Full retube of the Mark IV Preamp - Recommend me some tubes?

[Random Hero]

I've been recommended to get:

Tung Sol Reissue V1
JJ High Gain in V2
9th Gen Chinese in V3-V5

What would you recommend?

 

[Living_justice]

mesa pre amps ax12-a nothing wrong with them

 

[zeppman]

i would stay away from mesa tubes only because they are re-marked tubes from other manufacturers that are marked up in price. you can talk to any reputable online tube-dealer guy and tell him you have a mark iv, and he will sell you tubes cheaper than mesa that will work perfectly for you and you'll save a few bucks. just my opinion. I've been running JJs for the past few years and they have worked just fine. The GT mullard reissue was also nice, but didn't last very long. pre-amp tubes are cheap enough (unless you get rare NOS) where you can buy several brands and choose to taste.

 

[Random Hero]

Nobody else?

 

[Russ]

Current production or old stock?

 

[Random Hero]

Either/or.

 

[Shep]

JJ's std 12ax

TUNG SOL

BOTH or ether

 

[Russ]

What kind of tone change are you looking for? What do you have in there now? What is your budget?