Got new tubes!!!!

MIKE BURN · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:52 pm Post subject: Got new tubes!!!!

Yes... this investment was long overdue.

I overhauled all my tube-amps, new matched tube sets,

cabling... de-dust...... :lol

Was expensive, but neccessary.

Do you also care about your tube amps, or do

you simply switch on always over years?

The tubes and a BB-Board inspired me for a new track yesterday

"Addicted To Music"

(2nd. track on the page)

The solo I played with my Peavey Classic50 (new tubes

)

over a Peavey 4x10" cabinet.

Is this smokey or what? (the crunchy sound at least

)

MIKE

droolymutt · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Got new tubes!!!!

Listening, Mike.....The tone in the solo is sweet.....

Any fx? Or just the over-driven Peavy?? Sounds like a bit of reverb...

Superb production, as always....

MIKE BURN · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Got new tubes!!!!

Ooooops.... I'm sorry to bore you Drooly! :lol

The tubes are fancy, isn't it?

I tried a combination of russian Sovtek (pre-amp)

and Ruby-Tubes...

The sound you hear is a Les Paul Standard over

a Peavey Classic50 with 4x10" cabinet.

Guitar, cable, Amp. The only effect used is a

delay with 380ms in the final mix, nothing else

MIKE

droolymutt · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: Got new tubes!!!!

Bore me? Not at all, Mike - I always enjoy your work...

That's always the best tone, isn't it...Simple set-up, good gear, the right settings, and a good player....

bbchris · Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: Got new tubes!!!!

*This thread is too technical for me*

Hey! How do I know if I have a tube amp!?! hahahahha :banana

Which bb board was that Mike? :wgrin

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

Look in the back and see if you have any little glass bottles that glow when the amp is turned on. (You can also find some real small ones - pre-amp tubes - in little mettle cans as well.) Any of the above means you have a tube amp. Would have to look at the circuitry to know if it's ALL tube, though.

Tubes can (if the amp is set up right) give you a three-dimensional sound you can't get with solid-state.

Hey MIKE, check out this sight if you really want to get into it: vintageamps.com/PlexiPala...matebb.cgi

PANick11 · Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 402

I use a sovtek rectifier in my matchless for now...boosted my voltage a bit...they're cheap and they work, but they're not American or German!!

I use NOS tubes for everything else...mainly because I dont tour anymore..so my amps dont take a real beating ....so I can keep vinatge tubes in em !!!

I have a stash of GE, sylvania, Mullard NOS tubes...enough to fill out both of my amps twice..

and a couple sets of Telefunken 6 pins...still in the original boxes!!!..that I bought just because!!..I take em out and look at em now and then.

I still order good matched sets of NOS Power amp tubes when I can find em and afford em!!

and sets or Quads of 12ax7s

I live in fear of the day that they are all gone..

PANick

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

NOS are worth every penny. They may cost more than modern production tubes, but sound much better AND last at least 5 times as long! Most modern production tubes live about 1500 hours...a Telefunken 12AX7 will live 100,000!

lasherite · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 47

having had as many as 10 fender amps at one time, i've acquired a large hoard of NOS tubes. the only way to go.