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Adding Tube Warmth to Soiled State Amps


skidder652003

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Warm soiled state?  💩

As per the other thread, digital modelling can accurately emulate a valve pre.  The only part that can't be replicated is a valve power stage.  It's hard to get the bounce of KT88s or 6550s digitally.

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I've just shuffled my living room about, having put a load of Orange/Matamp/Crown/Marshall up on the Bay (usual idiot timewasters....)

I'm now down to my very own personal sound choice:

2x Barefaced Dubsters powered by a 300 (1970?)(Mathias) Matamp slave (KT120 x4)

2x Mackie C200 tops powered by a 120 (1969) OrangeMatamp (EL34 x 4)

1x Focusrite Compounder

1x Generic frequency splitter

1x Numark CDN77 twin cd deck

1x Denon DNX500 preamp/mixer

Nothing 'solid state even comes close ...... this set's a Keeper.........I'm playing Joe Gibbs (reggae) as I type

I think I'm in love...........

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3 hours ago, Cato said:

I seem to recall that you found a soiled state Hi Watt in your vegetable patch or did I dream that one?

Here it is, indeed, in its literally soiled state :$ ...

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... and here's what it started life as (this is one I acquired later, and is our bass amp...)...

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Loads of pre-amp options... some good suggestions so far.

I'll dive in with tube-loaded Two Notes Le Bass or Darkglass' solid-state range which all sound awesome with varying degrees of grit. Sensing for this OP the Vintage Ultra being the most appropriate.

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