Just tried Shuguang 9th gen "silver dragon"

[Danglin' Fury]

I got 3 of these pre tubes off the Bay for $17.85 shipped and WOW!!! They are a tad brighter than GT ECC83C's but moderately crunchier. To my ears the distortion is quite a bit smoother. In an earlier post, I was trying to get more gain out of my JSX head. These tubes brought it out BIG TIME!!! Really good pre-amp tubes for cheap. To me , the GT sounded dark but in a bad way. These have more bite on the pick attack crunch but are slightly dark on the sustain in a very good way. Highly recommended in V1 and V2. I better order some more before they're gone!!!:bowdown:

 

[Gearjoneser]

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yeah, they're the best bargain in tubes. For highgain amps, they're the way to go. I even like them in clean amps, since they add a lot of punch and earlier breakup.

 

[That90'sGuy]

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I've been preaching Shuguang 9th gen Chinese preamp tubes for a little while, glad to hear you're liking them Danglin' Fury. For medium to high gain amps, they just do what I want them to do.

 

[stangme01]

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in other amps i've tried them in they did seem to have more gain, and smoother but they seemed to lack tone. But thats just my experience

 

[Jeff_H]

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I will be the first to admit when GJ started preaching GT 12AX7-C's about 12-15 months ago, I was the first NOS snob to say those can't be better than my NOS. Well, I put my money where my mouth was and bought some. Now my Bugle Boy, Mullard and other NOS tubes are in a box for a rainy day, and my Marshall is loaded with GT-C's in the gain stages, M's in the others, JJ in the reverb slot and an M in the PI.

Great tubes for $20 a pop. I prefer the GT's because I feel they are tested to higher tolerances...and I'm ok with paying the extra for that.

 

[brit84]

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how would these stack up against the tung sol 12ax7, from what ive read theyre about equal. any comments?

 

[DesertRose]

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I'm equally impressed with the shuguang, prolly the 1st batch ain't attractive, now they're selling like hotcakes

 

[Kommerzbassist]

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I prefer the GT's because I feel they are tested to higher tolerances...and I'm ok with paying the extra for that.

I use TADs because they seem to be quite anal about their testing... and they are actually cheap for that.

 

[cream123]

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i just pulled the trigger on 2 8th generation shaguang's. doug at doug's tubes said they sounded the same. i ordered them yesterday hopefully they'll be here by wednesday. i can't wait.