Dave da Dude

Okay. Will do Myles. Thanks.

Myles, back to the Epi Galaxie 10 that I bought back in the early fall. I did switch the PreAmp tube from a 12AV7 to the 12AY7 that you recommended, a NOS JAN Tungstol from 1961 that I found locally. Tremendous improvement. Thanks! The Power Tube is a 6L6 and had been re-tubed to a new RCA 6L6. I was just surfing around and looked at GT Tubes where I saw they listed 6V6's besides the 6L6's. Would the 6V6 be a better choice for the Galaxie 10? They also list three different 6V6's, the 6V6C, 6V6R and 6V6S. The descriptions are rather... terse. It seems as though they go from soft 'n bluesy to hard 'n rockin' in alphabetical order. Is that right? Which of those would you recommend? Or, something different? As usual, thank you in advance for any help at all that you can lend in my quest for... 'the tone'.

A 12AU7 is a good phase inverter but a poor tone generator. Grab a 12AY7 ... the front end of a tweed bassman. Much nicer tone and very smooth. Myles, thanks for the advice! I won't be able to pick it up until next week sometime now, but I'll be sure to get a 12AY7 to try out in it. I thought the amp sounded... strained, or something. Thanks again, u r Myles, I finally picked up the amp. The sound I was trying to describe was "Brittle" and not "Open". I got a nice JAN Tungsol 12AY7 (NOS, 1961) from Al at Alpha Sound & Light here in Charlotte. I told him (as I found out on... another... forum) that you'd bailed out of GT before the crash. Good for you! btw, I misunderstood (or he mis-informed me) about what tube was in the amp. It was an RCA 12AV7. According to the "Manual" (one 8x11.5 folded over) it originally SHOULD have been a 12AX7WA, not a plain 12AX7 as I was told. It does still sound better now though, still quite "Brite"... but with the Treble down (3) and Bass up (7) it sounds good, and actually not UNusable with everything flat if a brite sound is wanted/needed... and MUCH smoother. Thanks!!! Once I put the BOSS EQ7 in front of it (tomorrow), I'm sure I can shape the sound real fine. A real bargain ($100) for a home practice tube amp, imho. THANKS again Myles. You're a marvel.

A 12AU7 is a good phase inverter but a poor tone generator. Grab a 12AY7 ... the front end of a tweed bassman. Much nicer tone and very smooth. Myles, thanks for the advice! I won't be able to pick it up until next week sometime now, but I'll be sure to get a 12AY7 to try out in it. I thought the amp sounded... strained, or something. Thanks again, u r

Myles, next week I will be picking up a lightly used Epi Galaxie 10 Combo practice tube amp. It has a 10" Celestion speaker in it, I'm not clear if that is stock or not. Originally it was suppled with a 12AX7 PreAmp tube and a 6L6 Power tube. The guy I'm buying it from has retubed it with a Groove Tube 12AU7 (to get "more headroom") and a RCA 6L6. The amp tends to be bright and trebly to begin with (by reputation) and most definitely was when I tried it out. The B, M, T controls do take much of it out. And I do have an EQ and Genesis 3 that I could take even more out, but it is very... "brittle"... until the gain is up past "7". It doesn't get loud at all until the gain is at, or past, "5", not much breakup until "7" or more. Is that PreAmp tube the best choice for this amp?

Myles, no reply needed on this, just a great big thank you for your help on this. I know how busy you must be and the Forum is certainly extremely fortunate to have you as our resident amp guru. May all your amps be... RAWKIN~!!

Myles, not even with this? Weber Headphone Tap and Dummy Load

The ONLY one I can find (low power/low cost) is the Peavy ValveKing Royal 8 (8W Class A). Do you know of any others? I have a thread going on this atm too. Myles, as always, thanks for your help on this.

Myles, still tryin' to work out how to do tube amp on a budget. I absolutely MUST have a Headphone Output. The only one I can find (low power/low cost) is a Peavy ValveKing Royal 8 (8W Class A). And that may suit my needs just fine. But... IF I find it won't, is there's any (easy) way to get headphones plugged into an external Spkr Out or Line Out without melting down the amp?

Myles, in another thread a while ago, someone was asking for advice on what very small tube amp to buy etc. I mentioned a Kustom 12W Practice Amp (Hybrid tube PreAmp, SS Output) and someone pointed out that did not give the desired result since the power tube distorting was the sound that was treasured. I thought the PreAmp tube also lent a favorable distortion to the sound. I had (since lost... still lookin') a 1993 Randall Tube Pro II that I liked very much for tone with my Highway 1 Strat. Would a Hybrid amp like that be so far off the mark? I'm trying to get started again, no guitar or amp atm and trying to keep if very cheap.

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Myles, this was posted on another thread, and I didn't know if you noticed it. I'm kinda' interested in the definitive answer too. Author: Peemonkey Senior Member Member # 39312 Topic: Gain Control Box do these work? posted 07-07-2004 10:37 ------------------------------------------------- Ive seen these for sale and was wondering do these work good with tube amps, it basically just goes into effects loop so you crank up the volume or something on the amp and you lower it through this box, its supposed to get the tubes working at high volumes but with low output. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38074&item=3734340774&rd=1 Heres a link for one on ebay ------------------------------------------------- Posts: 57 | From: Home | Registered: May 2004 Dave th Dude

Hi Myles, Long time no see. There's a thread running around about "attenuators, power brakes, air brakes" that could use your help. Would you mind takin' a look and offerring some (expert) opinions, facts, recommendations? Dave

Myles, In jzgtrguy's thread asking about preamp tubes (PreAmp Tube suggestions for Quiana), CatBoy mentions audiotubes dot com. Do you know anything about them? Dave the Curious

Myles, I'm looking for your (very learned) OPINION here. Do you think that (in general) the new Pre-Amp tubes are on a par with NOS tubes yet? In other words, is it worth the premium to buy NOS tubes? Dave