Blackstar v. Marshall

[Nitro Express]

I've heard some tube amps that have sounded awful and I have heard some solid state amps that sound great. Some of the solid state amps today are so good I don't think most people could tell the difference sound wise.

The problem with solid state for me is the feel and response. You don't have the sponginess of a tube amp. The whole system you are playing through changes with solid state. They have done a nice job of making them sound rounder and fuller but they just don't react with the strings and speakers like a tube job does.

[ashstralia]

also agree with jackassrock. the pickup thing is an important part of the equation too...realizing that different musical styles naturally call for different harmonic responses/attack/eq etc. for the highly compressed very gainy shreddy sound of the 80's 90's i found the vs series hard to beat. (sheer value for money, too!) you wouldn't take one to a blues jam though.

[Nitro Express]

also agree with jackassrock. the pickup thing is an important part of the equation too...realizing that different musical styles naturally call for different harmonic responses/attack/eq etc. for the highly compressed very gainy shreddy sound of the 80's 90's i found the vs series hard to beat. (sheer value for money, too!) you wouldn't take one to a blues jam though.

Very much so. On my bass I have a low impedance pickup wired through a variable switching transformer. I can eliminate a whole bunch of preamp settings and effects just on how I have my pickup set. A lot of people think it has active electronics but it's just a good pickup where the impedance can be changed. It goes from real mellow to a real cool overdriven sound.

[ashstralia]

interesting nitro. there's a whole other thread in that, which i'm sure already exists, but it's nice not having gar fuck 'em all up now. i've got emg's in my j bass; two active singles and a massive lump of wood sounds god-like. but that's bass, where cleanish loud and low is the order of the day.

anyway, back on topic......... yeah!!!!! blackstar's ROCK!!!!!
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