talltxguy
Well-known member
Hey ya all,
Been reading this board for over a year now. I finally found a Mesa I like and can afford! Picked up a used Studio Preamp the other day. It's still en route, but I'll certainly post results when I get it!
Anyway, I'm going to retube when I get it. I wrote Eurotubes and asked them about a high gain option with low output, and here's what they said:
"Your Mesa Studio preamp uses four 12AX7's and one 12AT7, so if you're after a bit more gain and increased articulation, I would go with three high gain ECC83S's in V1, V2 and V3. I would use a matched triode ECC83S in V4 which is the output tube. I would use one JJ ECC81 to replace the 12AT7. The high gain ECC83S's have about 10% more gain than standards which adds a bit of bite and a sharper dynamic but does not hurt the clean tone. The other attribute that these tubes have is a faster filament rise time which is great for a shred style, and is also good for fast palm mute and metal styles. For a substantial drop in signal strength at the output, you could substitute a matched triode ECC81 for V4. A full Retube with all the tubes detailed above, would run 64.50 and we can ship them for 8.00 by Priority mail with a 3 day delivery anywhere in the US."
If anybody's got some feedback, I would appreciate it. I'm wondering if that low output ECC81 for V4 will affect tone at all?
Thanks,
Scott in TX
Been reading this board for over a year now. I finally found a Mesa I like and can afford! Picked up a used Studio Preamp the other day. It's still en route, but I'll certainly post results when I get it!
Anyway, I'm going to retube when I get it. I wrote Eurotubes and asked them about a high gain option with low output, and here's what they said:
"Your Mesa Studio preamp uses four 12AX7's and one 12AT7, so if you're after a bit more gain and increased articulation, I would go with three high gain ECC83S's in V1, V2 and V3. I would use a matched triode ECC83S in V4 which is the output tube. I would use one JJ ECC81 to replace the 12AT7. The high gain ECC83S's have about 10% more gain than standards which adds a bit of bite and a sharper dynamic but does not hurt the clean tone. The other attribute that these tubes have is a faster filament rise time which is great for a shred style, and is also good for fast palm mute and metal styles. For a substantial drop in signal strength at the output, you could substitute a matched triode ECC81 for V4. A full Retube with all the tubes detailed above, would run 64.50 and we can ship them for 8.00 by Priority mail with a 3 day delivery anywhere in the US."
If anybody's got some feedback, I would appreciate it. I'm wondering if that low output ECC81 for V4 will affect tone at all?
Thanks,
Scott in TX