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Post by cujo on Jul 16, 2008 12:28:01 GMT -5
I ordered my head w/ kt77s and it was cool but I was never totally stocked it was missing girth,punch for me, maybe the 77s were bad from the start but they finally died,called and talk to josh at splawn,Great guy,very helpful,told him I want a godsmack tone, he suggested mullard el34 and tungsol 12ax7 got em from Dougs tubes, put em in and Holy Heavenly Brutal Tone,Now this amp is alive,Now this amp responds,Now I can even hear the difference between od1 and od2.I am just so excited and overall completely happy about this amp.
The Splawn has Risen !!!
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Post by kent on Jul 17, 2008 14:24:24 GMT -5
How did the Tung-sols change the sound in the pre-amp? (arent the stock pre-amp tubes JJ's?)Ive heard that the tung-sol's tubes have a brighter sound that a typical pre-amp tube. Were they the high gain ones?
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Post by cujo on Jul 17, 2008 16:36:36 GMT -5
I had stock JJs in it 12ax7 and jj kt77s.... did not like them.. the tung sol 12ax7 is just a reg 12ax7, all I know is the combination sounds fantastic... like godsmack, tone very dark,more saturation than the 77s,has that big ol narly growl to it,Like a marshall pushin nitrous oxide! Man I struggled with this amp since I got it I like its sig sound but it was missin something for me, Now the gain knob seams to have way more to it,and od1 and 2 there is an audible diff,which before to me thee wasnt. I really thought of sellin it until now, now it has what I was hopin,I sold my Marshall jvm, because it was Lacking big time.My Marshall DSL 50, is cool,but to me Splawn has this unique sound to them,I really dont know how to explain it... but they do.
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Post by porkchops on Jul 22, 2008 12:01:41 GMT -5
Glad to hear good things about the Mullard EL34/Tung Sol 12AX7 combo. Just got the same set of tubes in the mail and plan to install and bias tonight.
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Post by fastredponycar on Jul 22, 2008 15:02:45 GMT -5
i'm rocking a tung sol 12AX7 in V3 (what I assume to be resposible for OD2) and it's a great deal clearer than the JJs'. Not quite as dark as the EHX and punchier than the NOS mullard and RCA 12ax7's.
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Post by porkchops on Jul 27, 2008 9:58:54 GMT -5
Well, I have the Mullards in and biased. We played a show last night and they just wouldn't cut through. The Mullards are a great sounding tube but don't have the cut that the 77's did. The set I have are matched but when I biased I got 32.5, 24.4, 23.3, 28.0 so maby that has something to do with it. The amp seemed to lose it's tightness a bit also. I will try to get a better matched set but I will prder a new set of KT77's and a set of the Tung Sol EL34B just to compare them all.
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Post by cujo on Jul 28, 2008 17:08:03 GMT -5
when i bias mine in i got the same thing inconsistancey... josh told me to set the hottest tube to 32.. let the rest be where they are.
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Post by ldm on Jul 28, 2008 19:58:54 GMT -5
Well, I have the Mullards in and biased. We played a show last night and they just wouldn't cut through. The Mullards are a great sounding tube but don't have the cut that the 77's did. The set I have are matched but when I biased I got 32.5, 24.4, 23.3, 28.0 so maby that has something to do with it. The amp seemed to lose it's tightness a bit also. I will try to get a better matched set but I will prder a new set of KT77's and a set of the Tung Sol EL34B just to compare them all. Where are you guys buying tubes from? The quads I got from Doug's biased up fine. The JJKT77's and JJKT88's sound really good in my Nitro's and both cut through no problem at all. I can honestly say that I have the best tone I have ever had and I am getting lot's of compliments now that I have gone all Splawn. |
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Post by porkchops on Jul 29, 2008 11:52:00 GMT -5
I bought the mullards from Splawn but I think the bias range is normal. I told Josh about the loss of tone and lack of cut. The first thing he mentioned was power problem and I immediately recalled the sound guy having problems with the venue's electricity. I will definately give the Mullards another gig before I make any changes. However, I do enjoy trying different tubes since I bought the Bias Rite so I will get a new set of KT77's and a set of Tung Sol EL34B just to experiment. The only issue I had with the JJ KT77's was that they were a bit grainy sounding but I think they were microphonic and set cold from the beginning. My friend has a KT88 nitro and it crushes. Maby I'll tell Josh to send my new Nitro with KT88's.
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Post by fastredponycar on Jul 30, 2008 7:46:27 GMT -5
I bought the mullards from Splawn but I think the bias range is normal. I told Josh about the loss of tone and lack of cut. The first thing he mentioned was power problem and I immediately recalled the sound guy having problems with the venue's electricity. I will definately give the Mullards another gig before I make any changes. However, I do enjoy trying different tubes since I bought the Bias Rite so I will get a new set of KT77's and a set of Tung Sol EL34B just to experiment. The only issue I had with the JJ KT77's was that they were a bit grainy sounding but I think they were microphonic and set cold from the beginning. My friend has a KT88 nitro and it crushes. Maby I'll tell Josh to send my new Nitro with KT88's. s Do you not use a power conditioner that monitors the line voltage?? That's a must have man. I've saved my butt a few times at venues that had less than desirable power levels or were running too many things from one outlet. |
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Post by porkchops on Jul 30, 2008 11:47:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm gonna get one soon. Those things are pricey though, $650.00 for the Furman power conditioner/voltage regulator. But then again, it can save the amps life. We have booked too many gigs without making sure there is plenty of power. I generally ask for a seperate outlet for my amp and then people think I'm being picky about ny equipment.
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