Tubes for Hot Rod DeVille

[Guitar Guy]

I've been putting off changing tubes in my hot rod for a while now mainly because i was pretty happy with the tone (the clean at least). The other day i accidentally broke one of the power tubes in the DeVille and so i am pretty much forced to change them, which in my opinion is a good thing. I've been looking at JJs and on their website and they have several retube packages to give different sounds. I'm not sure which one i should get. At the moment i like to get my distortion sounds from pedals so i mostly only use the clean channel. Which tubes should i get?

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Tubes for Hot Rod DeVille

JJ 6l6's are great sounding and cheap.

In my experience, Svetlana =C= 6L6GC's are my favorite, because they sound great and are priced right. But the best part is how resistant to vibration they are. The internal parts have nice bracing, so there's less chance of tube rattle when the amp is loud.

 

[metlking]

Re: Tubes for Hot Rod DeVille

Check out www.dougstubes.com
He has a knack for matching just the right tube to the amp for the sound you desire......super nice guy with great prices too!

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Tubes for Hot Rod DeVille

I'm sold on SED power's & jj pre's

 

[12guitdown]

Re: Tubes for Hot Rod DeVille

You can't go wrong with JJ's. If you don't crank up your amp under your normal settings, go with a hotter set as they will yield better tone. Because a colder set playing at softer levels yield crap. If you don't turn it up more than halfway, go with EHX preamps and JJ powers'. The EHX's seem to be a little more gainy than the JJ's preamps.