Affect tone?

[jgventura]

One of my power tubes broke, so I removed the matching pair for the time being. Does this affect my tone since I believe it's only running 50 watts?

 

[kylek]

it may because you are achieving powertube saturation at a lower volume. its not gonna be like "whoa somethings way different" more like, "it sounds like its cranked but its not as loud"

 

[Platypus]

As kylek said, it won't be drastic but I imagine you'll be able to tell. It enables you to acheive power tube distortion at lower volumes, aside from that it won't be a gamebreaker for you.

 

[Russ]

Did you remove the associated rectifier as well?

 

[jgventura]

Yes, 2 matching power tubes and one rec, so i was told