Sheik Yerbouti Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Upgraded my tubes in the vjr head to One Tungsol 12AX7 and one low bias JJ EL84, I got the one's that were linked on the bitmo trio mod kit website. Not sure if I got the low bias (or what it means), but I got the ones it linked to, and there is a DEFINITE difference in sound, much warmer, more vibrant, I haven't gotten that tube distortion yet, and I've pushed it well past 5 o'clock, however I didn't go past 2 or 3 on the guitar volume. The thing is really freaking loud and I dont have much solo time without the wife home to enjoy playing it loudly. So would the guitar volume effect that? Anyway, 1 step at a time, first the tubes, then who knows where.....:-#/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefoxicy Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 No distortion on low gain tubes until you crank tone AND volume, but wow. I overdrive lower than that with the guitar on 3 but I run a #35 Eurotubes JJ EL84 that breaks up FAST. I asked them to scale back to an EL34L that's equivalent to a #32, and got a #23 Guitar volume and amp volume almost do the same thing, but not quite; that is, if you roll back guitar volume once you start distorting, you WILL stop distorting, just as if you rolled back vol on the amp. Marshallize that thing and/or Trio it, and you'll start getting some really different tones. Faster overdrive on Whoa/pull mode on the trio by far, and the Marshallization mods discard less signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricach Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 What exactly do you do to Marshallize it? I can't seem to find a consistant answer to that. Or is it a range of mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoki Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 hey ricah, look here and you'll find what you're after.... http://www.sewatt.com/files/sewatt/18watt_vj_mods.pdf it's a bunch of mods to get there, but I did them a bit at a time and found the closer I stayed to and the further I got down the gold silver path the more my amp sound like an old marshall... you may need to log in first to do so, but the links to the old epi forums are broke now and there is a ton of cool info and discussion over there at SEwatt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricach Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks, but that link appears to be non-functional now. I can't seem to find a way to do a search in sewatt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 http://www.sewatt.com/faq http://www.sewatt.com/node/16270 http://www.sewatt.com/node/16248 look for: http://www.sewatt.com/files/sewatt/Marshall.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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