Best current production EL34?

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Nilo
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Best current production EL34?

Post by Nilo » Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:09 pm

I play mostly hard rock With roots in the blues.

Since winged c are no more. Which are the ones to go for?

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Re: Best current production EL34?

Post by Haze13 » Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:03 am

If you play at Home, it really does not matter. Louder? Well stay away from Sovteks, EH, Cheap "made-in-china" . Mesa, TAD, RUBY - they aren't making tubes, they are just buying them (they use Sovteks and other cheap tubes), test them and re-brands them... Other tubes, you have to listen to them to make a decision. I actually playing with EH EL-34 (JCM800 build) and when I A/B-ed with JCM800 Ri (100W) I liked Mine AMP, and every others who have been there too. So parts of your amp are playing a big role in this.
If I were I would buy some thing like Thung-Sol or JJ and wouldn't worry about it. :) They All different... And similar :)

Don't forget - current production tubes are not like old tubes, so if your amp runs the EL-34 on high voltage (700V) so you kind of in trouble :)

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