Tube Emulation Solid State amps

[Two-Spirit]

What are some good bass amps with tube emulation other than Ampeg?

 

[husky123]

With its latest batch of drives patches, I’d seriously consider the Bergantino B|Amp. RIDICULOUSLY good tube drive available from soft clip purred overdrive to all out, ball busting distortion.

 

[rodl2005]

+1 to above re the Berg.
Also. ..Aguilar Tone Hammer 350 & 500

 

[Wicked G]

TC Electronic has been doing it very well with the RH amps since 2009 and the more recent BH heads with the TonePrints. But I still prefer the way the RH heads emulate both Preamp and Power amp tubes in sound and feel. They are still the only ones that emulate both, other amps I have tried just go for Preamp distortion.

 

[Two-Spirit]

TC Electronic has been doing it very well with the RH amps since 2009 and the more recent BH heads with the TonePrints. But I still prefer the way the RH heads emulate both Preamp and Power amp tubes in sound and feel. They are still the only ones that emulate both, other amps I have tried just go for Preamp distortion.

I know John Paul Jones uses them. I think the cabinets they make are ugly though, look like pa speakers.

 

[SJan3]

Check out the Tech 21 VT500

 

[kesslari]

They're all made by old guys. Avoid them.

 

[Munjibunga]

With its latest batch of drives patches, I’d seriously consider the Bergantino B|Amp. RIDICULOUSLY good tube drive available from soft clip purred overdrive to all our ball busting distortion.

And it keeps getting better. I just got the latest version today.

 

[Kro]

They are still the only ones that emulate both, other amps I have tried just go for Preamp distortion.

I'm sure there are others, but just to add one more, the VT Bass 500 that @SJan3 noted a few posts up also emulates pre and poweramp distortion. With the added bonus (IMO of course, I'm a Luddite ) of it being all analog.

 

[Wicked G]

I'm sure there are others, but just to add one more, the VT Bass 500 that @SJan3 noted a few posts up also emulates pre and poweramp distortion. With the added bonus (IMO of course, I'm a Luddite ) of it being all analog.

Does it really? Hmmm, interesting as I didn't know that or I couldn't tell. The distortion didn't remind me of that and I couldn't feel the compression like you would with a tube amp or the RH heads. It just reminded me a lot of the Tone Hammer in how it breaks up quick with volume. YMMV.

 

[Kro]

Does it really? Hmmm, interesting as I didn't know that or I couldn't tell. The distortion didn't remind me of that and I couldn't feel the compression like you would with a tube amp or the RH heads. It just reminded me a lot of the Tone Hammer in how it breaks up quick with volume. YMMV.

Yup, unless I'm mistaken it's supposed to emulate the tone of a mic'd speaker driven by an Ampeg-y tube amp. That allegedly includes emulated flavor from preamp, poweramp, speaker/cab, and mic.

Whatever it is, I tend to like it, and as far as that tube compression feel is concerned, to my ears at least, with the character knob around the "SVT" position (9:00) I actually feel like there's too much of it (deadens, or rounds off the attack a bit too much for my taste), even with drive relatively low/clean. As always, everybody's mileage may vary on that front - just the sense I get.