![]() However, you can't really go wrong with either one, the sound difference is actually not that big as most descriptions would have you believe, rather, they're pretty subtle and if you're good with EQ and presence / depth controls you'll have a really hard time telling the difference.įor the preamp i would use JJ ECC83's, and if that is a little too dark for you I'd might get a Sino (same as Mesa, Ruby etc, chinese type) or EH in the very first stage (the tube closest to the input jack, also called "V1" as they're a little brighter (chinese the brightest, EH a little less). JJ has the edge on leads for me though, a little looser and not as deep in the bottom, very prominent midrange, less top (very round lead tone). I think they work better for a tight and focused rhythm tone in that genre, and they are incredible for fluid, smooth leads as well. If i played death metal tuned D or lower I'd go with the SED. Very punchy More headroom than most other 6L6's, a little louder, very nice break-up. ![]() They cut good, never go muddy and the harmonics are incredible. Never ever harsh, fluid sustain, notes lead into one another. Now the SED "Winged C" (=C=) 6L6 type - really deep, huge and tight bottom end, little more relaxed in the mids and somewhat more sparkle in the top. They cut through really well and don't mud up. They have decent low end, very prominent mids and are dark and smooth in the top end. JJ 6L6's are what i would associate with a crunchy hardrock type tone. Anyone here swap tubes in a blue voodoo and get good results? Dont want to throw $100 or more on tubes when it wont make it much better. I tried a quad of E元4's and it only proceeded to get thinner sounding." I threw some of my best NOS pre's at it and there was no real difference. The clean was still sterol and mediocre at best and the drive tone was just as thin as it was before. There was no difference in tone what so ever. I fired it up and played the amp and I thought wow, these tubes must have really been hammered on, so with delusions of grandeur and great expectations, I pulled the sovtek power tubes and chinese pre's, biased up a quad of the JJ 6L6GC's to about 40mA per tube, stuffed in some good preamp tubes and let it rip! At first listen I was floored. I remember years ago when the first one came in for tubes. "These are one of my least favorite amps. I was reading at and when talking about blue voodoo amps the owner said.
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