Re: [Harp-L] Harp amps vs. Guitar amps
- To: fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harp amps vs. Guitar amps
- From: Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:03:47 -0700
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To my ear, 5751 tubes preserve the musicality of the 12AX7 with a bit less
gain. I use them in nearly all my tube amps. I recommend them as the first
change a player tries in a newly acquired tube guitar amp, especially if he
plays though a bullet mic.
-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:30 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Correction I think. Drew you sound great in that clip playing the Clark.
> I was reading the thread backwards and picked the link out of a Bill Otten
> post. Whoever the heck that was sounds just fine and thanks for sending
> that in.
>
> Swapping tubes doesn't just change the gain of an amplifier. Different pre
> amp tubes have different mu (sorry no symbol for that on my keyboard) and
> the eq of the tube is different. This is one of the reasons I pretty much
> always stay with a decent 12AX7 if that's what the manufacturer intended. I
> think 12AX7's are the best sounding of the 12 series pre amp tubes. fjm
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