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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Metz" data-source="post: 162727" data-attributes="member: 4606"><p>I like knowing these things so it can help me choose which tube I want to use for each position , for an example if I want more clean headroom and less gain I’d prob want to use a different type of tube in v1 , and or if I don’t like the tubes that come stock which is usually what happens is I’ll change them for some nos tubes that will help me further succeed in getting the tone I prefer . A lot of the newer 12ax7’s break up to early and sound harsh in the upper mids imo so it’s nice being able to smooth that out if possible . I wouldn’t use nos tubes in high gain applications tho because it’s a waste of a good tube haha . High gain is the easiest tone to achieve imo , and doesn’t take much thought into getting it sounding good . I like less gain , or just enough to get a little bite when I did into the strings , it seems to create a wider dynamic range that is more complex then just straight clean , or high gain .</p></blockquote><p></p>