Pros and Cons of Vintage and New Amplifiers

Oh the complex web we weave, when heavenly tone we wish to achieve...

I apologize for getting sidetracked in my writing recently. I was preparing for a gig that I was hired to do. I haven’t played a gig using an un-mic’d amp in a larger space for some time, and looking around my music room, I realized that, while I have two amps that should be able to handle it, one had not been played in at least 5 years & needs maintena…