I'm guessing a 10watt tube amp is alot louder than a solid state 10watt amp ?
"I've also played an arena show with 17,000 people using a 6 watt amp (miced of course). "
With a 6 watt tube amp wouldnt the quality not be that good or would it still be profesional quailty ?
My friends solid state amp is 10watts and i can turn it up to volume 10 and its not too loud but is really bad quality.
So basically i want to know if you really can get an amazing sound out of a small tube amp because it sounds like a big tube amp like the 5150II that i want to get would be far to loud for my house !
Do any small tube amps have the same gain and quality as a 5150, mesa or ENGL powerball ?
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.