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  4. From: insomnia@carson.u.washington.edu (Ryan Klemmer)
  5. Subject: Re: Building effects units for guitars
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep9.021513.23393@u.washington.edu>
  7. Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: University of Washington
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  11. Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:15:13 GMT
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  14. While not any expert, I have a few observations.
  15.  
  16. Ask any guitar player what kind of amplifier they would use and most would
  17. say tube.  Why?  Because they have a certain sound that semiconductor
  18. devices just can't produce.
  19.  
  20. Moving on to effect devices.  Why analog?  Same reason.  Just off hand,
  21. a recent Guitar Player interview with The Cure asked why analog pedals.
  22. The answer was that they were just too mechanical, and not very good
  23. when going live.  They just didn't have the same feel, tonality, etc.
  24.  
  25. Just Opinions.
  26.  
  27. Ryan
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