Hybrid Amps

[sg4eva]

What does everyone think of Hybrid Amps?

They're half solid-state and half tube, and I was wondering if anyone here had ever played one?

I have a Marshall AVT 150h and I absolutely love it, 4-Channels, built in effects, absolutely brilliant, especially since I got a really good deal on it.

[Aero]

If i have money to buy anything I want, I'd pick a 100% tube amp and just plug analog effect pedals on it

[Genesis]

If i have money to buy anything I want, I'd pick a 100% tube amp and just plug analog effect pedals on it

Exactly. Why go for a hybrid amp when u can get a tube?

[Thorazine Shuffle]

If i have money to buy anything I want, I'd pick a 100% tube amp and just plug analog effect pedals on it

Exactly. Why go for a hybrid amp when u can get a tube?

Price.  Thats why.  I'm of the mind that tone is 90% in your fingers.  If you can't afford the best, play the cheap shit until you can. 

[Darkburst]

Hybrid amps are good for practicing but I've never played one that sounds as good as a tube amp when cranked loud enough to play with a band. There's some depth and complexity that tube amps have that cannot be replicated by anything else yet.