Need to buy a tube/tubes as a gift for a tone junkie

ketiov said:

Hey guys, I'm the kind of player that likes clear distortion and really little else matters. I don't notice nuance differences in tone.

I have a teacher that is a total tone junkie, and I thought it would be cool to buy him some sweet sounding NOS tube for his Vox AC30. I need to buy him a thank you gift for writing me a college recommendation and this seems like a better idea than a Starbucks giftcard or something like that.

He loves classic rock, he's not really a metal head like me. He loves this band called The Hellacopters, they've been his favorites for a few good years now, just so you can gauge what kind of tones he likes.

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topcat0399 said:

ketiov said:

Hey guys, I'm the kind of player that likes clear distortion and really little else matters. I don't notice nuance differences in tone.

I have a teacher that is a total tone junkie, and I thought it would be cool to buy him some sweet sounding NOS tube for his Vox AC30. I need to buy him a thank you gift for writing me a college recommendation and this seems like a better idea than a Starbucks giftcard or something like that.

He loves classic rock, he's not really a metal head like me. He loves this band called The Hellacopters, they've been his favorites for a few good years now, just so you can gauge what kind of tones he likes.

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what kind of budget did you have in mind?

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blazer986 said:

You might want to see if he has a few of something already that he likes. Sometime those tone junkies can be particular . Wouldn't want to drop $50 on something only to find out he has that and doesn't like them, or something like that.

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