That sweet valve/tube amp sound

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Escribano

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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

That sweet valve/tube amp sound

Been looking for a cheap all-valve amp for my Strat and found a Fender Excelsior on eBay just down the road, so I will be picking it up soon.

Anyway, one of the guys reviewing the amp on YouTube also posted a performance using the amp live. I was quite taken with the sound and also these guys' combo. The guitar work and vocals are quite beautifully measured.

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Pgh_flamenco

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From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (in reply to Escribano)

Congratulations on your purchase, Simon. I'm a big fan of tube amps and own a hybrid modeling amp that has one 12ax7 and two 6L6's.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 13 2013 18:35:11

Arash

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From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (in reply to Escribano)

just watched this german review and its seams that it has a fantastic price performance ratio (i assume you paid something around 150 pounds for a used one?) and interesting sound colors which you can achieve simply through those 3 different inputs (one is accordion ;) and the volume knob (simply more compression/distortion with higher volume)...... The design is "interesting" :)

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Escribano

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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (in reply to Arash)

quote:

i assume you paid something around 150 pounds for a used one?

A bit more than that, but there are none for sale in the UK at a sensible price and it is discontinued, so I think I did ok. Haven't got it yet but I will be upgrading the tubes and speaker and installing a proper tone pot.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 13 2013 20:30:01

tri7/5

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RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (in reply to Escribano)

Forget the digital modeling amps... tewwwwwwbs are where it's at! I don't care how high the fidelity goes in the digital world, never will it match a saturated tube tone.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 13 2013 23:38:21

Escribano

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From: England, living in Italy

RE: That sweet valve/tube amp sound (in reply to tri7/5)

I picked it up today and got lucky. Just over a year old, unmarked and boxed. He had already swapped in a matched pair of ECC83 tubes which saves me £20 and as it was a pickup, there were no shipping costs.

So far, very happy. The 15inch speaker helps with the low end and the tube sound is very warm after my Line6.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 15 2013 13:32:19