Works Tube Amplifier
January 12th, 2009
Works Tube Amplifier
Distortion pedals with tube amps?
How would a high-gain distortion pedal for guitar work on a tube amp? I've heard they work better on solid state amplifiers, but I'm not sure. Just looking for a good metal tone.
Hello there,
I don't know why a distortion pedal would not work with a tube amp. I had my first distortion pedal back in 1968 or 69. I got my first solid state amp nearly 20 years later, Maybe that person who told you that was referring to some particular pedal or, more likely, just did not know what they were talking about. Jimi Hendrix used distortion through this Marshall tube amp. So has a great many guitarists since.
The overdrive pedals are designed to sort of give you a tube effect with solid state by trying to duplicate the clipping effect of an over-driven tube amp.
If you have a tube amp, about any distortion pedal I can think of will sound fine with it.If you are considering whether to buy a tube amp there is a lot more to consider than just whether a distortion pedal works with it. I have played tube amps a long time and I am very fond of them. But I do play some on solid state. I currently like the B-52 solid state amp. It works quite well with distortion. I love vintage tubes, but still play some other amps on occasion. I also believe that tube amps are not for everyone, especially newer players who not have the experience level to give the tube amp proper care and maintenance.
Frankly, I think your speakers have as much to do with the quality of your sound with distortion as does the question between tube or solid state.
later,
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