myles_rose Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 This is a pretty nice writeup. Lord Valve says he is selling more than Guitar Center ... I do not know if this is his guess or has information but ... from the source of orders he IS outselling guitar center at least ten times over. His review: Lord Valve Speaketh: I've installed 12AX7-Ms in four repaired amps this week. *Rave* reviews from all four owners. The three I loaned my assistant Scooter to try out aren't coming back - he won't turn 'em loose. I said I'd wrassle him for 'em, and he said bring it on! (I outweigh him by 100 pounds. ;-) Plenty of positive feedback from my Internet customers, too. I can't keep enough of them in stock to fill all the orders - the first 100 sold out in 37 hours flat, the second came in last Monday afternoon and were all gone by Tuesday morning. In fact, I'm the number one seller of this tube on the planet at this point - I'm even kickin' Guitar Center's ass! Now, I know there are plenty of cork-sniffing snobs out there who are going to find fault with this tube in one way or another... it doesn't "look" right or something, doesn't develop a proper "sound stage" or maybe it doesn't produce that "rosy midrange bloom" or whatever...I'm sure the cork-sniffers will find plenty of high-falutin' audiophool descriptors to put it down with, but I'll tell ya this: it's a damn fine-sounding tube. DT's road tech is spending this week interning in my shop, and he'll be taking a few back to the tour for a pro-stage tryout. (Some of the new Reflektor production Svetlana 6L6s will go, too.) At least one 12AX7-M will wind up in the Super Six Derek uses with the Allmans, and that amp gets played *loud*. I designed it from the ground up to peel paint off the walls, and it's pretty fussy about what tubes get put into it. I say the 12AX7-M is up to it. We'll see, eh? Bottom line: I don't give a rat's ass whether it sounds like the original or not - it can stand on its own. The glass snobs can scream bloody murder 'til it short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo - this one's a winner. 200 more on the way to Castle Valve as of yesterday, folks - bust your piggy banks and pony up, they won't last two days. So Sayeth the Lord. OK, Baboons - commence screeching. ;-) Lord Valve Expert Myles S. Rose www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com www.la-economy.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/mylesr www.twitter.com/myles111us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 O.K.- who is Lord Valve? (The review is interesting, by the way! Thanks, Myles!) Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tele Kinesis Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Lord Valve is NBS Electronics in Denver. He IS a knowledgeable bloke. And he does thoroughly test his stuff. I haven't been in for awhile, but if that's the same Scooter that I know of, he's pretty good, also. He is a BIT pricier than others, but I trust his quality. Just don't try to seriously BS him. Tele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Thanks, Tele Kinesis! Sounds like a good guy to do business with; reliability, consistancey, and knowledge are all worth being "a BIT pricier than others" in my book! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myles_rose Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 bumping for new folks Myles S. Rose www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com www.la-economy.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/mylesr www.twitter.com/myles111us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Myles, I apologize for my inattention. Somehow I missed this thread before. Thanks for the bump More inattention; what are 12AX7-Ms? Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teahead Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hey Dave...The 12AX7"M" are Groovetubes recreation of the famous Mullard preamp tube, hence the "M." I have a pair in my AC30 and they sound fantastic, much cleaner than the JJs I had in before and a very thick, harmonic crunch is capable when they're pushed. Highly recommended... Tea. Pedal Clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Thanks I remember now Myles, do you know Lord Valve's web site? I'd like to check out pricing. Oh, the GAS Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Yes, site, me too, me too, Thanks! Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc taz Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I just did a search. The first one's his web site; the others are reviews Lord's written. sevenstring.org profile my flickr page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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