Toughest hombre west of the Pecos?

1.Eastwood, by a mile. I always thought Jack Palance and Bruce Dern were bad dudes as well.
2.Tubes

Robert Mitchum and/or Burt Lancaster
Definetly tubes 'cause their "Old Style".

Actually, Wayne was the toughest man south of the Picket Wire. Wayne would have bashed Clint upside his head with the butt of his Colt. Absolutely no contest. Suprisingly, Clint's the tube guy, with Wayne a very early adaptor of solid state. Despite that, when the smoke clears Lee Marvin is the last man standing.

Eastwood.His early spaggetti's are a cult.Not any disrespect to Wayne however,just different not better.Tubes rule!
George

Definitely Eastwood... By contrast he makes John Wayne look like a mama's boy. Eastwood's just plain has more "grit".

As to my preference in electronics, I go both ways. I like tubes and solid state; and often times mixing the two in the same system is extremely gratifying.