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Comparison |
Pritchard Amps |
Tube Amps |
Modeling Amps |
Typical Solid State Amps |
| Fun
to Play |
Excellent
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Great |
Fair |
Poor |
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| Versatility |
One channel w/ 6 voices & 4 gains
or two channels
w/ 6 voices and
2 gains each |
One or more
channels |
Many, many
selections |
One or more
channels |
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Learning
Curve
for Good Tone |
Short |
Short |
Long |
Long if even posible |
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Availability
of
Useful Tones |
Excellent |
Limited |
Some to Many |
Limited |
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| Ease
of Use |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Complicated |
So-So |
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| Clean-Dirty
Transition |
Smooth - Distorts Slowly |
Smooth only for
vintage type amps |
No |
No |
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| Warm
Harmonics |
Yes |
Yes / Most |
No |
No |
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| Harmonic
Expression |
Yes |
Yes / Most |
No |
No |
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| Expansive
Harmonics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Sustain |
Excellent |
Good |
Moderate |
Moderate |
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| Buzzy
Distortion |
No |
Mostly no |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Sag |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Gain
Compression |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Fat |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Guitar/Amp
Compensation |
Yes, with
input knob |
Requires hand
picking tubes |
No |
No |
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| Noise |
Low |
Dependent on
tubes not becoming microphonic |
Depndent on
model |
Low |
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Watts
Knob™
(Variable Distortion Power) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Practice
Jack™
(Internal Attenuator) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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| Effects
Loops |
Yes |
Some, presence
may degrade tone |
Yes |
Most |
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| Internal
Effects |
Spring Reverb
Magnetically Shielded |
None or
Spring Reverb |
Digital |
None or Digital |
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| Weight |
Light |
Heavy |
Moderate |
Light |
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| Size |
Small |
Large |
Moderate |
Moderate |
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| Beer
Test |
Pass |
Fail |
Pass, potentially
very expensive
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Pass |
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| Cost |
Moderate
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Moderate to High |
Moderate |
Low |
