i looked on 2 sites and Ei doesnt have a 7025 listed, is that their regular 12AX7 or their "gold or elite" or whatever type...they have 3 types of 12AX7s and none listed in British form of 7025

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Here is a link to the 7025 that I've been saving. You're right. It's their regular 12ax7 used as a replacement for a 7025. I want to retube my C30 with these tubes and use it in my rig in some way. It's such a kick ass little amp.

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that my friend, was a hell of an explination. hah

thanks again for the info.

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Vox V847 wah
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(keely katana boost ordered)
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Line 6 DL4

Mesa Boogie F30

i got all out, i want ppl to know i mean business, i could have said more too!

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thats what i was thinking. sounds good. ill add this to the current production 12AX7 list and put a link, thanks for the feedback

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As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

ok dudes, say i gotta VOX AC30CC2 (with wharfdales, NOT alnico blues)

what tubes will go well in that? and what sound will they make?

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well think about it this way, you know u need EL84s so now u have to decide what EL84s are good for you..below is a link for a test of several different current production and NOS EL84s. it was conducted by Brian May from Queen and some other guy whose name sounds familiar and one of the guys at Watford Valves..

http://www.watfordvalves.com/cgi-bin...treport_33.pdf thats the '98 review

http://www.watfordvalves.com/cgi-bin...treport_47.pdf thats the '05 review

this should be of good use to you since, ultimately, you decide what EL84 you want and not us...some of these ones arent that expensive so they would be worth just buying and trying...also check to see if anyone at your local shops knows first hand. good luck and hope those links help...watford valves also has many other reviews that you will find on their site..very useful info.

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As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

ok so el84's are pre amp tubes? or power amp tubes? oh, and does achanging the rectifier tube change the sound?

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Fender Standard Stratocaster->
Jim Dunlop CryBaby wah->
Homemade Fuzz->
Vox AC30CC2.

Norman B18 acoustic.

EL84s are the power amp tubes in AC30s and 12AX7s are the preamp tubes in em..so read those reviews i put links too and here are some more EL84 ones and a 12AX7 one from tubestore.com

http://tubestore.com/el84review.html

http://tubestore.com/12ax7review.html

these, along with the one 2 i gave u should give you nearly all the info you need..and if u want more. find tube retailer sites and see if they have reviews, check the reviews on harmony-central, not sure if they have tube reviews..but under the AC30CC2 there will be tube info and also do searches here..guitargeek has a lot of info for tubes, you just need to find it

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As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

oh wow thanks man!

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Norman B18 acoustic.

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I'm, confused. reading bout nos tubes, but I can't find anything about Telefunken. do you think they're worse than mullard and other nos tubes mentioned here?

I was pretty sure that the're fantastic. was I wrong?

telefunken are good tubes, but compared to other NOS ones like Mullards, only some of the Telefunkens hold their own...they arent up there yet because im still working on my list and am reading more everyday about the best NOS tubes..if you can name a few ill add them and see what other ppl think

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As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

I have a question concerning finding the tubes that give more gain/crunch without losing body and sounding too thin,

I am currently playing through a vintage 1969 Ampeg B25 (50Watt) using a 77' Travis Bean Artist. The amp sounds amazing, very clean and has a little punch to it but my only problem is it's a little too clean, and at times a little too thin sounding. I know that it has a little to do with the guitar im playing too but i love that guitar and would never play anything else.

The Ampeg B25 just had a cap job done, as well as 2 SED 6L6GC's, and has the old vintage Amprex 12aX7's in it. The sound of the amp is amazing, very vintage sounding, reminds me of Kieth Richards guitar sound on some of the songs from Tattoo You album.

I've been curious to try different 12aX7 preamp tubes in it to see if i can get a little bit more crunchy gain to it without losing any body. I tried swapping the AMprex 12aX7 for channel 1 to a Chinese made one and it made it sound a bit thinner but without the noticable gain difference, so i swapped the Amprex back in.

I've sort of remedied the lack of gain by using a MXR microamp clean boost pedal but even that is not enough to saturate the tone for a push of crunch as well as sustain. Plus i would really like to try to remedy the problem in the amp without having to rely on pedals.

Has anyone tried the Electro-Harmonix preamp tubes? I've heard they give it a bit more gain, without the loss of body or thinning out the sound. Should i be looking at the power tubes also? The ones i have are brand new SED 6L6GC's, maybe they aren't crunchy enough?

Also, i have the bias set to 16 watts idle dissapation per tube which i was told was a little on the high side. Maybe i should have it biased higher?

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I really wish i could help you but i havent tried any EHX tubes as of yet. Also, im not home so sorry for not posting sooner like i normally would. im on a friends comp and dont get to use it much either. I would really appreciate if you other tube experts could help our fellow 'geek out until i have time to research the info to give him a real answer. im so glad my tube thread is doing so well and hope that my information is useful...please let me know what experiences u have had with the tubes i have listed so far, or if my thread influenced tubes you have gotten recently in any way. thanks and will post again next week when i get my computer in my possession

-Lucas (SgMaster)

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