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Following up on my original question. After much research both here and elsewhere, I ordered a set of tubes from Guitar Center. They are not returnable, so I had them delivered to the nearest GC store and examined them before I walked out of the store with them. They are Mesa STR-445 6L6 GCs...

My 2018 SG has mini-humbuckers, which fit the same routes as the P90 routes. Newer humbuckers have higher output than the vintage ones in my '64 SG. The minis have outputs closer to the vintage humbuckers. They all make good tones, they're just different sounds.

I'm attempting to learn more about Mesa's tubes. I'm planning to swap out the EL34s in my TC-50 for some 6L6s. I found the site of a UK company that lists the country of origin for most of Mesa's tubes (valves to them). As far as I can tell, there are 3 countries making guitar amp tubes for...

Today I know that a 1961/2/3 would be more valuable. But when I bought the SG in the 1960s, it was just, you know, an SG. I didn’t discover its actual vintage until ~10 years ago. This week I’ll try it through the TC-50.

That’s a lot of gear! I travel light, but I’ll look into the 12AT7 and EQ suggestions, thanks.

I've read several of the threads on this forum and elsewhere about the tube color codes, but I haven't seen my questions addressed yet. I have a new Triple Crown TC-50 head that was delivered with EL-34 tubes marked STR 447 BLU (I assume this is blue). I have read that some of you have...

I told my wife that she bought me a Triple Crown TC-50 Head for our 50th anniversary (later this year), after she told me I bought her a fancy necklace. I've been wanting a Boogie for a couple of decades but they were too pricey to justify, until there was a special occasion to magically...