That said, I still enjoy the smell of hot tolex at the end of a night! Still something cool about smokin tubes for me.
Totally understand!
I certainly never take the approach that what works for me right now is necessarily the only way to do it. In fact, the other day I set up my physical amp, speaker, and pedalboard at the house to play through some of the songs on our set list. I think it's important that I be prepared to play our set with a traditional rig.