Driftwood Mini Nightmare Uh, I Didn’t Know ....

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Had this amp for quite a while. Liked it but it was a bit dry and stiff.

Had it prepped for storage for a few months but never actually moved it.

Been experimenting with different tubes lately and thought I should set this up before putting it away.

Glad I did! Sound perfect now and the leads just flow.

Who needs those Larry ghosts haha!

 

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A quick test with the Driftwood:



This is boosted with an Airis Savage Drive as I like it a bit more than the internal boost.

 

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Cool, what tubes did you end up with that sounded so good?

 

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Cool, what tubes did you end up with that sounded so good?

For this amp I think largely it is the preamp tubes.

In V1 I used and old Sylvania 12ax7

In V2 I used a square getter Chinese 12ax7

And in the phase inverter a Sovtek LPS 12ax7

I did put some old Philips 7581a in the power section. I'm sure this helped some.