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What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:27 pm
by flip
What preamp tube are you guys running in your 45's? .

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:06 am
by Roe
45 (RS): telef, siemens, tele
45/50: probabl siemens or tungsram, mullard , tele
45/100: tungsram, tungsram, tele
45/100 (el34): tungsram, can remember v2-3

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:15 am
by RussB
Tungsgram
RFT
Telefunken smooth

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:07 am
by Big Mike
Still breaking it in...

but
V1 Tungsol Reissue
V2 Mullard Reissue
V3 GT Labled Sovtek LPS

I have some GEJan 5751's and some ANOS GE's and such to mess with once I get some more time on it and finish tweaking. Just put in some KT66's from Terry last night though, and that's a big improvement over the (badly mismatched) Tungsol Reissues I had.

Should've just went with the tubes George supplies, but I figured i had a bunch of stuff laying around..sigh..LOL

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:29 pm
by nikbert
NOS Yellow Label Mullard in V1
NOS white print Mullard in V2
NOS Telefunken smoothplate in V3

Bert
Netherlands

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:12 am
by master keeper
different setups in all amps. The consistent thing is V3 where TFK smooth and TESLA e83cc seems to work wonders. It's easier to find tubes that have "it" for V1-2 imo.

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:58 am
by Roe
+1 on telefunken in v3

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:37 pm
by Big Mike
Interesting, Tele's for the Phase inverter. What do you feel it adds?

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:42 pm
by master keeper
cream, clarity and luster!

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:29 pm
by Big Mike
Well with it breaking in nicely, I raided what's left of my 'stash' and put a Phillips Holland in V1, RFT in V2 and a GE JAN 12AX7 in the PI.

Nice. I'm digging that, there they will stay.

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:39 pm
by Rickey_Dee
v1: philipps miniwatt
v2: philipps miniwatt
v3: tele

edit: oops... ok, i have a 50W, but whatever... :mrgreen:

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:20 am
by master keeper
tried a new config in my early 67 hendrix spec'd 100w and it was really great with an LP:

v1 sylvania (a real hot one)
v2 mullard shield logo
v3 tesla e83cc

power tubes are mid 70s RFT.

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:28 pm
by titi2
i'm using:
V1 = Matsushita ecc83 (sounds better than my sylvania, JJ, sovtek, EH)
V2 = Matsushita ecc83
V3 = JJ Ecc83
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JTM45:
Let there be rock !

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:17 am
by Roe
master keeper wrote:tried a new config in my early 67 hendrix spec'd 100w and it was really great with an LP:

v1 sylvania (a real hot one)
v2 mullard shield logo
v3 tesla e83cc

power tubes are mid 70s RFT.
Is this a 45/100, a black flag or a 10000 series amp?

Re: What preamp tubes are you guys running

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:01 am
by master keeper
It's a '73 ptp super bass tweaked per the "Dickinson" hendrix super lead amp specs. Originally it had 525 B+, but I lowered it to 470.