Modeling guitar amps that use DSP to mimic tube amps are dismissed by hardcore players as gimmicky and not 'real' tube tone.
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Kevin DiehlEvidence Quote
“there's all kinds of new guitar amps that are called modeling amps where they can mimic the sound of this type of an amp or that type of a tube amp using you know all kinds of dsp processing but the hardcore guys they laugh at it”
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What's More Important? Tube Preamp or Power Amp? Too Many Tubes? w/ Upscale Audio's Kevin Deal— Upscale Audio High FidelityCreated: 6/18/2026, 2:32:01 PM
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