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Well, "smoother" sounds good... sometimes a 5751 "takes the edge off" a 12AX7, which can be good for the high end part of the gain, making it less strident.
I'll try the 6L6 today and let you know - I suspect that you and I are very much on the same page. Srini
There was this thread at the Gear Page Did Gibson make a mistake….. with Epiphones….. | Page 2 | The Gear Page People seem quite pleased with those new Epis. What if they did a "new" Epi ES-175 ?
Good idea, but something tells me you're not going to like the 5751. I'll wait for your assessment.
I didn’t think it was an improvement. The EL34 sounded fuller, punchier, livelier. I intend to try a 6L6 and a KT88 one day but am in no hurry because the EL34 sounds killer.
Some amps can take a few different power tubes without adjustment, because they are cathode-biased. My Swart AST can do this. I haven't tried it, as anything other than the stock 6V6s will be...
I concur. Your experience with the 12AT7 was pretty much the same as mine with the 4024 - it was just not crunchy enough for me. But what a sweet tone! As you suggest, it may be better to evaluate...
Thanks. What did the 6V6 do to the sound?
I wanted to point out that Monk's ballads are formidable af! Everyone knows Round Midnight, but he has a handful of others that are really good. Crepuscule with Nellie ...
Reminds me of my beloved 66 Epi Howard Roberts Standard ! The neck was not a short scale, definitely longer that the one of the Byrdland I had at the same time, very similar to my teacher's ES175...
https://www.utstat.toronto.edu/mikevans/hroberts/guitars/guitars.html
https://www.12fret.com/instruments/epiphone-howard-roberts-standard-archtop-electric-sunburst-1965/
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Bit confused - block chords involve inversions? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That's an interesting POV the OP has. Personally, as still really a beginner at guitar, the *only* things I play when comping are inversions. Not as a rule, you know, but 90% of the time that's...
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