Roadster Head: Recommendations on 6L6's & EL34's

[ixoye777]

I did read many of the posts in this forum before asking this question. I am new to tube amps and my Roadster still has the stock Mesa tubes in it. I have gotten a good tone out of them but it is not quite what I am looking for. My biggest problem is I find the general tone I get with the stock tubes (on channels 3 & 4) is really loose on the bottem end. The overall tone also isn't as smooth as I want it to be, it is a bit harsh.

I am wanting to get a new set of both 6L6's & EL34's. From what I have been reading it seems like my best bet is to go with something like a EL34B & a 6L6c. What do you guys think of that? If so what are the brands I should go with?

The next question is where is a reliable place to buy them? I saw this link in another thread http://store.tubedepot.com/index.html good enough?

I know you guys get a lot of these beginner questions and I appreciate the help.

 

[ixoye777]

Bump! Anyone?

 

[domct203]

For 6L6GC's my favs are the SED =C= and the TAD 6L6GC-STR.
The only EL34 type I've tried is the JJ E34L and they sounded great. Many favor the Tung-Sol EL34B and JJ KT-77.

Dom

 

[fishyfishfish]

Second that on the TAD6l6GCSTR, I popped in my old JJ EL34L's last night and they sounded great!.

 

[TheBlackman]

Where I live getting tubes other than by mail is limited. I had the stock 6l6's in my roadster for about a year and a half, every gig i found i was tweaking this or that during the gigs. Finally popped some groove tube el34's in, dialed in some settings from the roadster manual with a few tweaks, and thats it, I love the amp and don't tweak at all! I'm sure there are better tubes than the ones I have, but i'm happy with my tone, and thats the main thing