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The Ace
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The Ace
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 11/27/03
Posts: 802
01/01/2004 10:16 pm
Ok guys..... I've been thinking of getting a real bonafide tube amp for awhile, but simply don't have the cash. Right now I have a crate 30 watt (GFX i think)..... that has distortion that sounds really crummy. Wat I've done is bought an RP200 by digitech, and I am satisfied with it, but I would like to experience using real tubes and such, at a low cost. What I am not looking for is a huge dream rig, with giant stacks. Even a 20 watt or 10 would work for me, if i cud mike it. But I havent found an amp that has that low power, and the real crankin tone. I've also herd talk of the variac, but I don't know much about it, just that Randy Rhoads used it and it has somthing to do with power. Lordathestrings, I heard ur the expert on this, any suggestions? (I mean from ne1)

thanx


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