First of all, "good tone" is really subjective. Your sound is what you like. If you like lots of effect pedals through a solid state amp that is your choice and you should not be sneered at or put down for the equipment you use and the sound that suits you as a player.  As there are many styles of music and different types of guitars, there are a wide variety of amps available to suit your needs.

That said, for many players there is just something special, almost magical, about the right combination of  guitar, amp and speaker that just cannot be equaled by any stompbox or modeling amplifier.  Vintage and custom made tube amplifiers  provide something special and unique. Responsive to touch and dynamics, either clean or driven to the max, a good amp is a true joy to a player.  It may be a Tele through a 60's Bassman or a Les Paul into a Marshall, but the key elements are the right match of guitar, amp and speaker.  Our specialty is repairing, restoring and modifying every kind of tube guitar amplifier.  We understand what tone you are looking for even if it is not our particular taste in sound.  We take the time to get a feel for what our customers are looking to get out of their setup. 

It is a great personal satisfaction when a customer takes the time to tell us how a tone restoration or amp repair works out.  Sometimes it can be someone happy that we cleaned up the sound of ratty sounding amp , some times it can be a player thrilled that their amp finally screams "just right" when really nailed to the wall.  The point is that we take a open minded approach to tone and do not just send out every amp the way we like it to sound.  If you want clear crisp "clean and loud ", sweet singing overdrive or full out crunch, we try understand your  wishes and give you the sound you want.

Whether simply repairing your dead amp and returning it to you  just the way it was before it broke or completely restoring a hacked up "modified" amp, our commitment to quality is the same.

We do not routinely change film (tone) caps unless by customer request, are actually defective or have been replaced with improper parts in the past as these are critical to the sound of a vintage amplifier.
                                                                    

 I usually like a clean full bodied tone, not too loud and with good response to touch. For my own playing I do not like  a lot of distortion devices,  just a bit of delay and (rarely) a bit of phase or chorus.  I prefer output stage distortion to preamp distortion. I like to play around with modeling effect devices, but really consider these things toys. If I was still playing club dates and  fooling around in bar bands, I would love to have one of those Line 6 or Vox modeling amps for "paycheck jobs", but for anything that really mattered I would still choose a  Blackface Deluxe Reverb  with a EVM12 or an AC 30 loaded with blue Celestions, my personal favorites.

 For my own use I play through various amps of my own design, most using  EL 34 or EL 84 's; some single ended class A, none over 35 watts output. Jensen, Weber or Eminence Alnico's and Blue Celestions.