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Originally Posted by matskull  All I can say about new production tubes is that JJs are way too harsh for my taste...
I didn't try a lot of new production tubes though, I hope they're not all like that. |
Yeah, I hate the JJ's...my new Marshall came with all JJ's..
I put in an NOS Mullard in the 1st position, and a Jan 5751 in the second. I am waiting on a mullard el34. Just the two tubes I swapped in gave me great tone...although the Mullard 12ax7 went microphonic on me, so I had to put back in one of the JJ's. I don't get the buzz on the JJ's at all. Too much grainy gain, and it's all upper mids. I just ordered some matched triode Tung-sol's to try out. This particlar amp has a low-mid bump to it. I'm thinking RCA's wold make it even thicker (and it doesn't need that). From what I recall the Tung-sol's are pretty neutral. The 5751 in the second position really helped, so I may be swapping cap values on that tube to limit bass then go back to a 12ax7.