I'm looking for anyone's "hot setup" for this amp. The JJs that came in it have come out - preamp tubes were voiced for metal. I'm a rock/blues guy mainly and don't need or want a lot of gain. I do need low noise.
The preamp tubes in there now are some older Mesa tubes I had laying around - and the amp sounds very good - but I want to replace all of them (EL84s included - JJs are in there now).
Of special interest is the SPAX7 tube that Mesa sells, strongly considering using these for V1 and V2. I'm not really using the loop, so unless V3 affects other things, it may not be critical.
Any advice? Not real concerned with cost, but don't want to go too nuts.
The preamp tubes in there now are some older Mesa tubes I had laying around - and the amp sounds very good - but I want to replace all of them (EL84s included - JJs are in there now).
Of special interest is the SPAX7 tube that Mesa sells, strongly considering using these for V1 and V2. I'm not really using the loop, so unless V3 affects other things, it may not be critical.
Any advice? Not real concerned with cost, but don't want to go too nuts.