I don't pretend to know much about this, but:
Normally Mesa runs the power tubes cold or cold power tube or something to do with the bias...resulting in a very clean power section, where all gain is from the preamp.
I wondered, what if I ran HOT power tubes or tubes that don't run cold.
Would this give me what I am looking for?
Here is what my goal is.
I use two EL34s for 50 watts.
I play at a loud volume to engage the power section.
I want that power section to provide me dynamics or "touch sensitivity".
This type of break up or set up is something I would like to experiment with.
Will using a tube that will be considered "HOT" do this for me.
In other words I guess it would be like using a 15-18 watt amp and cranking it, but also using the preamp for break up too.
I run the Tremoverb's gain at about 50%.
I run the RC Booster as a clean boost, and boost 800Hz in the front of the amp.
I also use a Parametric EQ in the loop for overall tone shaping and cut the 200Hz and shelf some of the highs starting at about 1.2KHz just to bring out the notes etc.
What do you think? Thanks
Normally Mesa runs the power tubes cold or cold power tube or something to do with the bias...resulting in a very clean power section, where all gain is from the preamp.
I wondered, what if I ran HOT power tubes or tubes that don't run cold.
Would this give me what I am looking for?
Here is what my goal is.
I use two EL34s for 50 watts.
I play at a loud volume to engage the power section.
I want that power section to provide me dynamics or "touch sensitivity".
This type of break up or set up is something I would like to experiment with.
Will using a tube that will be considered "HOT" do this for me.
In other words I guess it would be like using a 15-18 watt amp and cranking it, but also using the preamp for break up too.
I run the Tremoverb's gain at about 50%.
I run the RC Booster as a clean boost, and boost 800Hz in the front of the amp.
I also use a Parametric EQ in the loop for overall tone shaping and cut the 200Hz and shelf some of the highs starting at about 1.2KHz just to bring out the notes etc.
What do you think? Thanks