anybody have clips of JSX amp with 6l6 tubes?

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I'm liking my stock el34 tubes pretty well...but thinking 6l6's would give it a deeper throaty sound...
 
I don't have clips but I have tried all 3 types of tubes in my JSX and I decided I like
the KT-77's the best.
You get a bit less of the high mids (that some people complain about with this amp)
but still retain enough of the mid "growl" that the EL34's give you.
Mine sounds "crunchier" and the bottom end sounds a little tigher.
I go back and forth playing a lot of fusion and a lot of 7 string metal so having a "mid
point" like the KT'-77s give you is a good thing for me.
And they bias like El-34's so it's an easy swap.
My amp also seems louder with these in than the El-34s (if tht's possible?)
 
ratter":32967 said:
Have you seen Satch's video demo of the JSX mini colossal? It's awesome...
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i had a mini colossal and sold it...yeah the satch vid was cool
 
baron55":a09c4 said:
If you are looking to dial out the mid spike, then tubes will not completely do it. The JSX is voiced so that the preamp rolls off everything below 1.0K. So basically the preamp is really emphasizing the mids. The active EQ after the preamp does allow you to add bass, but it is like trying to EQ out a cocked wah, which you really can't do. The "FAT" switch should be called the mid spike switch, with it off, all the lows below 1.0K are rolled off. With it on, all the lows below 600hz are rolled off (thus adding some bass.) but still emphasizing the mids.

Since I design and build my own tube amps. I went ahead and modded my JSX so that the mis spike was no longer there, and it sounds much better with any of the aforementioned power tubes.

The JSX is really an awesome platform to do some serous easy mods, to really make it a monster amp.
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i like mids...i admit the jsx can have too much mid...but i can tame the mids to my liking with the el34's in there....i was just thinking that 6l6's might give a deeper more throaty sound...hard to describe what i hear in my head ya know...
 
They will to a point. (it's subtle but still a bit of a change)
My JSX does not have the Mid spike or a "cocked Wah" as
many have so eloquently called it.
I also run an MXR 10 band EQ in the Loop so I "help" it along a bit.
So baron55 What mods did you do to yours?
I'd be very interested to hear what you changed.
 
Me too!


kmanick":ef129 said:
They will to a point. (it's subtle but still a bit of a change)
My JSX does not have the Mid spike or a "cocked Wah" as
many have so eloquently called it.
I also run an MXR 10 band EQ in the Loop so I "help" it along a bit.
So baron55 What mods did you do to yours?
I'd be very interested to hear what you changed.
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I have a mod that will allow you to run E34L's in your JSX. I'll post it tomorrow as I have it saved on my work computer.
 
sandman31774":14554 said:
I'm liking my stock el34 tubes pretty well...but thinking 6l6's would give it a deeper throaty sound...
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The first song from my bands upcoming CD includes a JSX with 6L6s track. Check out the link below. All electric guitar tracks are the JSX. There's a little lead work some where in the middle too.

 
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