NuSkoolTone
Well-known member
I was messin around today after geting the 6L6 side of my RT2/50 back up today. (I had a fuse blown and left it, couldn't find the right fuse for a few months so everything went to the EL34 side in the meantime)
Gotta say IMO some mods DEFINITELY prefer EL34's to 6L6 and vice versa!
For Example, the JTM (Which has been my clean lately) sounded pretty good with the EL34's (No surprise) but with 6L6's it got WEAK, and I STRONGLY preferred my (Modded) Blackface. However the Blackface sounded great with the EL34 too, got more push and took on some of the qualities of the JTM but with more headroom.
One BIG surprise though, the 1086! EL34 all the way. 6L6 and it lost it's soul. Conversely the Ultra XL Sounds VERY similar to the 1086 with EL34's So I was considering ditching it. But through 6L6's, WHOA! Now I'm almost thinking if I could live without the 1086! I know the 1086 has MANY settings, but there's really only ONE I use (Like probably most of you)
I didn't go nuts checking this out but as I was playing with modules today these stood out.
Anyone else have a similar impression? What Modules were a big difference for you?
Gotta say IMO some mods DEFINITELY prefer EL34's to 6L6 and vice versa!
For Example, the JTM (Which has been my clean lately) sounded pretty good with the EL34's (No surprise) but with 6L6's it got WEAK, and I STRONGLY preferred my (Modded) Blackface. However the Blackface sounded great with the EL34 too, got more push and took on some of the qualities of the JTM but with more headroom.
One BIG surprise though, the 1086! EL34 all the way. 6L6 and it lost it's soul. Conversely the Ultra XL Sounds VERY similar to the 1086 with EL34's So I was considering ditching it. But through 6L6's, WHOA! Now I'm almost thinking if I could live without the 1086! I know the 1086 has MANY settings, but there's really only ONE I use (Like probably most of you)
I didn't go nuts checking this out but as I was playing with modules today these stood out.
Anyone else have a similar impression? What Modules were a big difference for you?