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TheGrizz

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I was originally just going to order the standard 5 preamp tube kit from Doug's tubes, but then I got lost in a forums. I have a 5:50 plus combo, stock speaker and Mesa 440 6L6GC power tubes. I play everything except metal. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like the gain to be the same if not a bit less than standard with plenty of clean headroom. I get my OD/Distorted sounds mainly from pedals. I mailed Doug and his response was to get the tone kit, but I've seen lots of other combos and just wanted to get something I would be happy with.
 
I would get Mesa tubes. V2 is first stage, you can try the SP12AX7 for perhaps lower noise and a little cleaner.

Others on the forum may have experimented rolling pre-amp tubes and can comment. Doug’s certainly gets good reviews. Good thing about tubes is they are easy to change.
 
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