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Originally Posted by Paramedic006
Ok, I took everyones advice and ordered new valves. My line up is 4 SED Winged =c= EL34's and 2 tung sol reissues and 2 mullards for the preamp stage. I gotta admit you guys totally lost me in the valve talk. I am a relatively new guitarist. I have been a drummer for the last 27 years and wanted to try guitar playing. I will let you guys know what the outcome is. Thanks for your help guys and any other ideas or advice would be great.
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Different valves will play and sound differently. If you haven't been playing that long you probably really wouldn't notice that much of difference from valve to valve. Once your playing a while you will find that each valve has a different dynamic as far as pick attack, clarity and tone. For some one like myself that plays shredder style and runs scales I need a great deal of gain but I also need clarity. Also I need there to be a spacing between the fast notes and that will differ from valve to valve as well.
The difference between valves is there, it's not imagined. This is why players will spend a great deal of time trying different pre amp valves in different positions in the amp (rolling valves) in order to come up with the best combination for playability and tone. In my experience vintage tubes are far superiour to CP valves. Others may not agree and that is fine, but for me and my amp it is Vintage all the way. I just became convert by the way. Up until recently I thought a valves a valve.
I have not tried them but I think you will be very happy with the winged =C='s