paul wilson white
BLUES.THE POWER OF ALL MUSIC
Only recently began learning about what tubes are what.
Have a Fender Concert II that last time I had it serviced about 7 years ago, had Groove tubes put in them. Couldn't tell you what tube types were used where.
Picked up a Mesa Mark V: 35 earlier this year and had a tube issue so I had to delve into the tube set and pick up some replacements to test etc. This is a new amp, so they are Mesa branded tubes. The preamp section is comprised of 6 12AX7's and the power section uses four EL84s.
That all said, I couldn't tell you what different tubes would do, etc.
All I know is that there can be a certain creaminess that comes when everything is working right.
And it makes me sigh happily.
And I learned something new... there are only three factories that actually manufacture them all. I'll have to look into that more... maybe.
Jim, your newfound discipline and restraint is admirable.
Paul, I'll play only to the extent of saying that without lots of additional information, all responses you might get are meaningless and applicable only to the responder's personal taste, situation and use case. At this point, we know nothing about yours, so what can anyone say that makes sense?
If you want meaningful answers, you have to ask better questions.
I am not being negative or snippy or anything like that - it's just a fact.
Point taken and I see where your coming from.My amp is on here and all the pictures my amp is very complex as I run to sets of valves.i have a switch that changes the bias so I can change which set of valves I use with a flick of a switch
My first set of valves run 6 12ax7s jj brand in the pre amp then a kt 150 tung sol
Then flick the swich and we have a pair of tung sol 12ax7 plus 2 12x7s tung sol in the pre amp then in the power stage I run a pair of jj kt88s and a pair of tung sol 6550 s then there is the boost system that runs a 12ax7s by its self to boost and raise the signal level