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Originally Posted by scottmandue
Just bought one of these to use as a DI for my bass when I play direct into the board.
And as you might have guessed it uses a 12AX7
I know we have some vintage guitar players and bottle heads on the board, any recommendations on tubes to try in this little guy?
I'm thinking the Groove Tube reissue of the original Mullard design might be interesting. |
I don't think it is going to make that much difference. There is plenty of IC in the way of the signal, so the amount of color you get from the tube is arguable. As long as the tube isn't noisy I doubt you'll notice much of a difference.
My Ashdown has a tube preamp, but it is part of a whole system (eq, power amp, and my speaker cab). My direct setup of choice is a Great River ME-1NV preamp (not tube) into a Summit Audio TLA-50 Tube Leveler (12ax7) then into the board. But I could also run the Great River all alone...I think it sounded better than a tube Avalon 737 (which I sold).
Isn't most everything Chinese these days, with maybe some Russian stuff around? It's been awhile since I was into worrying about tubes (when I had my Bogner, Boogies and old Fenders) but even 15 years ago Groove Tubes were just relabeled Chinese stuff.