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(@jminor)
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for starters, I have practically no experience with acoustic amps... so please excuse my ignorance

Is there any advantage of a tube acoustic amp over a ss acoustic amp when you are only trying to amplify the acoustic as cleanly and uncoloured as possible ?? (ie. no overdrive, no distortion etc.. just a clean acoustic tone, but louder)

I understand tube saturation and such with electric guitars and tube amps, but I personally can't see the benefit of a tube acoustic amp... The sound should be as clean as possible... right, so could a ss do the job as well, or better, than a tube amp?
what are the advantages and disadvantages of either ???

Any thoughts/experiences ??

J

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(@ricochet)
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I love anything with tubes in it, but you're exactly right that there's nothing to be gained practically by using them when you're only looking for clean sound reproduction.

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