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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
... I'll try to keep my nose clean and stay on the tubes instead of going off on little side trips. Actually, I wish I could get it out of my head, because I really don't want to put a 35 pound power tranny in my amp. I've had multiple hernia surgeries in the past. I don't need another. The TSL122 is a load all by itself. I don't need to add another 40 pounds to it with multiple tranny mods...
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No worries mate. It's all good. Other than the hernias, that is! I appreciate your input on all things TSL, so please... Keep it comin'!
Hey, what do you think of the Voodoo mods?
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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
... I'm looking forward to A/B'ing the 12AX7A's up against the RCA 7025 in the V1 slot. I'm also going to experiment with those slip on tube shields and try them on at least V1 and V2...
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I am exited to hear how this goes sinse you mentioned doing the A/B comparisons on your TSL122, and although I know there are some other forum members running the TSL's, most of them aren't as vocal about what they are doing with them mod-wise. So I really appreciate hearing about yours.
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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
... I run a lot of effects on the front end of the amp into the clean channel. The cleaner it is, the better the effects sound. Such as a Boss CE-3, it gets all shimmery and I really like that sound...
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I currently am not running any because I sold most of my gear to buy my marshall, but I do know that chorus & delay are tops on my list of effects to aquire, probably followed by an eq and possibly a flanger. But first and foremost chorus and delay because I
lllove that shimmery clean sound and I think delay on my lead channel just makes it sound huge. Love it.
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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
... I think I will probably be taking out some of the USA tubes and replacing them with current production, such as a JJ or a Tung-Sol. I don't think I need to use real nice tubes in all of the slots. I think V3 and V4 are candidates for cheaper tubes (less critical).
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Even in my limited experimentation, I've found that V1 & V2 seem to be the most critical tone-wise.
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... Did you read that reply I made to cudamax about matching tubes? I read a large report and it basically stated that V4 (phase inverter) "does not" need to be a close match. So much for the "must be matched" mentality.
I'll post the tube results when they get here. Marty
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So... Do you know what the bias would be if I went w/ KT77's?