Pashare naman ng mga different guitar amps that most bands request on most shows nowadays.
According to one store manager of perfect pitch, there are 3 types: 1) all tube, 2) hybrid (tube preamp & solid-state amp and 3) standard. Tnx.
Sino kausap mo sa Perfect Pitch? Kung yan ang sagot niya sayo...
Re:#3 Actually there is no such thing as 'standard' amp. Maybe he meant
purely solidstate. Pero may dalawa ring klase... DIGITAL AND ANALOG. At sa analog may dalawa ring klase, FET-based and discrete.
Re#2: Sa hybrid may dalawa ring klase... ss-preamp tube power (eg. Fender Champ SE, Marshall Artist 30), and vice versa (eg. Marshall AVT amps, Laney Tubefusion, etc.).
JMO... tube amps are the best way to go if tube maintenance is NOT an issue. You'd blow them every so often when they get banged around or when they get abused... if you bring 'em out for 6-hour shows 3x a week, expect the tubes to wear in 5-6 months. Preamp tubes get microphonic sometimes when the amps get tossed around often. Overheating can also mess with some extra modern features in an amp like MIDI switching and relays. On top of that, you need a tech to rebias your amp every time you have a tube change so you don't die of 470V fed to the tubes.
But in the world of 'maintenance-free' amps are concerned, HIGH-VOLUME Hughes And Kettners are teh win-win. The Attax Series and Tour Reverb Series are almost tube-like, and the nice thing is, they are light, and they sound mean. Mesa meets Marshall IMO. Tech 21 Trademark 300 and Trademark 120 are great too but they can get a little fuzzy. Lab Series L4, L5, L7 and L9 if you want that tube-like fat overdrive you often hear from Fenders. Ask BB King.
If you want Fender, try the Fender Stage 185 red knob series. Marshall MOSFET Lead 100s are also great if you want that old JCM800 sound only a little fuzzier.
Digital amps... Hmmm. I think my vote goes to Yamaha DG-100 212, Rocktron Replitone and Vox AD120VTX (the older blue-colored model). Line 6 Spiders are c**p compared to those previously mentioned.
If I had a heavily-rented sound system that goes remote so often, I'd get 4 half-stacks of H&K Tour Reverb or Attax 200/Attax 100s. Maybe Lab Series L5 to cover Fender sounds...