All this talk of clipping tubes and solid state amps makes me think of the many experiments performed at the music store I worked at a while back. Of course we had to try every piece of gear out to make sure that it worked. Guitars, amps, speakers, whatever. There are companies making very complex, very high-end gear. I always found it amusing when people would come in looking for a pedal to give them a specific sound. At the time I was there Rage Against the Machine was very popular, and a lot of the young kids would ask what pedal he used to get his distortion. I had to tell them that he just turned up a tube amp. At which point I got the strangest look from all the 13 year olds wanting to sound like Tim C. The only way to explain was to crank up a tube amp, and play the crap out of it. A lot of what is being done now is refining what was done in the 60's with tube amps. Speaker cabinet design has been using old ideas as well. There is a company making transmission line enclosures as bass guitar amps. They are supposed to be flat. I didn't have any way to test that, but they were very good for certain kinds of rigs, and handled TONS of power. I had 1600 watts RMS through a cab rated at 400 RMS. As for a hybrid designs using tube pre-amps and solid state power, they can be very good sounding. It still isn't the same sound as having power amp tubes to drive to clipping. But in most situations the only person that will notice is the person playing through it. If they even hear it at all. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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