Anyone here using Groove Tube EL34 or 6L6?

[diamondschwin]

Seeing as according to the post up top we know which tubes fall into the right bias range for the mesa boogies, I was wondering whos using them and how do they sound? I had a friend of mine who works at a guitar store tell me they "blow up amps" and said hell get me some winged Cs... but I think thats BS plus I want to use tubes I know are correct for my amp in their bias range and that Mesa somewhat condones the use of.

 

[Guitarzan]

That is BS that the GT's blow up amps. GT buys tubes from "c", Svetlana, JJ, Shuguang, and they "make their own" as well. Use any GT tubes with a #4 to #7 rating and you'll be fine. The difference in manufacturer is drastic, I'd start with the 6L6-S they are JJ's and have a nice low end and tight punch. Experiment, that's how your really going to know what your looking for.

 

[overwater]

i have tried alot of different 6l6 tubes in my mk 4 including groove tubes
that
were very good for the sound i wanted but my favourites are the jj tesla
that give you a tight full sound, another decent valve in my opinion if you want more distortion at a bit of alower volume is the electroharmonix

 

[diamondschwin]

sweet, basically i bouught a quad of number 5 EL34 M tubes and wanted to slap them in the stiletto, they are a recreation of the Mullard XF2 getter style tube and thought theyd be killer! my stiletto came with yellow grade which is the same as number 5 so i thought theyd be safe as hell, plus i just got an email from groove tubes telling me the 8th pin they have on their tubes is not connected and helps keep them solidly put, sounds like a stand up company to me... should be sweet, thanks for the help

 

[Guitarzan]

sweet, basically i bouught a quad of number 5 EL34 M tubes and wanted to slap them in the stiletto, they are a recreation of the Mullard XF2 getter style tube and thought theyd be killer! my stiletto came with yellow grade which is the same as number 5 so i thought theyd be safe as hell, plus i just got an email from groove tubes telling me the 8th pin they have on their tubes is not connected and helps keep them solidly put, sounds like a stand up company to me... should be sweet, thanks for the help

Ahhh.. you didn't metion you had a Stiletto... Call bob @eurotubes and ask him for a set of KT-88's for that bad boy!

 

[diamondschwin]

sweet, basically i bouught a quad of number 5 EL34 M tubes and wanted to slap them in the stiletto, they are a recreation of the Mullard XF2 getter style tube and thought theyd be killer! my stiletto came with yellow grade which is the same as number 5 so i thought theyd be safe as hell, plus i just got an email from groove tubes telling me the 8th pin they have on their tubes is not connected and helps keep them solidly put, sounds like a stand up company to me... should be sweet, thanks for the help

Ahhh.. you didn't metion you had a Stiletto... Call bob @eurotubes and ask him for a set of KT-88's for that bad boy!

i played a mark series with kt 77s and some marshalls with kt 88s, and they didnt blow me away. PLUS i already own these tubes so dont make me GAS! ill consider them next time i need a retube, i need to retube my rivera pretty soon, it needs smoother highs and a more extended low end... maybe some kt 88s in that!

 

[trendkill1168]

I'm running Groove Tube 6L6 GE's in my Tremoverb with no problems. Sounds great!!