Re: Tube sugestions for AC-15 2x12???
Alright, so I decided to go with some Mullard Gold Grid Black Plate Reissue EL84s in the power section & Gold Pin Electro-Hramonix 12AX7's for the preamp. I haven't had a chance to try them out yet due to a hand injury, ironically it happened the same night the amp arrived, so it's going to be a few months before I'm doing any serious picking. I had the other guitarist in my band come over & rock out on it with the cheap stock Chinese tubes & it sounded flipping amazing, a little noisy but amazing!!! The new gold pin preamp tubes should help that a little bit? I think I'm going wait until my hand works again & play it "as is" for a while? This way I'll be able to really hear the difference when I do change them! It may turn out the Chinese tubes sound better than their more expensive Russian counterparts? I've had it happen before??? I'm pretty sure with this amp things will just get better & better as my hand heals, the tube upgrade, & as the tubes & Greenbacks break in. This amp still only has maybe 3 hours of playing time on it & only about 30 minutes of that was me, but from what little time I've spent with it I just know it's going to fit better every time I use it! It's a lot like a new baseball glove right now, the more use it gets, the better it's going to work & sound!!! LOL, I love VOX amps!!! All I'd use for the first 20 years of my playing career was Fender amps, my very 1st amp was a Fender & I just kept buying new ones & upgrading until I got my Deluxe Reverb. I convinced myself that's all I liked & would try nothing else!!! That was my main amp for years until about 2 years ago, my lead guitarist needed some cash so I bought his 15w Night Train head real cheap, I loved it so much I bought the Night Train 50G1 head & 2x12 cab a month later!!! I owned a VT20 hybrid amp for a few months but gave it to my girl's dad because I don't really like all the amp modeling? Anyhow,this is the best one yet & like I said I only have about a 1/2 hour of REAL playing time on it so far!!! I'm sure I'll unlock some more of it's secrets over the next few months!!!
