With all of the Gearwire talk about amp modeling since the dawn of our existence, we thought it would be really interesting to find out what a tube amp designer thought about the whole modeling ordeal. Bill Webb battles noodling patrons, passing traffic and shredding wind to tell us what he thinks about digital emulation, and it's surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) a lot sunnier of an outlook than ours.

There must be something in the air (or not in it) in Austin, Texas.