Mark,
You are exactly correct. Many hours of research has been put into
designs of tube audio and guitar amps just for adding the required
distortion. The largest and most popular bands will not have nothing but
tubes to get the sound created by distortion. Heck, they have the foot
pedals for this very purpose, turning up and down the feedback. If folks
heard the actual music or the singer, or band, they wouldn't be so
"popular"! Marshall, Fender, and others have big write ups just about
this very subject to promote sales.
Will Matney
That's very true. Tube amps are actually "dirtier" than agood SS amp,
and THATS what puts the "personality" into the sound. Its especially
true in single ended or push-pull guitar amplifiers, its a lot of where
the "tone" comes from, and a lot comes from the effect the back emf of
the speaker voice coil/magnet has on the tube output stage via the
output transformer.
Mark WB8JKR
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