Which one is tube?

Fender, Peavey and Marshall amps are compared side by side with me playing a Strat. One of the amps is solid state. Can you tell which before the end of the clip?

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[ausrym]

are you just fooling around on the guitar or is this part your playing from an acutal song?? If so please let me know as I want to learn it

[landsharkbeemers]

@ausrym It's my brain damaged version of Stevie ray Vaughn's "Cold Shot"

[MrGuest2u]

I could tell it was the Marshall as soon as you struck the first note. The Peavey sounded good too. I didn't think much of the Fender. It would be alot more obvious if you cranked the gain and use more overdrive.

[landsharkbeemers]

@MrGuest2u see my earlier replies. Clean sound can sound pretty good from a solid state amp, they just don't distort as pleasantly as tube.

[slometal64]

as he flips the standby switch to on on the Marshall, ez pick.

Some of the old Peavey 212 combos were hybrid solid state / tube with a 6L6 tube power amp section

[landsharkbeemers]

@slometal64 That's right! The one under the valveking is a 50W peavey classic from the early eighties. Solid state pre-amp with no standby switch. Also a good sounding amp when set up right.

[JohnTheRipper2]

i really could swear the peavey was solid state.

[altroval]

@spartanworria I think a preference for the Fender SS vs the Marhsall Tube amp would come down to what type of music you are playing. I think that Fender SS would be great for Jazz.

I haven't used any Peavey amps but, yes, I have heard that you really need to warm them up and crank them to get the best results.

[altroval]

I've only been playing for a few years so my ear isn't all that well-trained...but I don't think this is much of a challenge. The 1st was clearly a very good quality solid state and the 3rd is clearly a Marhsall tube amp...and the 2nd is clearly just not a very good amp.

The Fender for Jazz...the Marshall for everything else.

[CHEAPANDUNCHEERFULL]

I thought the fender sounded nice, but they do very nice solid state amps in my opinion, I didn't like the Peavey but the Marshall sounded lovely

[2009korte]

1&3 sounded good, 2nd didnt

[vlado19651]

I closed my eyes first and - in 3 sec I did know the first is not tube ! The solid state atack and mid-freq color are much harder. I play 20y only full tube equip....

[harmonicakings]

really?

[sunmoonfire67]

Marshall rules i guess in this vid :)) but the Peavey sounded good also, as for the fender it sounded out of place with the other 2 side by side

[RyanAbbott1000]

I have a valve king head, they are suprisingly capible of some really good clean tones acually.

[electricsoup100]

With no distortion or signal clipping there's little difference between solid state and valve amps. It's only on distortion that you can tell the difference.

[moffatsghost]

the peavey sounded to high pitch and shrill, the marshall blew the others away, much warmer