Mullards
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Gone_Shootin
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SongsForTheDeaf
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JeffB
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Re: Mullards
No idea about the Tungsol 84s, Doc. It is myunderstanding they are clearer/tighter/more modern toned, but I have not tried them.
No idea about the Tungsol 84s, Doc. It is myunderstanding they are clearer/tighter/more modern toned, but I have not tried them.
JeffB
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Have not heard of that tube Ben, can you give me a rundown on what it is like?
On a side note regarding the Mullards, I dragged the Class5 out, popped a Mullard EL84 in, the original shugang back in v2, and the new mullard 12ax7 in V1, plugged her into the V30cab, let her warm up a bit.. and holy sheet....between the new 335 and the Mullards, it sounds so much better..great match of tubes...less headroom, but the distortion sound is really fun...clip next week.
Have not heard of that tube Ben, can you give me a rundown on what it is like?
On a side note regarding the Mullards, I dragged the Class5 out, popped a Mullard EL84 in, the original shugang back in v2, and the new mullard 12ax7 in V1, plugged her into the V30cab, let her warm up a bit.. and holy sheet....between the new 335 and the Mullards, it sounds so much better..great match of tubes...less headroom, but the distortion sound is really fun...clip next week.
TwilightOdyssey
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50% ECC83, 50 % ECC82, 100% awesome!
The first triode is 83, so it retains the crunch of the first gain stage, and more importantly, the tone of your amp. The Sudio 2 was voiced around the 83 and itis ultra sensitive to valve swaps, so every time I tried to get the gain down, it was always with a tonal compromise.
The second triode is the 82, so it brings the gain back down again. The end result is YOUR tone, the tone your amp is designed around, but with manageable gain levels. I find them particularly useful with my single channel amps as it allows me to throw virtually any pedal in font of the amp now.
If you go to this thread, all of the crunch tones are with the Studio 2 with the 832 in the v1 slot, aside from the guitars at the vey end, that's the Dual Rec...
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...-analog-mix-in-2-decades!-(Prog-rock-content)
50% ECC83, 50 % ECC82, 100% awesome!
The first triode is 83, so it retains the crunch of the first gain stage, and more importantly, the tone of your amp. The Sudio 2 was voiced around the 83 and itis ultra sensitive to valve swaps, so every time I tried to get the gain down, it was always with a tonal compromise.
The second triode is the 82, so it brings the gain back down again. The end result is YOUR tone, the tone your amp is designed around, but with manageable gain levels. I find them particularly useful with my single channel amps as it allows me to throw virtually any pedal in font of the amp now.
If you go to this thread, all of the crunch tones are with the Studio 2 with the 832 in the v1 slot, aside from the guitars at the vey end, that's the Dual Rec...
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...-analog-mix-in-2-decades!-(Prog-rock-content)
Gone_Shootin
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Re: Mullards
I wondered. Fender has been making the Blues Jr brighter every time they revise the amp. So, the BJr II is darker than the III and the I is darker than the II.
Mine is a BJr II.
I wondered. Fender has been making the Blues Jr brighter every time they revise the amp. So, the BJr II is darker than the III and the I is darker than the II.
Mine is a BJr II.
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dr.barlo
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Re: Mullards
Cool. Thanks. That's exactly my info as well... I am currently using a pair of JJEL84's (and have a pair of spares again JJEL84's) for my Blues Jr. They are not bad, but not great as well. And to be frank, I am not a fan of EL84's anyway... Still, I want to try them TungSol's or Mullards. I did not care for EHX's and the stock Groove Tubes.
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Cool. Thanks. That's exactly my info as well... I am currently using a pair of JJEL84's (and have a pair of spares again JJEL84's) for my Blues Jr. They are not bad, but not great as well. And to be frank, I am not a fan of EL84's anyway... Still, I want to try them TungSol's or Mullards. I did not care for EHX's and the stock Groove Tubes.
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dr.barlo
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Re: Mullards
Weird...
Mine is a MIA Blues Jr. 1998. Is it a Blues Jr. v. 0?
Really... It got brighter when it moved across the border, and changed the color of the board from green to cream. But that wasn't enough I suppose... They are making it brighter and brighter... I think them testers at Fender should have lost their hearing you know. The first hearing loss concerns the highs, as far as I know.
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Weird...
Mine is a MIA Blues Jr. 1998. Is it a Blues Jr. v. 0?
Really... It got brighter when it moved across the border, and changed the color of the board from green to cream. But that wasn't enough I suppose... They are making it brighter and brighter... I think them testers at Fender should have lost their hearing you know. The first hearing loss concerns the highs, as far as I know.
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JeffB
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Re: Mullards
Definitely give the Mullards a try, tonally much sweeter than the JJs. But headroom will be reduced. No clue yet how durable comparitively, wbich is the good thing about the JJs.
Definitely give the Mullards a try, tonally much sweeter than the JJs. But headroom will be reduced. No clue yet how durable comparitively, wbich is the good thing about the JJs.
Gone_Shootin
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Re: Mullards
Yeah, who knows....
I've always liked things a little brighter, myself, so that's probably why my BJr II sounds dark to me.
Weird...
Mine is a MIA Blues Jr. 1998. Is it a Blues Jr. v. 0?
Really... It got brighter when it moved across the border, and changed the color of the board from green to cream. But that wasn't enough I suppose... They are making it brighter and brighter... I think them testers at Fender should have lost their hearing you know. The first hearing loss concerns the highs, as far as I know.
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Yeah, who knows....
I've always liked things a little brighter, myself, so that's probably why my BJr II sounds dark to me.
