vocalist turns on guitar amp

hey, im a newby when it comes to equipment and knowing whats "good" or bad".

ive had all the normal training you get from college as a music major, but they never got into details about solid state amps vs. tube, ect.

I recently bought a fender deluxe DSP 90.

its a 112, but as you all may know fender's are known for their clean chanels as well as being loud as hell.

i see nothing wrong with this amp but some of my guitar player friends (i am mainly a singer) tell me fender solid staes are peices of crap.

is this true? if so why does it sound fine to me?

i kind of have the ikpression that diff types of amps, guitars, and effects are for diff styles of music. like a garage punk band might not want to use a parker fly guitar if they are looking for authentic punk sounds.

someone give me your 411 on this topic.
should i toss the amp and go tube for double the money?

~Rj

[font=trebuchet ms]It's all about [u]TONE[/u]. And since that's entirely subjective, there are as many 'right' answers as there are people.

If you like what you hear, you're good to go. As you become more familiar with guitar, your tastes may change. I've spent 37 years, and thousands of dollars in my pursuit of tone, and I've almost got what I'm after. But then, I'm not easy to please, and I hear things that most people miss.[/font]

thank you guys!

any tips on what styles are generaly played through a solid state amp?

Any style can be played thru any amp. But Lord's got it right...it's about TONE. I have two amps...a Marshall with a tube pre-amp, and a solid state Fender Deluxe 900. The difference is night and day, BUT they both have their good qualities. The Marshall is definitely a little crisper, but the Fender has "timbre" settings that can change the sound qualities of the amp. I can slave the two amps together, so I have the best of both worlds.

Originally Posted by: rockjamesthank you guys!

any tips on what styles are generaly played through a solid state amp?

Generally solid states, to most guitarists, don't have a convincing sounding distortion, therefore they use the clean channel on it. If you're gonna be using the clean channel, you might be playing a number of styles - jazz, blues, reggae, country, surf...

Then again, there are some guitarists that actually prefer solid state distortion, it tends to have a very scorching death metal distortion (too heavy for me...). I believe Pantera used solid-state amps (or some band of the genre...)

Once again, experiment! See what [U]you[/U] like!