On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 09:32:43PM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:16:57 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It should be noted however that some of the really famous guitar sound > (ie Eric Clapton's Cream work) was done on Class A amplifiers which are > not push-pull at all :-).
And lots of others... probably the most widely used Class A amp was the Vox AC-30, used by (among many others) early Beatles, Brian May, the Edge (U2). For many people, class A tube power amps are the holy grail of guitar amp distortion. Witness the price of a new Matchless DC-30 (basically a handmade AC-30 from highest quality parts). OTOH, we're probably more used to the push-pull sounds of most high-power tube amps: Marshall, Fender, et al. -- paul winkler home: http://www.slinkp.com music: http://www.reacharms.com calendars: http://www.calendargalaxy.com
