use a tube preamp with a solid state power amplifier. This gives users the pleasing preamp and overdrive tone of a tube amp with the lowered cost, maintenance and weight of a solid state power amp. See also Amplifier Electronic amplifier Guitar amplifier Guitar speaker Guitar speaker cabinet Isolation cabinet (guitar) Valve sound Bass instrument amplification Effects unit Distortion (guitar) Power attenuator (guitar) Sound reinforcement system References External links Duncan's amp pages: information about valve (tube) guitar amplifiers List of books about guitar amplifiers and guitar amplifier tone Tons of Tones, a website for guitar amplifier modelling on digital multi-effect units Rock music instruments Blues instruments Sound reinforcement system Consumer electronics Loudspeakers