Eurotubes or Dougs Tubes "Tube Kits" for Roadster

[jhguitar1]

I have a Roadster head and am looking to swap out my pre amp tubes. Although I would love to, I just don't have the money to buy nos tubes. So my options right now are going to be between Doug's tube kit or a kit from Eurotubes. I'm not sure which one to go with. I'm not worried about getting super high gain. I'm more worried about getting a good lead tone that won't crack peoples eardrums. I appreciate any opinions.

Thanks

 

[MusicManJP6]

Eurotubes will be all JJs, and Dougs Tubes will be a 'cocktail' that he recommends for everyone no matter what style of music or tone changes they are after. I've swapped tubes in a Recto amp several times and always came back to the stock Mesas. YMMV.

 

[ryjan]

JJ's are a bit darker and will make your presence knob more useable.

 

[Jak0lantern01]

JJ's made my Recto sound aweful. The Doug's combo smoother out my Recto nicely and I swear by that combo on my Recto. I'm going to eventually try that combo on my Stiletto to see how it goes.

 

[MusicManJP6]

I'm going to eventually try that combo on my Stiletto to see how it goes.

JJs sound awesome in a Stiletto!!

 

[droptrd]

Doug and Bob(eurotubes) are both great to deal with and easy to talk to. Id say if you are into the JJ's you could go either way. I personaly like the mentioned "cocktail" method for retubing - for me includes a few JJ's. I especially like having a "cocktail" while im retubing my amp. Always makes everything sound better.

 

[jhguitar1]

Thanks guys!! I went with Doug's Tubes. If I remember correctly, the 5th pre amp tube is for the reverb, right? His kit only has 5 tubes and I didn't want to buy an extra for reverb that I don't really use.

 

[ryjan]

Just keep in mind that his "cocktail" is the same for every amp. Fender, Marshall, Mesa, same tubes. If you like tung-sol's in v-1 then you may like it.