I A/B'ed my 63 bandmaster vs my DRRI through the same speaker (C12k jensen) and these were the results-
DRRI-Smooth, but slightly muffled with a semi farty bass at volumes above 5, and percussive/punchy highs. Works very well with my spina TS9, but the cleans leave a bit to be desired when playing louder. Good amp, but could use a better speaker.
63 Bandmaster-No reverb. I ran it through the vibrato channel. Bright switch on. The amp is very clear and pleasing to play through. Playing 'strummed' solos is a dream, as the notes wail out clearly but with 'smooth' bit of hair on it. Chords are very defined and sweet, and the volume at 3 is just as loud as the deluxe's 5, minus the light fart and plus nicer cleans.
Is this a 6V6 vs. 6L6 issue, or is it simply because they don't make them like they used to. I hear about deluxe reverbs being well reknown for an awesome clean tone and chime, but it doesn't compare much to a 6l6 counterpart when it comes to cleans at all, especially a non reverb fender like a bandmaster. Do EH 6v6's just suck and muffle out the sound?
Would 6L6's fill out the missing frequencies and make the amp sound full and sweet, vs. farty, muffled and punchy? Do you need to make any modifications to put 6L6's besides biasing?
I'm running a SS rectifier, and i rigged a computer fan to the back of the amp to blow at the Power tranny so it stays cool, so do you think that it could handle 6L6's? If the 6L6's yield more efficiency and headroom, then i'd end up playing the amp at 3-4 on the volume dial most of the time instead of 5-6 like im running now
DRRI-Smooth, but slightly muffled with a semi farty bass at volumes above 5, and percussive/punchy highs. Works very well with my spina TS9, but the cleans leave a bit to be desired when playing louder. Good amp, but could use a better speaker.
63 Bandmaster-No reverb. I ran it through the vibrato channel. Bright switch on. The amp is very clear and pleasing to play through. Playing 'strummed' solos is a dream, as the notes wail out clearly but with 'smooth' bit of hair on it. Chords are very defined and sweet, and the volume at 3 is just as loud as the deluxe's 5, minus the light fart and plus nicer cleans.
Is this a 6V6 vs. 6L6 issue, or is it simply because they don't make them like they used to. I hear about deluxe reverbs being well reknown for an awesome clean tone and chime, but it doesn't compare much to a 6l6 counterpart when it comes to cleans at all, especially a non reverb fender like a bandmaster. Do EH 6v6's just suck and muffle out the sound?
Would 6L6's fill out the missing frequencies and make the amp sound full and sweet, vs. farty, muffled and punchy? Do you need to make any modifications to put 6L6's besides biasing?
I'm running a SS rectifier, and i rigged a computer fan to the back of the amp to blow at the Power tranny so it stays cool, so do you think that it could handle 6L6's? If the 6L6's yield more efficiency and headroom, then i'd end up playing the amp at 3-4 on the volume dial most of the time instead of 5-6 like im running now
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