This Solid-State Amp FINALLY Gets Blues Tone Right
We all know tubes are best, but how far has solid-state technology come for guitar amplifiers? Is there a way to get a great, reliable amp that isn't digital...

Korey Hicks
24.4K views • Apr 20, 2026

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We all know tubes are best, but how far has solid-state technology come for guitar amplifiers? Is there a way to get a great, reliable amp that isn't digital or modeling? In this video, I show you the best one I have found, and that more often than not comes along with me to gigs.
Diagrams, tabs, PDFs, lesson notes, and more over on:
patreon.com/KoreyHicksGuitar
“...Jaw dropping, absolutely stellar guitar playing.” Blue Monday Monthly
Korey is a professional guitarist with over 25 years of live experience. In that time he has played over 4000 gigs and has opened for Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Tracy Byrd, REO Speedwagon, Restless Heart, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, Chris Duarte, Thompson Square, Whitey Morgan, Charlie Robison, Jason Boland, Indigenous, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Joe Nichols, Turnpike Troubadours, Little Texas, Two Tons of Steel, Dale Watson, and many more.
Korey is a Professor of Guitar and Modern Music, and the former head of both the Guitar Division and the Music Theory Division at Visible Music College, and is an in-demand guitar and theory instructor. He attended Berklee College of Music, has a Bachelor's of Music in Guitar Performance, and is completing a Master's Degree in Jazz Guitar from Oklahoma State University.
Diagrams, tabs, PDFs, lesson notes, and more over on:
patreon.com/KoreyHicksGuitar
“...Jaw dropping, absolutely stellar guitar playing.” Blue Monday Monthly
Korey is a professional guitarist with over 25 years of live experience. In that time he has played over 4000 gigs and has opened for Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Tracy Byrd, REO Speedwagon, Restless Heart, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, Chris Duarte, Thompson Square, Whitey Morgan, Charlie Robison, Jason Boland, Indigenous, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Joe Nichols, Turnpike Troubadours, Little Texas, Two Tons of Steel, Dale Watson, and many more.
Korey is a Professor of Guitar and Modern Music, and the former head of both the Guitar Division and the Music Theory Division at Visible Music College, and is an in-demand guitar and theory instructor. He attended Berklee College of Music, has a Bachelor's of Music in Guitar Performance, and is completing a Master's Degree in Jazz Guitar from Oklahoma State University.
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Apr 20, 2026
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