which 6L6's

the guy who invented fire

the guy who invented fire

Fuzzy. Guitars
Ok guys...it's come down to a choice of 3 different current production 6L6's for me to try out...

-TAD STR 6L6
-SED Winged C 6L6
-Sovtek 6L6WXT+

Please no other suggestions, I need to try some current production 6L6's and it's gonna be one of these 3.

Thanks guys!
 
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aleclee said:
What are you looking for tone-wise?
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:smack: that would help! Im putting them in my Fender Twin...CLEAN is the game, something that would work well with the typical BF Fender tone...big bottom and clear/smooth highs.
 
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Christian, I've got a set of both the Sovtek WXT+'s and the TAD long bottles. The Peavey came with the sovtek's and after a/b'ing them, I actually preferred the Sovtek's.....in this application anyway. The TAD's did sound very nice, but I actually lost more gain than I wanted as the longbottles are supposed to have quite a bit more headroom than the short bottles. I'll pm you with some more info.....
 
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I like the Svetlanas the best. They have a full bottom end and the top compresses in a nice sweet way.

This is actually the first time in a long time that I don't own a 6L6 amp. I sold the Bassman LTD a couple months ago.
 
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SEDs would be you best choice for a clean tone from your Twin. They will have the deepest bass and a smooth articulate top. I use them in my Bassman and my Tremoverb.
 
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I'm in the market for some 6L6's myself for my HRD. (Same tone your looking for) I was looking into the long bottle TAD's or JJ's. Any reason JJ's didn't make your poll?
BTW, I finally have to break down and buy preamp tubes for the 1st time in my life.:laugh2: My endless supply of NOS tubes has dried up.:yell: When my Grandmother passed away in 91'.I found a shoe box full of NOS preamp tubes from my Grandfather. Amprex,Sylvania,Phillips and RCA's.:smokin:
 
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kmcguitars said:
I'm in the market for some 6L6's myself for my HRD. (Same tone your looking for) I was looking into the long bottle TAD's or JJ's. Any reason JJ's didn't make your poll?
BTW, I finally have to break down and buy preamp tubes for the 1st time in my life.:laugh2: My endless supply of NOS tubes has dried up.:yell: When my Grandmother passed away in 91'.I found a shoe box full of NOS preamp tubes from my Grandfather. Amprex,Sylvania,Phillips and RCA's.:smokin:
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I hear ya Ken! I bought a boat load of NOS tubes from a guy years ago for next to nothing nd they are all just about gone!:yell:

I need to try a good bit of currrent production tubes and see what is great and what's just good and what sucks. As for the JJ's I will br trying them out very soon but after doing a lot of reading the SED, Sovtek and the TAD are the 3 tubes that I want to pick between...no real reason to be honest. Lew's brother Bruce is building me an amp as we speak and unless I change my mind again it will have JJ power tubes (6L6's) in it so I'll get to try those as well pretty soon.
 
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the guy who invented fire said:
As for the JJ's I will br trying them out very soon but after doing a lot of reading the SED, Sovtek and the TAD are the 3 tubes that I want to pick between...no real reason to be honest. Lew's brother Bruce is building me an amp as we speak and unless I change my mind again it will have JJ power tubes (6L6's) in it so I'll get to try those as well pretty soon.
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Hey guess what YOU'RE PSYCHO!!!!!:laugh2: :6:

Not 15 minutes after our converstation.
 
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I'm always wondering if the TAD aren't just relabeled tubes of different brands?
 
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Christian, I think Bruce put the Sovtek WXT's in my '51 Super. My buddy Rondo likes those NOS Phillips 6L6 WGB tubes in his '54 tweed Super. Lew
 
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Marcel said:
I'm always wondering if the TAD aren't just relabeled tubes of different brands?
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Yes they are. The ones in question are made in China for TAD to a specific design by TAD. You will notice on their website that the sell select "TAD" branded JJs EIs and Sovteks (EH), etc. I can't remember where I read it but I believe the design and engineering of the 6L6 STR and 6L6 WGC-STR was done in Germany and then manufactured in China.
 
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I use the Sovtek WXT+'s in my Triamp, like them a lot. I wouldn't say they add so much clean headroom, I'd sooner think they add some BALLS. And volume, too! Even at low volumes you can notice the difference.
 
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slightly_rude said:
Yes they are. The ones in question are made in China for TAD to a specific design by TAD. You will notice on their website that the sell select "TAD" branded JJs EIs and Sovteks (EH), etc. I can't remember where I read it but I believe the design and engineering of the 6L6 STR and 6L6 WGC-STR was done in Germany and then manufactured in China.
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and the 5881? are these sovteks?
 
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