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Post by Night Ranger on Feb 13, 2013 9:42:42 GMT -5
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Post by cbrown on Feb 13, 2013 10:19:39 GMT -5
For some of us the vacuum tube never went away.  |
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Post by Night Ranger on Feb 13, 2013 10:53:13 GMT -5
For some of us the vacuum tube never went away. That is true. I have been using tubes in CB, Ham, and my two guitar amplifiers all along. When it comes to tube guitar amps the 6l6GC is hard to beat for smooth audio. The 12AX7A tube is a preferred overdrive tube in guitar amps and guitar distortion pedals. Radial Plexitube Tonebone Tube Guitar Distortion Pedal www.tonebone.com/tb-plexitube.htmNight Ranger |
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Post by Sandbagger on Feb 13, 2013 15:08:46 GMT -5
For some of us the vacuum tube never went away. That is true. I have been using tubes in CB, Ham, and my two guitar amplifiers all along. When it comes to tube guitar amps the 6l6GC is hard to beat for smooth audio. The 12AX7A tube is a preferred overdrive tube in guitar amps and guitar distortion pedals. Radial Plexitube Tonebone Tube Guitar Distortion Pedal www.tonebone.com/tb-plexitube.htmNight Ranger And because of that, the costs of those 2 tubes has become crazy expensive, especially on those "preferred" brands. |
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Post by Night Ranger on Feb 13, 2013 15:29:24 GMT -5
That is true. I have been using tubes in CB, Ham, and my two guitar amplifiers all along. When it comes to tube guitar amps the 6l6GC is hard to beat for smooth audio. The 12AX7A tube is a preferred overdrive tube in guitar amps and guitar distortion pedals. Radial Plexitube Tonebone Tube Guitar Distortion Pedal www.tonebone.com/tb-plexitube.htmNight Ranger And because of that, the costs of those 2 tubes has become crazy expensive, especially on those "preferred" brands. I buy the Peavey brand of 6l6gc tubes for my two Peavey VTX Classic guitar amps. They sound just as good as the "elite" brands, and they are alot less expensive. Peavey matched pair of 6l6gc tubes www.tubesandmore.com/products/T-6L6GC-MP-PVThe Peavey brand 12ax7 tubes are alot more reasonable as well. www.tubesandmore.com/products/T-12AX7-PVNight Ranger |
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Post by Marc on Feb 13, 2013 17:31:54 GMT -5
This is what I use in my D201 and they work just like the RCA black plates I pulled out and placed in a very safe place. I have seen no differance in proformance. www.tubedepot.com/sv-6l6gc.htmlMarc |
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Post by Sandbagger on Feb 13, 2013 18:39:43 GMT -5
And because of that, the costs of those 2 tubes has become crazy expensive, especially on those "preferred" brands. I buy the Peavey brand of 6l6gc tubes for my two Peavey VTX Classic guitar amps. They sound just as good as the "elite" brands, and they are alot less expensive. Peavey matched pair of 6l6gc tubes www.tubesandmore.com/products/T-6L6GC-MP-PVThe Peavey brand 12ax7 tubes are alot more reasonable as well. www.tubesandmore.com/products/T-12AX7-PVNight Ranger Tram D201's use 2 6L6's in them, and I've seen them go for as high as $129 A PIECE!! More typical is the $69 price. But $26 is certainly more reasonable. Hopefully I won't have to re-tube my Tram for a while. |
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Post by BBB on Feb 14, 2013 10:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by cbrown on Feb 14, 2013 10:08:12 GMT -5
That is true. I have been using tubes in CB, Ham, and my two guitar amplifiers all along. When it comes to tube guitar amps the 6l6GC is hard to beat for smooth audio. The 12AX7A tube is a preferred overdrive tube in guitar amps and guitar distortion pedals. I also use tubes in hifi equipment. I prefer tube amps as the sound warmer to me, and don't instantly distort like transistors do. |
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Post by BBB on Feb 14, 2013 10:14:25 GMT -5
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Post by cbrown on Feb 15, 2013 10:14:27 GMT -5
Good read. Thanks!
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