Solid State Head!!!!

[fallen2289]

Well, I've been thinking about upgrading out of my old SS amp to a better one, and desert the idea of tube because they are more expensive and MJR doesn't use them, and he has great tone.

I am looking at either Crate or Randall heads. If anyone has had experience with either of these brands for SS heads then please reply.

 

[Horus]

I'm in love with my Line 6 Spider 2. It doesn't get much more solid than that, aside from the HD75, or the Vetta 2. But those burn a hole in your pocket the size (and shape on occasion) of Utah, and cost mad money. The Spider costs like 400 and has to be one of the most flexible amps I've ever used, and owned.

 

[Yngvai X]

I'm in love with my Line 6 Spider 2. It doesn't get much more solid than that, aside from the HD75, or the Vetta 2. But those burn a hole in your pocket the size (and shape on occasion) of Utah, and cost mad money. The Spider costs like 400 and has to be one of the most flexible amps I've ever used, and owned.

I'm a huge Line6 advocate. I think the model you're thinking of is the HD147, thats the one I have, and I tracked all of Distant Tides with it, going direct. The HD75 is part of the Spider II line.

I did also recently purchase two 1x12 Spiders for the music store I teach out of. Great little combos and quite a value for the money (only $200 and you can easily rehearse or do small gigs with it).

 

[Eternal Dragon]

The only thing that shits me off about line6 is that I cant find any schematics on the net, cos I reaaaaaly want to study them so that when I make an amp I'll be more knowlegable on the more modern techniques engineers are using.

 

[Kenneth R.]

haha, wow man, if MJR dont use tube heads then you should not either, .

wow. no comment.

Crate makes fairly decent solid state stuff for the price, so does Peavy. If you want tube, I'd go Marshall. These are of course just my preferences, and I also think tube is better, but not because someone famous uses it

As for Line6, I've always felt they sounded too digital.

 

[NoSoup4you]

Solid state... will NEVER be better than tubes.

Well, maybe in the year 3006.

 

[Horus]

I'm a huge Line6 advocate. I think the model you're thinking of is the HD147, thats the one I have, and I tracked all of Distant Tides with it, going direct. The HD75 is part of the Spider II line.

I did also recently purchase two 1x12 Spiders for the music store I teach out of. Great little combos and quite a value for the money (only $200 and you can easily rehearse or do small gigs with it).

Lol, yeah, the HD75 is what I have! I always mix those two up. The HD147 is just amazing though. Too bad they don't keep one on the floor at Guitar Center anymore. Line 6's are just awesome amps in general.

 

[War_Blade]

I'm Personaly a die hard marshall fan.


I do agree wih the others here though. Tube is the way to go. Save your money and buy a nice amp, you wont regret it.

 

[fallen2289]

The truth is that I have always hated tube distortion. It sounds gritty and not clean like I could get with a $90 Digitech. That's just ,my distortion preference, because I haven't heard any great distortion from an amp. Though tubes do have a better sound, its not so significant that your gonna sound like crap with a good SS. People will know if your a good guitarist by your guitar playing more than how perfectly clean your amp sounds. SS will do for me, at least for now. The price is much higher for tube, and I am still in high school, so I don't really have that type of money. I am not against anyone in this forum, I am just stating my opinion. Thank you for the advice.

 

[War_Blade]

What digitech do you use? distortion factory?

I like the good ol metal zone myself.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I used to have a Marshall VS100 (Valvestate)...I don't know what Valvestate means, but it's probably a fancy term for Solid State. I really liked it a lot. But, I must say...my buddy's Mesa Triple Rectifier blows it out of the water.

 

[Horus]

Nothing beats the Uber distortion of the Line 6 Uber Metal pedal. I dont actually have one, but my faith forever lies now in Line 6 equipment.

 

[War_Blade]

to tell the truth i have only played on a line 6 once.

Know any note worthy guitarists that use them?

 

[Horus]

MIKE ROMEO!!!!

 

[War_Blade]

oh lol, i have only been listening to SX for a few months lol.

Well he pwns, so yea...

 

[RobbM]

I was playing on a Flextone III yesterday and it was by far the worst, most stale sounding amp I have ever heard in my life, and I did play around with the settings (I own a POD so i know my way around the contols) My POD sounds like 100000x better thru my power amp, EQ and a BBE and legacy 2x12, and all of that cost less than that flexIII..Its funny too cause my buddy owns the origional Flextone II 2x12 combo and it rips, and even has enough bottom end for his 7 string..

 

[Babykabob]

tubes = godliness

but for solid state, as mentioned above, Line 6 rules the ss world...I have Flextone II(for backup) and its a great sounding amp...

 

[Anonymous]

I'm a poor bastard.. So anything that makes my guitar sound louder is good in my book.

 

[Kenneth R.]

to tell the truth i have only played on a line 6 once.

Know any note worthy guitarists that use them?

i really hope you're joking. not that you don't know a famous artist who uses them, but that you actually care to form your opinion around it.

 

[fallen2289]

yeah, I use a digitech metal master, which owns for my distortion needs.