valve Jr

funny. im actually in a band that plays quite a few shows. and i dont even have a basement. so eat a shit filled sack.
thanks to everyone else that actually helped. i picked up an A/B switch the other day, 2 heads are definitely better than 1. I'm thinking about possiblyl picking up a 3rd....
Your band sucks donkey cock

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:26 pm
by ~101 From Hell~
awesome, im glad im on a super cool forum with a bunch of fucking assholes.
thanks to everyone for being a huge douchebag.

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:53 pm
by goshuaspenis
blackstar 5 watt tube head and cab, at least my friends tell me so
puts your dirty mother to shame

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:35 pm
by croninburg
goshuaspenis wrote:blackstar 5 watt tube head and cab, at least my friends tell me so
puts your dirty mother to shame

Sounds similar to a valve jr. I have one of these:

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:47 am
by Acid Flashbakc
Zvex (one of my favorite effect companies/producers) makes a tube amp called the nano-head which is one-half watt and can be plugged into any 8 or 16 ohm cab.
http://zvexamps.com/amp_view.html
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:46 pm
by croninburg
Their probe pedals look amazing

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:39 am
by AoD
your mom pedals probes