Re-tubing a Mesa

[Ice Man]

I have a Mesa Boogie Rocket 4x10 that I like a lot. I play mostly blues/bluesrock and would like to experiment with other manufacturer's tubes to get a little more chime/sparkle and possibly sacrifice some grind. Mesa's do not have a bias adjustment. Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[FretFire]

Re: Re-tubing a Mesa

Email or call Bob at Eurotubes, he'll be more than happy to talk tubes with you and figure out exactly what you want out of the amp. His contact info is listed on his site.

www.eurotubes.com

 

[Ice Man]

Re: Re-tubing a Mesa

That was helpful. Looks like Bob's a JJ guy.

Anyone else?

 

[FretFire]

Re: Re-tubing a Mesa

Yeah, Bob's a JJ distributor here in the US. I retubed my Mesa Rectoverb with JJ 12AX7 and 6L6GC tubes, and it made a WORLD of difference over the stock Mesa tubes. I went with the high gain option though, to get a bit richer distortion and a smoother clean channel.