5150 II Tubes
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JeffTD
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Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
Agreed on JJ's for the powertubes, but when I stuck a Tung-Sol in V1 and Shuguang 9th gen.'s in V2 and V3 of my JSX (replacing all JJ's) I felt like it sounded a lot brighter, in a clearer sense (meaning, I prefer it). Those at least are cheap enough that you can experiment, but JJ 6L6's all the way
I chose these tubes for a friend's 5150 II
V1 -> TUNG-SOL
V2,V3,V4,V5 -> SOVTEK LPS
V6 -> JJ 83S BALANCED
V7,V8,V9,V10 -> JJ 6L6
I hope it will sound good
V1 -> TUNG-SOL
V2,V3,V4,V5 -> SOVTEK LPS
V6 -> JJ 83S BALANCED
V7,V8,V9,V10 -> JJ 6L6
I hope it will sound good
Gnash
Lefty
I tried a Tung sol in V1, and didn't like it. It had a muffled, dry, less gain quality with that tube. It could have been my ears that day. haha Nonetheless, I threw the JJ back in. I have Tung Sols in the power section, and Tube doctors also sound great in the power. I have them in my dual rec now. I haven't tried JJs yet for power. I HIGHLY, I mean fuckin HIGHLY, reccomend getting the bias mod. The fizz is GONE, with the bias hotter. Best tone I've ever had with the mod.
So which tubes do you have in the pre section? All JJs? Somewhere I read that JJs in every slot muffled the sound..
Gnash
Lefty
Yeah, I have JJs in every pre slot now. I'm still fucking around, but the tone can't get much bettter. I'm gonna try em all, anyway.
Gnash
Lefty
Well fuck. Last night my 5150 loses it's gain 5 minutes before showtime, so I grabbed the dual rec, and played the show with that. I look over the 5150 today, and the JJ in V1 is shot. I put the tung sol back in V1, and the gain is back. This JJ is less than a month old. I'm getting another one, but I have a new outlook on the JJ's road toughness though.
Damn dude, that's a bummer, but a Dual Rec is hardly a poor substitute! Ironic, though, considering that thetubestore.com and Doug's tubes both think it's really rugged and reliable...
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Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
Same here, I use JJ in both. Re-amped a whole album with 4 rhythms and tons of leads twice on these tubes, and then played a ton of shows in support of said album, and they still work great even after a year! They don't sound as good as they did originally so I'm sure it's time for new ones, but I can't say I had any problems with road worthiness. Gnash probably got a defective tube, it happens with any company.
Gnash
Lefty
So I played a show last night with the tung sol in V1. Way different tone than the JJ. I didn't like the tone at all. For lack of a better term, it sounded like "cardboard." Kinda reminded me of the tone of a newer crappy solid state marshall or a Crate. Scary shit. I'm definately hitting the tubestore today for a JJ.
Do you have Tung-sol Reissue? Or Reissue V1? I don't know....every tubes shop paints this tube as one of the best, very defined, clear and noiseless..
Probably I'll buy a tung-sol and a jj....but I have and Engl.
Probably I'll buy a tung-sol and a jj....but I have and Engl.
Gnash
Lefty
I don't know, bro. It's just a Tung sol 12ax7. I get my tubes from
www.tubestore.com
They're located in my town, so I just walk in and pick up shit.
www.tubestore.com
They're located in my town, so I just walk in and pick up shit.
I know the shop. They review some 12ax7 and the tung-sol seems to be one of the best.
Anyway, I'll buy tubes from www.tube-town.net and today they reccomend me a TT 12ax7 for the V1 and JJ for the other slots. (http://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/product_info.php/info/p100_TT-12AX7---ECC83-Classic-V1.html)
Anyway, I'll buy tubes from www.tube-town.net and today they reccomend me a TT 12ax7 for the V1 and JJ for the other slots. (http://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/product_info.php/info/p100_TT-12AX7---ECC83-Classic-V1.html)
