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What a good EL34 tube out there for highgain(metal) amps/playing? Been hearing good things about Mullards re-issue "Master Valves," anybody try them yet?
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Been eying a quad of kt77's for my Stiletto...750xl, 88LE, AT1, Roswell Pro, SG-X, 4 others...
Stilletto Duece 1/2 Stack, MkIII Mini-Stack, J-Station, 12 spaces of misc rack stuff, Sonar 4, Event 20/20, misc outboard stuff...
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Mullards were what they came with in th 60's early 70s and are great tubes but were very hard to come by even back then.Comment
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The Mullards made today are NOT what you would call true Mullards. They are made by Sovtek, who bought the Mullard name. I wouldn't be fooled by the marketing.I'm not Ron!
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The sovtek "mullards" are decent tubes but I would say the SED SVETLANA WINGED C tubes are the way to go!Comment
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i recommend Svetlana's for allround greatness and S.E.D. Winged C's for modern hi gain.Comment
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i really like the winged C's. they are awesome!!GEAR:
some guitars...WITH STRINGS!!!! most of them have those sticks like on guitar hero....AWESOME!!!!
some amps...they have some glowing bottle like things in them...i think my amps do that modelling thing....COOL, huh?!?!?!
and finally....
i have those little plastic "chips" used to hit the strings...WHOA!!!!Comment
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The KT77s are great!Originally posted by nor View Post
I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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i agree mang, also ruby el34bstr are nice tubes too.Originally posted by Fretburner View PostComment
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The Sevt wing =C= EL34's are good but I've been wanting to ckeck out the KT77 as well.Comment
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Are you looking for alot of crunch or high gain speed metal and moving alot of air? For the latter, you can`t beat the EH 6CA7`s, they pump out the power, air and headroom
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For metal, the JJ EL34L's are excellent. Good lowend for a EL34 and a little more sizzle than your standard EL34. I had the Svetlana Wing'd C's in my VHT 2/50/2 and swapped them out for JJ KT77's. The Wing'd C's were excellent but I preferred the KT77's due to the increased lowend.Good deals with:
Metal Medal II, Tonyl11Comment
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i personally think the JJ EL34L's are too dark sounding and really tame the midrange down too much.
this was taken from wikipedia.
New Sensor makes tubes under many different brand names, Sovtek and Electro-Harmonix being only two. They recently acquired the rights to market tubes under the names Mullard and Tung-Sol. They also acquired the rights to the name Svetlana for North America out from under a competing tube manufacturer who now go by SED or "Winged C" in that market.[3] New Sensor is currently making tubes under all those brand names.Comment
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Svetlana tubes are no longer made by Svetlana. they are made by the same company as Sovtek and Electro-Harmonics. for more information on Svetlana Tubes see this stereophile article:
so "Svetlana" is now a brand of tubes from the same factory as Sovtek to similar specifications as the real Svetlana's over at the St. Petersburg factory.
the old Svetlana's are now under the name "S.E.D." and are still made in the Svetlana St. Petersburg factory. S.E.D. stands for Svetlana Electron Distrobutors.Comment
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