A word of caution about tube amps

[charvel750]

His amp may be fine after all these years but the tubes will run down prematurely if you power up in full play mode. The power tubes especially need a warm up period, not allowing for that you will quickly lose the tube's ability to perform to full potential.

[emperor_black]

yeah, I know. I do keep telling him to let it warm up a bit, but he never listens. But the point is that you can do all sort of "dont's" and still get a lot of life out of newer tube-amps and get away with it. But bringing 'em up without speakers attached is a big no-no.

[gregthatshreds]

There's nothing like hearing a distorted channel on a tube amp power up!