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You ever contact him and tell him that?
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Ha, no! But I bet I'm not the only one who does that.
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Another line of research worth investigating is Nu Tube. Remember the early calculators that had silver-blue glowing display digits? Those are vacuum fluorescent tubes; actual miniature tubes. https://www.korgnutube.com/en#:~:tex...0Noritake%20Co. So you get the sound of tubes without the heat, weight, bulk, etc.
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I was too young to actually do anything useful with them, but I took a few of them apart and was surprised to see tiny tubes that actually were used in the electronics. These pre-dated the transistor by a few years. The tubes were about an inch long and the diameter of a pencil. I remember mine were "Zenith Royals" as shown in THIS historical hearing aid article. Last edited by Rudy4; 03-22-2024 at 08:07 AM. |
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Yes, that's like the ones I remember. The article about the hearing aids says they used a 45 volt battery. That might be difficult to find now...
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I have two nice tube amps that I think sound great. When I play electric it is typically clean or edge of breakup.
That said they mostly collect dust with my Fractal stuff around the house. With presets and the ability to just flip a switch and be consistent it is so much easier to just pick up the guitar and play with a tone that I like. Ironically enough I learned a heck of a lot about how to adjust my real tube amps for a tone I like from the fractal and fractal forums. |
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https://voxamps.com/type/nutube/
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Vox was on this path, but isn’t now. Their original modeling line used a miniature tube in a hybrid circuit, which they called “valve reactor” or “VR.” This was the Valvetronix series available as heads, combos, console, and pedalboard. All these were long before the KORG/Noritake NuTube. To access all the models required a complicated control interface. But if you just wanted that valve reactor circuit to replicate an AC15 or AC30, and not a lot of cluttered controls, they offered the VR30. Great idea, ugly execution. Later they did the same idea but with much better AC__ styling; this was the AC30VR. Now with NuTube, they offer no equivalent product. Yet. But they do offer a FUNCTIONAL equivalent, two actually, the Cambridge and the Clubman. Neither has traditional styling. But you might check out the Super Beetle. (Edit: I see perttime has made the same suggestion, in a less-wordy post.) I’m over lugging heavy combo amps to gigs. I play guitar and keys in a rock band, and bass (and some mandolin) in a country dance band. For the rock band I use a Super Beetle head, line out direct to the PA, and I leave the speaker cab home . I like the MV50’s size but the Super Beetle has reverb and better EQ so I put up with the silly box. I also own an MV50AC. I use it as the bass head in my other band. My ideal would be a small modeling console like the original Valvetronix desktop, but with the VR circuit updated to NuTube. Or a Cambridge head. But neither is offered.
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I looked up the NuTube years ago, I did not find anything desirable about them electrically. A full tube lineup is not heavy, the iron is. With all this weight hanging off the chassis, it has to be heavier also. I have made a Bassman styled amp with a 12" speaker and seem to remember it coming in at 26 lbs. Although I am going to go with a chassis a little thicker than the one shown it should not add up more than half a lb.
This one also has a Tweed Deluxe sized cabinet, a laptop power supply to feed it and a high voltage switcher to make the tubes happy. Using 6V6 tubes (actually 12V6, they were designed for car radios) an output transformer that weighs 2 lbs, I'll take the weight penalty. I also look out for light pieces of pine to make the cabinet out of. A half lb here, a half there, it all starts to add up. The amp will make 15-20W, the same as a Fender Deluxe. No need for more with these ears, trying to save what I have left. I did plug the amp into a 4X12 with 100 dB speakers, the poor living room never knew what hit it.
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What guitarist doesn't have a bunch of 9 volts sitting around? [EDIT] It seems B cells are readily available at Lowes and Amazon for about $30. |
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I play through (and enjoy) a 5/3 watt Champ sorta clone, a Vox MV50AC "nanotube" mini amp, Fender Super Champ X2, Positive Grid Spark and Spark GO modeling amps, a Boss Acoustic Singer Live, and a Blackstar Super Fly. They all have their place and do very well within it.
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