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Originally Posted by TurboJets  You could always try different voicings on your Pro VLA by rolling in different combinations of nice tubes.
For instance, one of my favorite voicings is with a pair of NOS JAN Philips 12AT7's which have a tendency to really open up the mids, making them more aggressive/hot without adding any negative qualities to the overall sound. You could describe it like exposing everything to a little more Sun. Lows remain tight, lower mids remain clear, but the high's are de-ccentuated [sp] just a bit and mids are brought up front. And JAN Philips tubes are so smooth nothing gets wooly, crunchy, or gritty.
12AU7's mellow everything out across the spectrum but I find I prefer instead to just use higher quality 12AX7/ECC83S type tubes like JJ's, NOS RCA's, and Sylvania's. Mullards are good for a little "wool" but (for me) seem more appropriate in my guitar amps.
You have a decent compressor there and remember - "Tubes are the original Plug-In's" - Aspen Pittman |
funny you say that, I bought a pair of NOS 1960s i believe jan phillips at7s. I did a test where a re-ran a few tracks through with the original rubys and the jan phillips. I prefferred the rubys actually. but to be fair thw rubys were warmed up for about half an hour and the jans only 5 minutes.