Read up on greenbacks, ask Michael about his, I have a pair of greenbacks I like that sound really good with all my amps, they have a classic sound, currently I'm using 75's at the moment, I have several different pairs of speakers that I tend to roll through a couple times a year for the sake of tonal variety. As far as tubes go TAD has been on my hit list to try for a while, one of these days I'll put out the cash for a set of EL34's and maybe even a trio of 12AX7's.
tremojem, if your Mesa Boogie EL34's are these, then you're in good company... http://www.mesaboogie.com/tubes/power-tubes/NOS-EL-34-STR-450-siemens.html
I will have to check. I think I have decided on speakers. Greenbacks for sure in an X pattern with the Creambacks...not sure if M or H. What do you think?
The G12M-65H. However if you are going to go with 25W Greenbacks, you might as well go with the G12H (55) 30W speakers.
I looked at the layout on the website again for my amp. It appears that there is a "pull bright" pot on the channel one volume. I did not know this. I pulled it out to engage the bright cap. It now sounds like what I expected...it is truly glorious. I have to get some Greenbacks. MichaelR/T, what, exactly, do you have in your cabinets. Any information and pics would be great, as there are way too many flavors of Greenbacks out there, thanks.
Right now I'm using a JCM800 full stack (birch) and in the 1960b cab I have a set of old G12T-75's in it. Rarely do I record with this cab and speakers. Most all the recording you hear is my 1960a cab and in that cab I have a set of Celestion G12M (greenbacks) in it. They actually came out of a early 90's Marshall AX cab. I traded a guy for some other speakers I had laying around for them. This isn't my pictures but this is exactly what they look like. The one thing is I don't use any boost pedals at all, I don't even own any boost pedals. All my amps are plug & play where all the gain comes from the preamp and sometimes the power tubes.
