Re:Designing a guitar with hot-swappable pickups
by robbiex88 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:38PM
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"...I've heard that solid state amps are used in metal more commonly because they have a different tone"
Partially false. The general trend in metal has gravitated towards tube amp distortion (and digital modeling of it) precisely because of the different tone and responses vs solid state amps.
As a guitarist there's a certain response you get with a tube amp vs digital and solid state.
As an HN reader, I struggle to describe and quantify this quality besides the generic descriptors of 'response' and 'feel'.
Partially false. The general trend in metal has gravitated towards tube amp distortion (and digital modeling of it) precisely because of the different tone and responses vs solid state amps.
As a guitarist there's a certain response you get with a tube amp vs digital and solid state.
As an HN reader, I struggle to describe and quantify this quality besides the generic descriptors of 'response' and 'feel'.