By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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well said hairbndrckr. Sambob, the fact that u say that angelo's music is boring after u have heard no boundries is only a personal opinion and malmasteen may be able to play fast in "fury", which btw i thought was actually derek playing that solo !! Angelo can play fast for well over half a minute which he demonstrates in "full force" which i think is a better example of good shredding. Anyway , i have talked to angelo and he is a cool guy too :)
