Alright everyone here's another one. I'm a tube noob and if I'm gonna spend the money to retube my amp I wanna make the right choices! This is kind of an extension from my post in the rectifier section. Not an intent to double post.
What I NEED from my tone:
- very smooth clean break up
- Able to digest full dynamic range of distortion pedals (ds2/sd1) at those clean break up levels.
I'm pretty happy with the drive channel overall but the switch lag kills me inside. This is why I wanna get the absolute best abilities from my clean channel so my pedals can do the other work.
Where my ignorance comes into play is which tubes might lead me closer to what I'm looking for. 6L6 or EL34? and then which brands inside of that. Do preamp tubes make a big difference in that department?...then there's there different types of those.
I aim mostly for a Chili Peppers kinda tone but also play Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Billy Talent and lots of oldies like Deep Purple, Frampton, AC/DC, etc.
I'd appreciate any specifics, or at least some direction to focus my research. Thanks!!
What I NEED from my tone:
- very smooth clean break up
- Able to digest full dynamic range of distortion pedals (ds2/sd1) at those clean break up levels.
I'm pretty happy with the drive channel overall but the switch lag kills me inside. This is why I wanna get the absolute best abilities from my clean channel so my pedals can do the other work.
Where my ignorance comes into play is which tubes might lead me closer to what I'm looking for. 6L6 or EL34? and then which brands inside of that. Do preamp tubes make a big difference in that department?...then there's there different types of those.
I aim mostly for a Chili Peppers kinda tone but also play Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Billy Talent and lots of oldies like Deep Purple, Frampton, AC/DC, etc.
I'd appreciate any specifics, or at least some direction to focus my research. Thanks!!