Triple Rec to 50 watts?????

[Seth_Guitarist]

I know a lot of guys that have dual recs pull out 2 tubes to make it a 50 watt head. I took 2 tubes out of my triple to make it a 100 watt head. My question is... Can I pull 2 more out? Only leaving me with 2 tubes to make it a 50??? Thanks

 

[Triple Cheeseburger]

im pretty sure it unevenly cuts the output, the manual says no and i would definitely go with the manual

 

[Thrash Till Deth]

I asked my local amp tech about this last time I had my triple in for service and he said it was a bad idea because it puts an odd ohm load on the output transformer.

 

[TREC]

I too have been trying to get to the bottom of this. I found this article while researching the issue. I'm not saying this is gospel but may give food for thought???
Let us know what people think?

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/72157-removing-power-tubes-interesting-facts-about-tube-amps.html

 

[Jacko123]

Is this true for using only 2 tubes (50W) on a dual rectifier?

I asked my local amp tech about this last time I had my triple in for service and he said it was a bad idea because it puts an odd ohm load on the output transformer.

 

[TREC]

It says in the manual that you can remove 2 tubes from a dual rec to reduce to 50 watts.
You can download it from the mesa sight.

 

[TREC]

I asked my local amp tech about this last time I had my triple in for service and he said it was a bad idea because it puts an odd ohm load on the output transformer.

Was that to go to 50 or 100watts?

Cheers

 

[Thrash Till Deth]

I asked my local amp tech about this last time I had my triple in for service and he said it was a bad idea because it puts an odd ohm load on the output transformer.

Was that to go to 50 or 100watts?

Cheers

He just said pulling tubes on a triple was a bad idea period for both pulling to 50 and 100 watts.

 

[Thrash Till Deth]

On a dual you can pull tubes to make it 50 watts because the ohm rating goes down evenly. On a triple when you pull the tubes the ohm rating is changing by 1/3 instead of 1/2 like on a dual.

Is this true for using only 2 tubes (50W) on a dual rectifier?

I asked my local amp tech about this last time I had my triple in for service and he said it was a bad idea because it puts an odd ohm load on the output transformer.