Tube Amp Archive

Seedlings A Rocket works real nice with pedals and there is an octal version as well so you could still do the EL34's...mine has KT66s. Thanks for pointing that out! I wonder if the Rocket takes pedals better because the cathode follower doesn't have as much gain as the TW, and then the tone stack ...

^ that's what I kind of expected. I need a different kind of versatility, and will probably drop the extra triode of gain, which leaves me with a different amp. Gain stage> plate fed tone stack> gain stage> LTPI > 6V6GTs

Thanks again,

CHAD

Does an Express rely on how the guitar loads down V1, in a similar way to a good Fuzz pedal, OR is the Express sensitive to input amplitude/volume? If it's amplitude, then one could still get the 'clean to mean' with a pedal board in-between the guitar and amp input. I appreciate your thoughts. I'm ...

That's really similar to my latest build, but I used a 12AU7 for PI and cathode-biased the power tubes.

Would there be any way for you to post an audio clip?

CHAD

Here's the easy easy version

CHAD

Have you measured Vk when you strum a chord? Does the bias voltage still drift significantly? I have a PP 6L6 cathode-bias build that idles at 35V, but goes to 45V once a chord is played.

CHAD