Pre-amp tube question.

[Danglin' Fury]

I would like some recommendations on a high-gain, tube good for metal(Black/ Death).I like either warm or crisp as long as it has ball-smashing crunch. I't will be going in a JSX w/ Ruby EL34's. Also, could anybody recommend a good set of 6L6's and a pre-tube for these. Any responses appreciated.
P.S. I've read a few threads here but still undecided.

[greendy123]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

The chinese 12ax7Cs and sovtek lps 12ax7s work pretty good for high gain. For me the chinese tubes gave more of a warmer tone. The sovtek lps tubes had more of a tighter crunch sound in my amp.

[JLagoon]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

JJ high gain tube. eurotubes.com

[Robert S.]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

Another vote for the JJs.

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

www.revolutionguitar.com I recommend JJ power tubes, but if you want tight focused gain, JJ ECC83's seem too clean to me. Groove Tube 12AX7C's and JJ or Svetlana 6L6's get my vote. If you want cheap 12AX7C's that aren't labeled by GT, search ebay for 'shuguang chinese 12AX7'. Sometimes, they're only $5 a piece. edit....I found them for you..

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-12AX7-12AX7A-Tube-s-Shuguang-Chinese-NEW_W0QQitemZ7615082232QQcategoryZ14947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If you decide to go with all JJ's, the new ECC803S is the highgain pre tube. You really only need to buy 1 for the 1st position.

[Duke of Metal]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

Highgain graded JJ ECC83s will add warmth... they're also tight sounding, specially when cranked and driven hard.

[sosomething]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

I would like some recommendations on a high-gain, tube good for metal(Black/ Death).I like either warm or crisp as long as it has ball-smashing crunch. I't will be going in a JSX w/ Ruby EL34's. Also, could anybody recommend a good set of 6L6's and a pre-tube for these. Any responses appreciated.

The JJ's are pretty slammin. I went through a whole bevy of preamp tubes recently (EH Gold pin, even NOS JAN GE) and the JJ's tubes came out on top in the end.

I will say this, however: Those Ruby EL34's are not good. You'll probably get better and more significant results from changing your power tubes to JJ's or SED EL34s.

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

The Chinese 12AX7 are a great choice, thight and ballsy at high gain. Just recieved some together with a TAD 7025 highgrade that is actually similar in tone to those just a tad better built quality FWIW... although those Chinese ones are great by themselves.

[Marcel]

Re: Pre-amp tube question.

+1 for the C9