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Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa
if you own one of the Beatle guitars and an EL84 amp you owe it to yourself to try a set of flats - one of the iconic tones of rock, and greatly underappreciated in an era when tube amps are too often thought of in terms of massive amounts of gain and distortion...
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I share your reverence for flatwounds and single-ended tube amps, but don't paint current trends with too broad a brush. The mega-distortion guys are all using bi- and tri-amped SS modeling rigs these days. But bands like the Black Keys, Temples, Jack White, Shakey Graves, etc. are using vintage and classic gear, because they share our appreciation for those vintage and classic tones. (Some of) the kids are alright!