Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-essentials-five-things-you-should-know-about-tubes

This is really informative for a novice guitar player who has barely heard of tubes and wants to influence the sound in some way. After reading it, the question remains if same intentional changes in the sound could be produced by simply turning a knob of some non-tube device. I would guess they could, but I am not sure.

Shouldn’t aficionados be more appreciative of the best that different systems can offer rather than being all blue state red state about it? I had tubes for years, love ‘em, and now have solid state. Will very likely have tubes again one day. My current solid state electronics are impressive, as were my tubes before them.  To say “tubes suck” or “solid state is garbage” is really just drivel.  As aficionados, we all know that a quality system is a wonderful sounding thing, with tubes or solid state!

Tubes suck. 
Solid state sucks. 
Live music sucks. 
That’s it, I’m just going to read and watch television. 

Television sucks.

You are left with reading, but that often sucks, too.


Sleep tight, instead.

As a cognoscenti cum afficianado, tubes suck. 🎱