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Just Warming Up

I don't own a fully fledged vacuum tube amp as they were always too expensive for me when I was younger and still a beginner with electric guitars.

 

I then reached a dark period where I never touched my electric guitars, tried writing music, or simply practice new techniques.

 

 

Some time last year, it all came rushing back to me. My love of guitars... which was a hobby long before I wanted to take up digital photography as a hobby.

 

However, even taking into account my dark years, my skills are not directly proportional to the number of years playing (lol...), and with the latter statement, I still think an amp with a tube preamp and power amp, is still too much for my current skills (and yeah, well money, too lol). But I found a happy medium and got a tube hybrid amp (tube preamp and solid state power amp) in the Orange Micro Terror and the Orange Micro Dark last year.

 

So here we are, I wanted to get that subtle glow that vacuum tubes have when they warm up.

 

Will I ever get a fully fledged tube amp in the future? As I continue to rediscover my love for playing the guitar, and writing more and more songs, trying new techniques, but still not really that great of guitar player as I wish to be, I will admit, I am slowly getting my confidence and I already have a full tube amp in my wish list.

 

Shooting Information:

 

•Nikon D7200 with MB-D15 Battery Grip

•Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM

•Manual Mode

•15 seconds @ 50mm zoom, f/8

•ISO 200

•Flash Not Fired

 

Post Processing Information:

 

•Phase One Capture One Pro

•Not Cropped

 

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Uploaded on May 18, 2022
Taken on May 18, 2022