Hmmm....

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 04-06-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by seventoglory

Yeah the tubes always make a big difference. I dont know why Music stores try to demo these things with the sorry tubes they come with because I dont think its a true representation of there capabilities. I mean its such a small investment to put some JJ's or GT's in the amps and they would probably sell alot more gear. Of course they need to mention the upgrade when you try amps. I understand the amp builders do it to bring down cost but really is it that big of a price difference to put some decent tubes in their amps.

the roockmaster likes gt's better than JJ's btw. I have one that came with stock groove tubes, but a couple of those went out...

What5647 · 04-06-2006, 12:44 PM

yeah, i already heard that the stock tubes suck.
speaking of tubes...
what was that webstore were the guy sold different "packages" for different amps? i can't think of his name, wasn't it bob or something? any help here?

seventoglory · 04-06-2006, 12:44 PM

Actually im glad not to have to deal with tubes going out biasing and that stuff anymore. Im happy with my Warhead. Although im on the receiving end of a lot of tube snobbery from tube zombies now.

**thesteve** · 04-06-2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by What5647

yeah, i already heard that the stock tubes suck.
speaking of tubes...
what was that webstore were the guy sold different "packages" for different amps? i can't think of his name, wasn't it bob or something? any help here?

you're thinking of bob at Eurotubes.com I got my JJs (a full set) from him.

Ironically the "proper bias" for my GTs was way too hot for the JJs I received. I rebiased and what read at 68mV for the JJs was like 45mV for the GTs. I sold the amp to Kato and he put the JJ pre-amp tubes in and (last I checked) was running the cold-biased GTs in the power-section. I did find that running the cold biased tubes gave a dramatic increase in headroom though I never really played around with the idea too much.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 04-06-2006, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by What5647

yeah, i already heard that the stock tubes suck.
speaking of tubes...
what was that webstore were the guy sold different "packages" for different amps? i can't think of his name, wasn't it bob or something? any help here?

I was reffering to preamp 12ax7's...

btw, some peaveys do not have sucky tubes. On some of the older stuff they have quite excellent tubes.