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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ahhh, even if that was about 60 notes a second .. i didnt sound good. I'm sure i could make that kind of noise on my guitar just by smashing all the strings. Or as azrael said.. by dropping it down the stairs :)
