Loserchief
SwingingIdiot
So the Sovereign is here since saturday and it absolutely rocks. The only thing that bothers me is the fact,that it's about 3 years old,has been giged on regular basis, but there are still the original stock tubes in it. The amp doesn't sound bad by any means, but i'm thinking,that with new tubes it could sound even greater(should be the case considering how worn out the tubes must be). So i wanna do a complete retube to get this baby rocking even more.
I have to admit that i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to a full tube change(my Powerball was new when i bought it and isn't old enough to need a change and my Valbee doesn't really count since there are only two tubes in it), so i'm asking for a bit of help on how to pick the tubes for the different spots and upgrade my knowledge. I just gonna go in nummerical order. Just give me recommendations on what tube would fit where, in your oppinion(there are so many to choose from).
Manual with tube map, to give you some orientation
All 6 pre- tubes are 12AX7s.
I'm pretty set that i'm gonna get a matched quad of JJ 6L6GCs for the powersection(V7-V10), but any info on the svetlanca winged Cs would be great since i heard some good things about those.
V1: Since this is out to be "FQ, Slected"(what do they mean by FQ?) and it's the input tube, i guess i should something that sound clean and is very accurate to get as much of the orignal guitar tone into the amp. Am i close?
V2-4: selected. I have no idea what to assign to which tube any idea what each tube could be there for and ideas what to put there?
V5,V6: standard, also no idea about actualy function in the circuit but recommendations welcome.
So since i need 10 tubes and i want them to be quality tubes, i don't have money to just get out there and buy a bunch of tubes for every spot and test what i like best(would be very expensive), so i need some solid idea of what to get before i buy. Help would be greatly appreciated.
If i get tubes graded for High Gain, what would be the best place to put them(obviously not in every spot)?
I have to admit that i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to a full tube change(my Powerball was new when i bought it and isn't old enough to need a change and my Valbee doesn't really count since there are only two tubes in it), so i'm asking for a bit of help on how to pick the tubes for the different spots and upgrade my knowledge. I just gonna go in nummerical order. Just give me recommendations on what tube would fit where, in your oppinion(there are so many to choose from).
Manual with tube map, to give you some orientation
All 6 pre- tubes are 12AX7s.
I'm pretty set that i'm gonna get a matched quad of JJ 6L6GCs for the powersection(V7-V10), but any info on the svetlanca winged Cs would be great since i heard some good things about those.
V1: Since this is out to be "FQ, Slected"(what do they mean by FQ?) and it's the input tube, i guess i should something that sound clean and is very accurate to get as much of the orignal guitar tone into the amp. Am i close?
V2-4: selected. I have no idea what to assign to which tube any idea what each tube could be there for and ideas what to put there?
V5,V6: standard, also no idea about actualy function in the circuit but recommendations welcome.
So since i need 10 tubes and i want them to be quality tubes, i don't have money to just get out there and buy a bunch of tubes for every spot and test what i like best(would be very expensive), so i need some solid idea of what to get before i buy. Help would be greatly appreciated.
If i get tubes graded for High Gain, what would be the best place to put them(obviously not in every spot)?
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