Kt77 or EL34's in Roadster

jhguitar1 · Oct 17, 2009

I have a Roadster head and currently use SED Winged C 6l6's. Love them and the Roadster. My band is currently playing more mid gain danceable music, so I really don't need the big thunderous tone I usually have. Would my tone benefit more from running EL34's or KT77's instead of 6L6's? or would it really not make much of a difference. I have Doug Aldrich pickups if that helps at all. They are a bit dark sounding to me and it almost seems like there is a "blanket" on my amp that needs to be lifted. Should I consider different pickups in my guitar also?
I am not a Marshall guy and would not buy one, but the other guitar player uses one and he has a great clear,crunchy tone.

Thanks

KH Guitar Freak · Oct 19, 2009

jhguitar1 said:
I have a Roadster head and currently use SED Winged C 6l6's. Love them and the Roadster. My band is currently playing more mid gain danceable music, so I really don't need the big thunderous tone I usually have. Would my tone benefit more from running EL34's or KT77's instead of 6L6's? or would it really not make much of a difference. I have Doug Aldrich pickups if that helps at all. They are a bit dark sounding to me and it almost seems like there is a "blanket" on my amp that needs to be lifted. Should I consider different pickups in my guitar also?
I am not a Marshall guy and would not buy one, but the other guitar player uses one and he has a great clear,crunchy tone.

Thanks

Hmmm, I wonder if you could run KT66s in yours. Might be what you want...

R_ADKINS80 · Oct 19, 2009

I took the "blanket" off my Triple months ago by flipping the bias switch to EL34........still using 6L6's though.

jhguitar1 · Oct 20, 2009

is that safe for the amp to run 6L6's in EL34 mode?

R_ADKINS80 · Oct 20, 2009

Mine's been doing it for months now. Just don't use diodes or it will burn the tubes up in short order. I run tube rectifiers, EL34 bias and Bold settings. I can get that sucker sounding and feeling so tight that everyone that plays it swears it's set to silicon diodes.

Old BF Shred · Oct 20, 2009

R_ADKINS80 said:
Mine's been doing it for months now. Just don't use diodes or it will burn the tubes up in short order. I run tube rectifiers, EL34 bias and Bold settings. I can get that sucker sounding and feeling so tight that everyone that plays it swears it's set to silicon diodes.

Whew!!.....Well I was tempted to ask you "what shade of glowing orange do those 6L6's look best with?" until you added this last post.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good luck with that!