
ibanez4life SZ!
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Hey guys,
Kind of a different question that usual, but I'm sure a bunch of you have some experience in this sense, so I'd really appreciate the insight.
I've been playing an Axe FX through a pair of studio monitors for a few years now. I've gotten some great use and tone from it, though I've been missing the tube amp liveliness and response for a while now. This isn't meant to be a 'tube vs. digital' argument...both are fantastic ways to get sounds, but IMO, the tube amps still have an upper hand in the feel department, that gives playing something extra special.
I'm recently married, and we just settled down in our new house, where I have a room dedicated to my guitar stuff. I had planned on switching to a tube amp once we got to this house, but I'm starting to have second thoughts on it. I now work 5 days a week, and don't get home till after 6PM, so my playing is confined to later hours. We also want kids, so there is also the consideration of little ones sometimes in the relatively near future.
So, to bring it all together- how do you guys work with tube amps in a family home environment? Are you able to get the volume low enough to work around restrained hours and not disturbing family members? I remember the volume jump in most tube amps between quiet and choked to blaring loud being essentially inexistent.
Given all this, Im beginning to think that staying digital may be the best way to get playing time in, but let's hear your thoughts!
Thanks,
Eric
Kind of a different question that usual, but I'm sure a bunch of you have some experience in this sense, so I'd really appreciate the insight.
I've been playing an Axe FX through a pair of studio monitors for a few years now. I've gotten some great use and tone from it, though I've been missing the tube amp liveliness and response for a while now. This isn't meant to be a 'tube vs. digital' argument...both are fantastic ways to get sounds, but IMO, the tube amps still have an upper hand in the feel department, that gives playing something extra special.
I'm recently married, and we just settled down in our new house, where I have a room dedicated to my guitar stuff. I had planned on switching to a tube amp once we got to this house, but I'm starting to have second thoughts on it. I now work 5 days a week, and don't get home till after 6PM, so my playing is confined to later hours. We also want kids, so there is also the consideration of little ones sometimes in the relatively near future.
So, to bring it all together- how do you guys work with tube amps in a family home environment? Are you able to get the volume low enough to work around restrained hours and not disturbing family members? I remember the volume jump in most tube amps between quiet and choked to blaring loud being essentially inexistent.
Given all this, Im beginning to think that staying digital may be the best way to get playing time in, but let's hear your thoughts!
Thanks,
Eric