What type of amp do you use?

[Spitfire]

Im just wanting to see how the forum goes on this, id expect it to be very valve heavy as the whole point of this forum is for people who spend more for a premium product to improve tone.

EDIT, i have noticed i put Hybrud.. :p oops

[Twinfan]

Did you have to ask what I would vote?  ;)

[donovan.x]

My amp life cycle has been thus; Solidstate(Marshall 80/80 and such) Valve (Fender DeVille, Marshall DSL50, etc.) Amp moddeling software and computer based stuff and now back to valve.
I think if your circumstances allow for it then you just cant beat it for tone.

I spent the whole time when using Line 6 stuff with the thought of getting a 'real' amp again and it was a thought that never went away and now http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16353.0 I am happy again, I dont think I will stop using the moddeling software though as when it comes to recording it can be very useful.

[Stevepage]

Just using a Line 6 Pod XT Live.

Did use valve amps for years untill recently.

[ailean]

My first 2 amps were a MicroCube (still got it) and a Peavey Rage 258 (or something like that).

I remember getting my first valve amp home (Peavey Valveking 112) and trying it out. It was definately a WOW! moment. I just didn't get to hear the definition in the shop, so it was such a nice surprise to hear it at home.

[ToneMonkey]

Vox Valvetronix.  There just isn't space for anything bigger in my house.  Does everything I need for front room twiddling.

Infact it takes up too much room and I've been thinking about trading it for a nice little 5W or under tube amp.  Might consider building one if I can find a kit cheap enough.  I'm seriously considering slimming down the axe collection to one acoustic and my Eggle (and one future project - which I'll have to sell the Eggle to fund)

[shaman]

valve man all the way-one of my amps has 6 power tubes!(Boogie Coliseum-a John Sykes fave...)man, I hate retubing that beast!

[Fourth Feline]

I own and enjoy both - depending largely on the type of music being presented - and of course portability if that is an issue.

However, just now for straight Jazz , It is a solid state AAD Cub 100 - who's warmth and general tone sounds anything but flat, not only due to ( what must be ) an almost occult choice of circuitry and speakers , but also because that includes a subtle  'soft clipping' feature. Someone else on this forum has a Phil Jones 'Briefcase' amp for his Bass guitar - and seems equally impressed with the Phil Jones / AAD series.

In the same vein,  the Roland Cube 60 is a very popular / affordable Jazz amp.  Here the priorities are not only getting intrinsicly warm yet precise tone - but also portability with a surprising amount of volume ( with tone ) on tap if needed.  I gather the AER amps, Henrickson, Clark and JazzKat series are popular, as always where the ubiquitous Polytone,  Roland JC120 - and now rare Gibson 'Lab' series.

For other styles, the valve amps have been the default workhorses for me so far - and if you would have told me a year ago that I would start to prefer the attributes of certain solid state amps - I probably would have doubted that it could ever have been the case.

Horses for courses, but solid state has really proved worthy of respect in recent times - especially when you can get a decent amount of volume / gorgeous tone out of something less than the size of your usuall home P.C. File server ( including speakers ).

Forgive the repeating of a previously stated fact, but when I saw a video of Joe Pass using the front of house P.A. in a small theatre as his sole amplifier ( no amp modelling, speaker simulation  or effects pedals between )   - the penny dropped for me .

The does not preclude the desirable attributes of valve amps, it just makes the whole situation less 'black and white'.

 

[MDV]

All 3, but my main amp is valve.

[Catalyst77]

Sweet Sweet Valve :)

[yellowv]

Valve. I run a Carvin Legacy. Although a lot of my distorted sounds come from running a Rocktron mAXE SS preamp through the Carvin tube poweramp. Also I will use a GT-8 into the head as well for distortion and effects. So I use both valve and SS really. Although I would like to get a Peavey Rockmaster preamp so I can keep my brutal distortion all tube.

[Oli]

All valve in the Klipp/superlead, and mostly valve in the ADA MP1 (there's a solid-state buffer just after the input).

[AdamB]

Valve!

Egnater Mod 50

[_tom_]

Valve of course :) I have a solid state amp and amplitube 2, but neither get as much use as the valve amps except when I'm at uni. However next year I should be bringing my HT5 and a 1x12 to uni (provided I like the HT5) so hopefully no more modelling for me!

[Twaddlefish]

One of those, except it's 100W full valve, handwired with a Hammond Spring Reverb in, made in the late 60s into a Slash signature 4x12. Less than 400 pounds for both, including repairs to the head.