The Bunker
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Not sure if this is the right forum for this, apologies if posted in the wrong forum.
Now please don't ridicule me but this is a genuine curiosity of mine. So why do we never get modelling of solid state amps (except for the iconic JC120)? I know everybody wants expensive tube amps and I am a tube amp player as well as an axe fx owner myself but there are many solid state amps out there that are good and have their own distinct sounds so why are there no digital emulations of these amps? Like for example some Randall amps come to mind which get a lot of love by people who play some metal sub-genres, or the old Marshall Valvestates or the Peavey XXL... I am sure there are others I don't know about.
One of the cool things about the Axe Fx was that it actually made me learn about a whole bunch of tube amps I had never even known or could never get my hands on. It would be cool if it did the same thing but in relation to solid state amps.
Now please don't ridicule me but this is a genuine curiosity of mine. So why do we never get modelling of solid state amps (except for the iconic JC120)? I know everybody wants expensive tube amps and I am a tube amp player as well as an axe fx owner myself but there are many solid state amps out there that are good and have their own distinct sounds so why are there no digital emulations of these amps? Like for example some Randall amps come to mind which get a lot of love by people who play some metal sub-genres, or the old Marshall Valvestates or the Peavey XXL... I am sure there are others I don't know about.
One of the cool things about the Axe Fx was that it actually made me learn about a whole bunch of tube amps I had never even known or could never get my hands on. It would be cool if it did the same thing but in relation to solid state amps.