Originally Posted by: dsp103Hi, I'm certain there's a logical answer to this but it's something I can't quite understand. If you own a nice tube amp (I don't!) then I imagine you can get a great overdrive /distortion sound from it. Why do people that own these amps pair them with £100 overdrive or distortion pedals? Surely you'd get a much better sound just using the amp on its own than by driving it with a digital pedal?
Apologies for the newbie question!
I have used tube amps for quite some time now and am also a dirt pedal junkie! Really it can come down to a few things. The first and most practical answer would be volume. Getting a tube amp past the point of break up can become very loud! Even with your smaller 5 -15 watt amps. Another answer, which is more my answer, is that your amp has a specific tone that it was voiced to sound like. You can also get dirt pedals to get so many different tones than just the specific voice of your amp. Hope this helps!
