XTC vs. SLO. here I go again..

[Jdub]

Please discuss in depth.

here is my deal in brief....

I swear i go back and forth with them. Preferring obne over the other, then back and forth.. blah blah...

Over the last several years I ended up tending to prefer the SLO because it is raunchier sounding,yet still harmonically rich. It always sounded good in a band setting, was easy to dial in etc.. The XTC would grow old for me because it started to sound too smooth, not snarly enough. Even the 100b.

So you say, "well it sounds like you have it all figured out, why post", but... now for the curveball...

I just got another xtc101b and it seems WAY more aggressive than I ever remember the XTC to be. even the 100b which is considered more agreessive than the 100b. So now I am all tweaked on it. I have both but really cannot afford keeping both.. I wonder how much , if any influence on the voicing of the the more recent XTC's Mark Cameron had. I swear this 101b is mean as hell and that has never really been a description I would use for the 101b...

 

[Les Zombie]

if its a newer xtc i will trade you cash and a mint revision blue uber for it.

 

[yngzaklynch]

Wayyyyyy back when I owned mine Mark told me he preferred a certain type of power tube for the 101b's. Maybe they switched the power tube type since Mark's stint there and you are hearing the results?

 

[messenger]

Well it sounds like your really diggin your new XTC. Sell whichever you can live with selling.

 

[J.B.]

Send the XTC to me. I'll send you the Cornford plus cash.

 

[argonaut4]

I have gas for another XTC, too. It hurts...

 

[Rufus Leaking]

I have gas for another XTC, too. It hurts...

I do too... and I've already got one!!

 

[Jdub]

if its a newer xtc i will trade you cash and a mint revision blue uber for it.

Hi,

Thanks but I am not really into the Uber. It is not really my cup o tea.. and right now and wholeheartedly liking the XTC . It just does not seem to have slightly nasal tone I remember them having. They seemed to always sound too smooth. but this thing is very aggressive.

 

[Jdub]

Wayyyyyy back when I owned mine Mark told me he preferred a certain type of power tube for the 101b's. Maybe they switched the power tube type since Mark's stint there and you are hearing the results?

That may be. This has JJ EL34L's in it. Is JJ and Tesla one in the same?

 

[yngzaklynch]

Wayyyyyy back when I owned mine Mark told me he preferred a certain type of power tube for the 101b's. Maybe they switched the power tube type since Mark's stint there and you are hearing the results?

That may be. This has JJ EL34L's in it. Is JJ and Tesla one in the same?

I think.

 

[argonaut4]

I do too... and I've already got one!!

LOL! Now that's some serious gas.

That may be. This has JJ EL34L's in it. Is JJ and Tesla one in the same?

Hey J,

I had some of those JJE34Ls in my old XTC and they definitely gave the amp a more aggressive character than the Svets I replaced them with.

 

[Jdub]

I do too... and I've already got one!!

LOL! Now that's some serious gas.

That may be. This has JJ EL34L's in it. Is JJ and Tesla one in the same?

Hey J,

I had some of those JJE34Ls in my old XTC and they definitely gave the amp a more aggressive character than the Svets I replaced them with.

Thanks man.

 

[Les Zombie]

i had jj e34l in the xtc i sold to twpietz, i think thats how you spell his name.
i thought it sounded pretty good but i liked the wing-c that was in it better.

 

[flyangus]

I have gas for another XTC, too. It hurts...

I do too... and I've already got one!!

I got two!