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In Reply to: Re: push-pull triode vs single ended triode posted by Oscillatus on July 26, 2002 at 01:53:40:
Osc,I know that guitar amps are crude, in design, to a lot of hi-fi amps---but some of the greatest, Bluesiest, fuzzed out, warmest songs were done on push-pull amps.
All Marshalls are push-pull. The Fender Deluxe, Tremolux, Pro, VibroVerb, Bassman are push-pull. All Ampegs are push-pull. All Mesa Boogies are too. All the Stones and Beatles early songs were on p-p Voxes.
Some of the greatest songs were recorded on these amps. Believe me, I can't even think of a solid-state guitar amp which comes close to the tonal range of these great p-p amps.
And they used EL34, 6L6GC, 5881, KT-66, KT-88, EL84, 6V6GT tubes. Really whatever was available.
So, I think that tubes, even in the p-p topology, are more amenable to VOICING, than their solid state counterparts---at least in the days of these classic amps.
Even today, most recording studios use tube p-p amps or an SET Champ to record. And live work is often done with a tube amp (usually an old Fender or Marshall) through stacks or miked to the house system.
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