
Bad.Seed
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Has anyone every put 6550's into one of these bad boys? I remember reading some threads over on SS.org about people experimenting with tubes and the kt77/88 and 6550 seemed to be well liked.
I believe this is the exact method Gary Holt used, and it sounded vicious. This is actually a cool tactic in general, but it's very effective with the XXX.D-Rock":3am8jufz said:Best thing to do with a XXX is to set the mids low, (not scooped) and then boost them with an eq in loop. Do that while using a mid heavy speaker like a V30 and the amp ready to KILL.
RevDrucifer":3bocqe2c said:I bought it's little brother, the XXL back when they first came out. My best bud, who played in a band with me at the time, loved my XXL but wanted a tube amp, so he got the XXX. He kind of gifted me his XXX as he doesn't play much anymore and definitely can't use it in any apartment he's had in the last 10+ years, so it stays in my studio where he can come grab it anytime he wants.
I've been meaning for the last year or so now to make a comparison vid of both the heads but from memory, the biggest difference between the two is volume. I'm also getting ready to the KT77 thing and most definitely changing up the pre-amp tubes.
Also, the 2nd channel with a Tubescreamer in front....man, I just started dicking around with that last week and the first thing I thought was "The guys on Rig-Talk would dig this....this is full on 80's!!" I do wish more time was spent getting the clean channel to be a bit more versatile, it's quite sterile. That's my only complaint about the amp. It's been a great amp to record...normally I find myself using a bit more EQ in a mix with other amps, but all I've been doing with this is dropping some low-mids a tiny bit, no other EQ has been needed for what I'm doing.
slaveunit":8fv66fda said:Bad.Seed...
What are the other preamp tubes that are currently running?
Tronald Dump":1xmu2w8v said:RevDrucifer":1xmu2w8v said:I bought it's little brother, the XXL back when they first came out. My best bud, who played in a band with me at the time, loved my XXL but wanted a tube amp, so he got the XXX. He kind of gifted me his XXX as he doesn't play much anymore and definitely can't use it in any apartment he's had in the last 10+ years, so it stays in my studio where he can come grab it anytime he wants.
I've been meaning for the last year or so now to make a comparison vid of both the heads but from memory, the biggest difference between the two is volume. I'm also getting ready to the KT77 thing and most definitely changing up the pre-amp tubes.
Also, the 2nd channel with a Tubescreamer in front....man, I just started dicking around with that last week and the first thing I thought was "The guys on Rig-Talk would dig this....this is full on 80's!!" I do wish more time was spent getting the clean channel to be a bit more versatile, it's quite sterile. That's my only complaint about the amp. It's been a great amp to record...normally I find myself using a bit more EQ in a mix with other amps, but all I've been doing with this is dropping some low-mids a tiny bit, no other EQ has been needed for what I'm doing.
I also bought one of those when it first came out, but that was during my gear flipping days so away it went for no good reason.
A couple years ago I replaced it with it's little brother, the XL. From what I remember they sound about the same, but the XL doesn't have the ohm switch and the clean/crunch share a channel IIRC. Basically a stripped down version of the XXL.
RevDrucifer":kccoc5j3 said:Tronald Dump":kccoc5j3 said:RevDrucifer":kccoc5j3 said:I bought it's little brother, the XXL back when they first came out. My best bud, who played in a band with me at the time, loved my XXL but wanted a tube amp, so he got the XXX. He kind of gifted me his XXX as he doesn't play much anymore and definitely can't use it in any apartment he's had in the last 10+ years, so it stays in my studio where he can come grab it anytime he wants.
I've been meaning for the last year or so now to make a comparison vid of both the heads but from memory, the biggest difference between the two is volume. I'm also getting ready to the KT77 thing and most definitely changing up the pre-amp tubes.
Also, the 2nd channel with a Tubescreamer in front....man, I just started dicking around with that last week and the first thing I thought was "The guys on Rig-Talk would dig this....this is full on 80's!!" I do wish more time was spent getting the clean channel to be a bit more versatile, it's quite sterile. That's my only complaint about the amp. It's been a great amp to record...normally I find myself using a bit more EQ in a mix with other amps, but all I've been doing with this is dropping some low-mids a tiny bit, no other EQ has been needed for what I'm doing.
I also bought one of those when it first came out, but that was during my gear flipping days so away it went for no good reason.
A couple years ago I replaced it with it's little brother, the XL. From what I remember they sound about the same, but the XL doesn't have the ohm switch and the clean/crunch share a channel IIRC. Basically a stripped down version of the XXL.
Nope, it's got all 3 channels. There's an XXL right under the XXX in the giant pic (sorry, figured it'd re-size) I posted. It does indeed have an OHM switch, as well as the Tight, Medium and Loose switch. Actually, it's got reverb too, which the XXX doesn't.
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D-Rock":2g0id6a8 said:Yeah I remember the XL Supreme. It had a reversible front plate. One side has that cheesey 90s tribal graphic on it lol!
My old one came loaded with E34L's when I bought it. I thought it sounded better with Tung Sol 6L6GC-STR's, personally. Each to his own.JimmyBlind":45btqzmo said:I had one back in the day. I had the resistors upgraded & installed JJ E34L tubes. Completely change the amp for the better.