Make Up Your Freakin Mind
JJ to Tung-Sol to JJ and.... In a previous post I went on and on about switching 6V6 power tubes in my modified Marshall DSL15C little monster. The last thought was that I liked the JJ 6V6S tubes because they sang. However, the more I played the 6V6S tubes the more the singing started to sound too high pitched, almost glassy. After learning a lot more about the characteristics of the Marshall DSL15C, it looks like the amp is a little on the bright side. Since I have an old Celestion Vintage 30 which is also on the bright side, the brightness of the JJ 6V6S power tubes got to be a bit too much. On top of that, listening to the album I recorded and released earlier this year, I thought, damn, I like the tone of the guitar work on the recordings. Guess which 6V6 power tubes were in the amp during the recording sessions? Give up? The power tubes were Tung-Sol 6V6GT. Recently, I was able to get individual tracks recorded at a blues festival. I thought my guitar sounded reall