Anyone tried EL34's yet?

[bradg]

Has anyone put all EL34's in their Mark 5 yet? How about just the two outer spots? Well................

 

[lesterpaul]

running a blend right now-like it better than all el 34(of course)..best of both worlds-the preamp tubes are a little on the bright side and that is the main area I am going to attack

 

[Mark Fore]

Wasn't there some confusion about being able to mix tubes like this? The bias switch is either el-34 or 6l6 so I'm still not convinced you can do this like the old Simul-Class method.

 

[phyrexia]

it's been covered, it won't hurt anything.

 

[Mungo Zen]

Has anyone got A/B soundclips of 6L6 vs EL34? I would be interested to see what is brought to the table before deciding on investing in another set of tubes.

 

[fretout]

I also want to know what channel 3's C+ setting sounds like with EL34s. I am a longtime Metallica fan, and I wanted to hear how close a Mark V with EL34s can get to the Master Of Puppets tone (which was a C+ slaved into a Marshall power section).

I will say that I finally got to play on a Mark V for a while this past weekend, and it was MUCH brighter than I expected.

Someone post some EL34 clips please!!!

 

[lesterpaul]

Has anyone got A/B soundclips of 6L6 vs EL34? I would be interested to see what is brought to the table before deciding on investing in another set of tubes.

..invest regardless...everyone needs a stash o' tubes at their disposal

 

[boola]

it's been covered, it won't hurt anything.

Surely if you run any 6L6s with the bias set to EL34, you will fry them very quickly?

I should think that you can only use a mix of EL34 and 6L6 with the switch set to 6L6, then it will be similar to a simul setup.

I also want to know what channel 3's C+ setting sounds like with EL34s. I am a longtime Metallica fan, and I wanted to hear how close a Mark V with EL34s can get to the Master Of Puppets tone (which was a C+ slaved into a Marshall power section).

Metallica would most likely have US sold Marshalls which had 6550 tubes, so you're actually probably better off with 6L6s

 

[lesterpaul]

it's been covered, it won't hurt anything.

Surely if you run any 6L6s with the bias set to EL34, you will fry them very quickly?

I should think that you can only use a mix of EL34 and 6L6 with the switch set to 6L6, then it will be similar to a simul setup.

yes, set to 6L6 -search this forum and there are a few threads

 

[Mark Fore]

it's been covered, it won't hurt anything.

AAAAhhhh vindication: http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=37453 :shock:

Kidding man... I know that it was said here, but I never felt right about it. Why would they have a switch to specify either el-34 OR 6l6? Anyway, it is cleared up now.

 

[rabies]

I also want to know what channel 3's C+ setting sounds like with EL34s. I am a longtime Metallica fan, and I wanted to hear how close a Mark V with EL34s can get to the Master Of Puppets tone (which was a C+ slaved into a Marshall power section).

I will say that I finally got to play on a Mark V for a while this past weekend, and it was MUCH brighter than I expected.

Someone post some EL34 clips please!!!

+1 (otherwise I will buy a Marshall Haze!)