What's the thing with tube amps and why do people like it?

[toejam]

They sure didn't sound bad. I've still got my 8240 stereo chorus 2x12 as my living room rig. Bought it new around '93 from MF and it's still going strong!

[Grim]

The second interview I quoted from there is from the making of Individual Thought Patterns, 1993.

" I originally wanted to record Individual Thought Patterns with all rack equipment. I had an ADA MP-1, but when we tried to get guitar tones, I couldn't find anything I liked. Our producer, Scott Burns, recommended the new Marshall ValveState, so I tried it and thought it sounded phenomenal"

Well, fuck me sideways. He did use Randalls though! Part of my post is still valid!

[Grim]

"Well, I really have a simple set up. I've been playing the B.C.Rich Stealth for years now. I have three of them, one is a custom black one that is my main stage guitar, one is an emerald green that is really beautiful, and an old one that I recently stripped down. They all have a fixed bridge and one Dimarzio X2N pickup which is a key to my sound. My amp is a Marshall Valvestate head and cabinet, that's about it. I don't use effects except for a little chorus on my leads, I really like a basic setup."

From http://www.emptywords.org/Pit06-99.htm

And:
"Our producer, Scott Burns, recommended the new Marshall ValveState, so I tried it and thought it sounded phenomenal --especially with a little chorus. Now I use the Marshall all the time, a B.C. Rich Custom guitar, and only a few extra effects."

From http://www.emptywords.org/GuitarSchool09-1993.htm

You know the CS warrior I have coming right? It's tribute based on Chuck's Stealths with a few improvements. I even am getting CS on the truss rod cover.

Alder body, maple NT, TOM, single X2N, Single volume, Ebony fingerboard, MOP diamond inlays, white binding on neck and headstock, reversed headstock, MOP logo, chrome hardware and of course, black.

should kick ass. I can't wait. I will hopefully sell my Horizon after it comes because I am not playing in B standard or dropped b anymore (and I don't even like that guitar. It sounds horrible acoustically and doesn't intonate very well. Mind you, it does sound awesome with the EMGs, but if you're going to polish a turd, EMGs are a good place to start.). I will likely tune this warrior to D, and put my MAH down in C#.

[akoch]

Well, I will do my best to describe.

You ate real wild strawberry or sour cherry? It did taste delicious, did not it?

Now, it is hard to get, and expensive to gather in any meaningful quantities, so it is largely inaccessible for majority. But it is possible to try to use artificial flavours, genetic engineering, something else to approximate the taste, or make it even look larger and nicer.

And guess what, some folks will take the big, nice and affordable strawberries. And they will even prove that these taste the same or even better, in a way they won't be wrong. Others crave for the small hard to get and delicious forest ones. Go figure

[MartinBarre]

You know the CS warrior I have coming right? It's tribute based on Chuck's Stealths with a few improvements. I even am getting CS on the truss rod cover.

Alder body, maple NT, TOM, single X2N, Single volume, Ebony fingerboard, MOP diamond inlays, white binding on neck and headstock, reversed headstock, MOP logo, chrome hardware and of course, black.

should kick ass. I can't wait. I will hopefully sell my Horizon after it comes because I am not playing in B standard or dropped b anymore (and I don't even like that guitar. It sounds horrible acoustically and doesn't intonate very well. Mind you, it does sound awesome with the EMGs, but if you're going to polish a turd, EMGs are a good place to start.). I will likely tune this warrior to D, and put my MAH down in C#.

That does sound pretty awesome. Not a guitar I'd want myself, since that kind of uber-pointy axe doesn't go with my receding hairline, but awesome nonetheless.

[tonemonster]

Tubes baby. tubes.

[Chad]

I remember in the mid-90s there were a crop of popular players (of that time) using primarily solid state: Dimebag Darrel, Tommy Victor, Chuck Schuldiner, J. Yuenger, etc. They all made them work rather well in their context.