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Original message:204 days 22 hours 54 minutes ago

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I own a Roland Cube30, and I enjoy the sound of it, but I am wanting to get into more of a tube sound as well. Is it better to buy a tube pedal, such as a Seymour Duncan, or Womanizer pedal or do I need to just fork over the dough and buy a tube amp? I don't play out anywhere at the moment, and I am about to buy a new Apple Imac for recording, etc. or a new Zoom standalone. I am a player with different musical ajendas and genres in mind, so I need something very Versatile, hence the Roland Cube30.

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Reply:204 days 22 hours 22 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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Well, if you have the cash, you're better off buying a tube amp. But if you don't go that route, you have options. First of all, the COSM amp models aren't all that great. But the JC120 model is outstanding. I bought my Roland Cube 30 for the clean channel alone. Personally, I bypass the preamp and run either my multiFX straight into the aux input or I can put my Mesa V-Twin into the aux input to get some tube tone. It works well in that configuration. The Cube 30 is a great little power-amp/speaker setup, especially with the closed back and bass port. You can feel the lows with that thing.

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Reply:204 days 22 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: shanejohnson2002

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The V-Twin is a great pedal. Don't expect a dual rectifier in a pedal, though.

My new personal favorite is my Keeley collection: TS-9 Plus, DS-1 Ultra, MT-2 Twilight Zone, ad BD-2 Phat. They're just stock boss / ibanez pedals that have been gutted and re-wired to sound better than the originals. And they're not ridiculously expensive (about 130 USD average).

Here's his website:
www.robertkeeley.com

Be sure to check out the clips and samples he has on there.

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Reply:203 days 5 hours 2 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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Agreed, the v-twin will not give you a recto tone. I believe that dimond plating and the mesa description is misleading. However it is a preamp, and it does give a solid-state amp some creamy blues tone and mild distortion. You can hear the difference. And the thing is built like a tank to boot!

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Reply:204 days 21 hours 18 minutes ago
Member: Hackbastard

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I have tried to get that warm vintage tone of a tube amp using pedals etc. to replicate it with a solid state amp . It does not work . You can spend a lot of money and time trying though . Solid state does a great job with distortion , but not warm tube overdriven breakup . It is sort like trying to get a close up picture of the sunset .

If you want solid state maintenance free with about as close as you can get the Roland BC60 is a good choice . They have since stopped making this amp so you would have to buy used , probably about 250 . Still not going to have genuine tube sound . There is a valid reason tube amps are still being made and cost as much as they do even with the hassle of having to replace tubes and bias the amp after .

I was able to buy my Peavey classic 50 w/footswitch and cover for 300 used , plus it needed new tubes in the power amp . I opted to retube the whole thing with a set from , http://www.eurotubes.com/ , for about $81 including shipping . The peavey C50 is a fixed biased amp so there is no adjustment required .

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Reply:204 days 20 hours 31 minutes ago
Member: eds1275

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Anyone heard of Blackheart amps? they run about $300 canadian. They're pretty rad little tube amps. CHeck them out.

Reply:201 days 2 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: frumsapap

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I just purchased the Ibanez Tube King TK999HT, respectively. If anyone has not heard this pedal stop wjat you are doing and go check one out! It has a bluesy jazz tone all the way to beautiful, unbridaled metal distortion. It is a reissue of the old one. It sounds very nice with a solid state amp. I tried it out at the music store, which had a Roland Cube 30 sitting there, and it is wondermous. It has a presence switch, an equalizer, a void knob that adjusts your noise gate. It also has a 12AX7 tube, to push whatever amp your using. I bought it for about $150. I can not wait to take this baby home and open her up!!!
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