lolbou wrote:frequencycentral wrote:
I meant (in french actually) "does it add a real tube sound, or is it just doing the same than, say, a FET?"...
Do low voltage ones have the same tonal characteristics as the "big" ones?
As for having a unique sound, it's probably more appropriate for others to comment on that. Each effect, be it BJT, FET, IC or tube has it's own sound. My stuff just provides an alternative.
Tubes are fun, and tube projects stretch my skills as there are so few points of reference for this kind of stuff. With solid state design, it's always a case of looking over your shoulder at what others have done before, there's always an answer. I now find that I understand tubes more than I do solid state due to my incessant breadboarding.
Tubes are less prone to the effects of EMP and solar flares/sunspot activity. You solid state guys will be green when the Ruskies nuke us all with EMP and all that's left in a functional state are my tube pedals! Plus, my tube stuff will work on Venus, where solid state will fail within a matter of seconds.
Ultimately though, I just do it because I'm
Steampunk!
