Hell yes!Originally posted by Byrdseye
How's that for alphabet soup! I just aquired a 5E3 Clone and it is a modded version that is able to use 6L6's and a GZ34 recto. My question is.........can I swap in the stock 5Y3 rectifier tube, check the bias and be good to go? (with 6V6's).
Originally posted by TheAmpNerd
5Y3 with 6L6s
GZ34 with 6V6s
Conversely, B+ will rise significantly with a GZ34/5AR4 and 6V6 installed. These amps traditionally run the 6V6 at or above published plate voltage specs, so the rise in B+ is just that much more beyond the spec. (and yes, I know that Deluxe Reverbs and others run 6V6 at 425VDC and higher)
DO NOT USE A 5Y3 with 6L6's.You are asking for trouble.
And usually an amp built to use 6L6's has a power and output transformer designed for those tubes.Switching to 6V6's presents a few problems.
1)the voltage will be too high for proper bias
2)the output transformer will have the wrong load and you will need to increase the speaker load.
3)using a 5Y3 is not suggested with 6L6's because it's asking for premature failure.
Unless you know what you are doing,don't be swapping tubes and rectifiers in that amp.You need to know what the specifications are before attempting it.
Many amps use a 6.6k OT so you can make tube swaps like that without worrying about speaker loading.
Don't just blindly stick tubes and rectifiers in your amp cause some guy tells you he's done it to his amp.His amp is not likely the same as your amp.
The builder it's me.
I build it on the original 5E3 Schematic with Mercury magnetics transformers (power and OT).
I would like my amp sound like this:
Crema wheat:
http://www.tungstenamp.com/amps.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1AOlkabwo
This amp have :
1X GZ34 rectifier, 2X 6V6, 2X12AX7.
So it's possible to modify a 5E3 to work with a GZ34, but i don't know what i have to change.
I would like my amp sound like this:
Crema wheat:
http://www.tungstenamp.com/amps.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1AOlkabwo
Does anyone know what componants i have to change to use it with a GZ34 ?