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  1. I actually quite like The Lyveden Project, although it took me a while to work out how to spell it. LV Project lacks that certian je ne sais quoi, I think. I personally would stick with the name and get 1000's of business cards printed up... Just chuck them at the audience members or somethin' :-)
  2. Welcome home, Phil. Happy belated birthday, Geoff.
  3. Not really. The two tubes use the same output transformer and each have their cool aspects. It really is a great amp in many ways but a lot of folks expect a certain kind of response and touch in these fixed bias class A/B amps (and in the Fender Blues Jr) which is not the same as a cathode biased amp with EL84's. If you like the tone and feel of the amp then all is fine and dandy. Yeah, I dig. I love this amp, it's just a little louder than I would like it :-) Thanks very much for your input, Myles. I appreciate it. Laney has built a lot of cool stuff for a very long time. One side aspect of class A/B is more wattage than class A / cathode biased amps and less distortion. The amp may be rated at 15 watts but it can really do closer to 25 so that is one reason it is a bit louder than expected for an amp with a duet of EL84 tubes. It will even be stronger with some EL84S tubes but if you get a set of the GT EL84S (it is the JJ tube) in a #2 rating and bias it for that tube it will break up a little faster. A small update on this one, Myles (just in case you like to see how things pan out ) I have replaced V3 with a 12AX7M groove tube that came in my Zendrive 2. This has given a little more grit at lower volume.. So step 1 is complete :-) But I am finding it hard to find somebody within a 50 mile radius to do the power tubes for me, I ask for a quote and nobody gets back to me. Do you happen to know if these Laney's (PCB based) are hard to work on, or something?
  4. Not really. The two tubes use the same output transformer and each have their cool aspects. It really is a great amp in many ways but a lot of folks expect a certain kind of response and touch in these fixed bias class A/B amps (and in the Fender Blues Jr) which is not the same as a cathode biased amp with EL84's. If you like the tone and feel of the amp then all is fine and dandy. Yeah, I dig. I love this amp, it's just a little louder than I would like it :-) Thanks very much for your input, Myles. I appreciate it. Laney has built a lot of cool stuff for a very long time. One side aspect of class A/B is more wattage than class A / cathode biased amps and less distortion. The amp may be rated at 15 watts but it can really do closer to 25 so that is one reason it is a bit louder than expected for an amp with a duet of EL84 tubes. It will even be stronger with some EL84S tubes but if you get a set of the GT EL84S (it is the JJ tube) in a #2 rating and bias it for that tube it will break up a little faster. Awesome! Thanks Myles :-) A long shot, but have you ever come across a good amp tech that works in England?
  5. Not really. The two tubes use the same output transformer and each have their cool aspects. It really is a great amp in many ways but a lot of folks expect a certain kind of response and touch in these fixed bias class A/B amps (and in the Fender Blues Jr) which is not the same as a cathode biased amp with EL84's. If you like the tone and feel of the amp then all is fine and dandy. Yeah, I dig. I love this amp, it's just a little louder than I would like it :-) Thanks very much for your input, Myles. I appreciate it.
  6. Thanks Myles. Do you think the amp would perform much better if modded to take 6V6's?
  7. Thanks Myles. I had a sneaky suspicion that the TAD valves were a bit cheap n nasty :-) So the JJ EL84S's are good? I will have to find me a local amp tech that can pop some in and re-bias. I'll also have a go at experimenting with V3, thanks for the suggestion. Lee
  8. Lee, What is the current tube compliment in the amp by tube maker / type. Hi, It has 3x Pre-amp and 2 x Power. Pre-amp (I replaced all the stock TAD 12AX7's) V1 Mullard Military NOS ECC83 V2 Same V3 ECC81 Not sure of the brand, it was given to me by a friend. Power (stock) Pair of TAD EL84-STR (Sticker on them also says "Select 7") Thanks Lee
  9. Hi Myles, I have a Laney VC15 1x10 combo that I mainly use for recording. I generally like to have a little bit of Power Tube bite/overdrive with a cleanish preamp stage. I can do this fine, but have to crank the power tubes pretty loud to get them to start to bite. I would like to be able to get the same kind of tones at a slightly lower volume. Am I right in thinking that I can do this by using power tubes that break up faster than the TAD's it currently uses? If so, do you favour any particular model of tube for this purpose? I could I even have the amp re-biased to break up earlier? What would your suggestions be? Thanks for your input. Lee
  10. Thanks for the info, Myles. I will look into the new reproductions, I had intially been looking for an old blackface champ, but they are hard to come by!
  11. Hi Myles, I am looking into getting a little Fender Champ, If I wanted to run a US valve amp set for 110v in the UK at 240v, what would be the best thing to do? An external transformer or mod it, etc? Do you know if this changes the tone of the amp? Thanks Lee
  12. Trucks

    OT: TATTOOS

    Don't forget the smaller nose.... And the pointy headstock :-) :grin:
  13. Trucks

    OT: TATTOOS

    To short or not too short? That is the question... :grin:
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