Re: Guys - Lil Night Train is $149 + $50 rebate
A little bump/follow up to this thread ...
I revalved my LNT this morning and was able to dial in a great tone with a bit of valve/equipment balancing. What I ended up with is:
V1 JJ ECC 803S
V2 GE JAN 'green label' 5751
V3 Electro-Harmonix 12AT7
Since I only use headphones with my amp, I am more concerned with tone than output volume, so I don't know if this would decrease overall SPL's or not.
I set the amp for the BRIGHT channel, Gain at 12 o'clock Treble @ 2 o'clock, Bass at 1 o'clock.
Guitar was a Bare Knuckle Miracle Man loaded super strat (alder/maple/Floyd Rose, no volume or tone controls, just a kill switch).
To removed the last bits of zing, I used a Divine Noise straight cable.
Really nice, mild crunch tone with quite a bit of dynamic response to picking attack. Turning up the Gain gave a good, old school rock/metal tone with plenty of girth and nice palm muted sound.
I don't have a cab in the house right now, so I was unable to test it that way, but this is the way I use it normally.
Quite enjoyable!