Will tube amps and analog pedal die out?

nazarene · 2016-06-10T17:54:54+00:00

Hey guys I love watching gear run downs from different bands and artists on youtube and Ive noticed many of them are now using the axe fx2 or the kemper. It seems like it wont be long now before almost every bands and artist will be switching over to a kemper or an axe fx. Ive wondered if the advancement of modeling tech will make the tube amps obsolete as well as analog pedals. At the moment a kemper is still very expensive, last time I cheked on ebay it was 31k and up without shipping and customs. Im sure as time goes on and technology progresses these modeling amps will just get even better and eventually they will become affordable for more people. There are so many pros to owning a kemper that I fear that it might kill the tube amp industry eventually. What are your thoughts? Will companies like mesa, Marshall, fender, etc etc die out? will we no longer see analog pedals on the market.

Cerise

Ibanezguy ... but is it all hype? because tubes have made a comeback in audio / HiFi amps that for many years were all solid state...there has to be a reason for that, and in the case of digital/ modelling amps, the voicings, the tones are based on original amp sounds..at least as a starting point

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