Do Valves make pedals better? The debate.

[Saul Goodman]

 

[django49]

The tube alone is not the answer. Depends on how it is used. Duh!

At risk of being redundant, check out such as the Tone King PREAMP pedals (note that a third one, this time a Vox take, is about to drop). They are the full  TUBE preamp from their high end combo amps....Great sounding and very versatile. As I get older, smaller and lighter but still the full tone package, is a nice alternative.

Once more, the Effectrode Blackbird is also an excellent option.....Assuming you like that cascading gain sorta thing.....

[HamerHokie]

28 minutes ago, django49 said:

The tube alone is not the answer. Depends on how it is used. Duh!

At risk of being redundant, check out such as the Tone King PREAMP pedals (note that a third one, this time a Vox take, is about to drop). They are the full  TUBE preamp from their high end combo amps....Great sounding and very versatile. As I get older, smaller and lighter but still the full tone package, is a nice alternative.

Once more, the Effectrode Blackbird is also an excellent option.....Assuming you like that cascading gain sorta thing.....

As these Tone King pedals are rather expensive, the concept begins to converge with the Synergy approach.  At some point you ask yourself: which is better for you - pedals on the floor, or modules in a head?

The Tubesteader pedals are cheaper so it makes the decision easier, but those Synergy modules sound GREAT. If the Synergy preamp head was cheaper I'd go that route in a heartbeat - one Morgan module and one Marshall JMP module.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by HamerHokie

[Saul Goodman]

1 hour ago, HamerHokie said:

As these Tone King pedals are rather expensive, the concept begins to converge with the Synergy approach.  At some point you ask yourself: which is better for you - pedals on the floor, or modules in a head?

The Tubesteader pedals are cheaper so it makes the decision easier, but those Synergy modules sound GREAT. If the Synergy preamp head was cheaper I'd go that route in a heartbeat - one Morgan module and one Marshall JMP module.

 

Which Morgan would you go with?

[HamerHokie]

30 minutes ago, Saul Goodman said:

Which Morgan would you go with?

The Morgan AC.  My ideal setup is an AC channel and a Plexi channel.

[Saul Goodman]

32 minutes ago, HamerHokie said:

The Morgan AC.  My ideal setup is an AC channel and a Plexi channel.

I have the Neural Morgan Suite. It has the AC20. Nice amp.

[django49]

Yep.....The Tone King and Synergy products all trace back to the same folks, so they work much the same. It is pretty much a choice of which fits your needs better. For me,  I like the idea of having the preamp on a portable format board. And board mountable power amps work well, IMO. Of course the board becomes bigger if expanded to have more than one such preamp.😉

The Tubesteader tube pedals are also good AND less costly, but (IMO at least) not nearly as versatile. Still, if a person wanted multiple preamps on one board (like Dumble, Marshall, Tweed), they take up less real estate.

One of  these days I need to sort thru all this stuff and offload the extras......🤔

[Dave Scepter]

Do Valves make pedals better?

 

NO!

[RobB]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

Do Valves make pedals better?

 

NO!

Church! So sick of the pussification of, “tube tone.” All of the modern replications cannot replace the sound of cranking your shit UP. 

[Saul Goodman]

3 minutes ago, RobB said:

Church! So sick of the pussification of, “tube tone.” All of the modern replications cannot replace the sound of cranking your shit UP. 

You have valves in your heart, Dude. This is why it makes matter.