hey guys, i have a quick question that i think some of you may be able to help me with...
i recently upgraded my peavey classic 50 212 with new power tubes and speakers. i went from the stock sovtek el84 power tubes, which admittedly didnt sound too bad to jj el84s, which ive heard great things about. i was dissapointed when i chucked the new tubes in and switched over to the distortion channel: it was really thin and unpleasant sounding. i would have thought that new tubes would make the amp sound better, because before these tubes the amp sounded reasonably good. do you guys think it might be a biasing issue, as the peavey classic 50 is fixed bias and i thought it would run well on any type of tube?
the price of tone = many headaches and many dollars!
i recently upgraded my peavey classic 50 212 with new power tubes and speakers. i went from the stock sovtek el84 power tubes, which admittedly didnt sound too bad to jj el84s, which ive heard great things about. i was dissapointed when i chucked the new tubes in and switched over to the distortion channel: it was really thin and unpleasant sounding. i would have thought that new tubes would make the amp sound better, because before these tubes the amp sounded reasonably good. do you guys think it might be a biasing issue, as the peavey classic 50 is fixed bias and i thought it would run well on any type of tube?
the price of tone = many headaches and many dollars!