Yeah.. you NEED to use Bass 2 Mids 10 Treble 8, and master on 10, else you're a kid. And you need to have your amp Voodoo modded, and replace every part apart from the box and chassis
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However, they all praise albums like Carcass's Heartwork, or the newer Kreator etc, which was recorded with a completely stock amp, with mids and volume on 2!
When you tell them that, they say "no it's something the studio people said so you can't copy their tone, get a Voodoo mod, try with the mids on 10 and crank the master up"
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I think mids on 2 is the sweet spot too, but it sounds good from 1.5 - 4. I also think that it doesn't sound really good when you crank the volume, i think this amp likes a "clean" power stage (500 volts on the plates
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). 4 - 5 is the limit, i like it at 2-3, i tend to keep it more at 2 because i want to keep my ears.. and my fiancée happy..
I set the bias at 63% of max. plate dispassion (a lot of people who sells tubes say 70%.. hmm). I think the bias mod does not make a very big difference with high gain IMO, but it makes the clean sound (a lot) better. I could use the clean from my amp on a recording, but i don't play country/jazz/whatever where you need an amazing clean anyway, i like to use what I got
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Without the bias mod the clean is horrible and sounds like a distorted car speaker :p
Anyone know how the JJ 6L6, the TAD 5881 and the TT 6L6-STR sound compared to each other?