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You can't do a rebias with the existing trannys?To really do this right, you need to swap both transformers for 6L6-capable iron.
Bias isn't the issue. The Tweed Deluxe uses cathode bias, and its default cathode resistor should give nice bias for a 6L6 as well. The problem is that the current will be too high and overload the transformer (~12 watts versus ~30 watts, at the same plate voltage and self-bias). You'll burn it right up!You can't do a rebias with the existing trannys?
Doesn't Neil Young blow that amp up a lot?I've asked Michael Clark whether I can safely run my Beaufort with 6L6s instead of 6V6 and he was 100% positive.
Neil Young uses 6L6s in his tweed deluxe and a 5AR4 for rectifier.
Good information! Thanks!Bias isn't the issue. The Tweed Deluxe uses cathode bias, and its default cathode resistor should give nice bias for a 6L6 as well. The problem is that the current will be too high and overload the transformer (~12 watts versus ~30 watts, at the same plate voltage and self-bias). You'll burn it right up!
Use an output transformer (and power transformer) spec'd for the kind of power a 6L6 pair generates, and you can drop 6V6 in as well.
This seems to be one of those cases where you are trying the make the amp what it is not.Good information! Thanks!
As far as tone, does a 2x6L6 tweed Deluxe sound a little more "refined" than a 2x6V6?
Where did that info come from? I thought it was 6V6s and some kind of out-of-the-ordinary, yet stock output transformer (as per Larry Cragg/Tonequest).Neil Young uses 6L6s in his tweed deluxe and a 5AR4 for rectifier.
His tech has said in a few magazine interviews, 6L6's into (IIRC) a C12N.Where did that info come from? I thought it was 6V6s and some kind of out-of-the-ordinary, yet stock output transformer (as per Larry Cragg/Tonequest).
At the TonequestReport Larry Cragg states the use of 6L6s, as well as the C12N speaker.Where did that info come from? I thought it was 6V6s and some kind of out-of-the-ordinary, yet stock output transformer (as per Larry Cragg/Tonequest).
12A125-O...the Weber Alnico P12Q speaker, BUT the one that uses the straight cone.... Q Magnet, R Cone, I forget the model....
A little of the PT's train can be relied with a SS or Weber Copper Cap rectifier. Now freeing up the current on the 5V tap doesn't translate into extra current on the 6.3V tap, but it will save the PT some effort. I wouldn't recommend doing it in a vitnage amp, but a clone? Sure, Many modern PT replacements are more robust than their vitnage counterparts. Even MM's supposed "clone" of the vitnage piece is actually built with more current on tap.Remember that a 6L6 draws a shade more than twice as much filament current as a 6V6. That puts a bigger load on your power transformer--it'll doubtless run hotter.
5Y3, 5R4, 5V4, 5AR4/GZ34 are have a current draw of 2 Amps.I believe I was told that it is also safe to run 5V4G Recitifer (in addition to the stock 5Y3GT) in a Tweed Deluxe Clone -BUT NEVER a 5U4. True?
Well every bodies got their own version of what "that" sound is. I tend to agree w/ you. I built my Mission 5E3 because I love that sound w/ 6V6`s . I agree w/ Wyatt, speaker makes a huge difference, perhaps more than 6L6`s or ?? I also love the sweetness and smooth breakup of the original 6V6 design.I played a Deluxe with 6l6's, Didn't sound like a Tweed Deluxe. It sounded like a broken Bandmaster. It must the 6v's for "that" tone.