6L6's or EL-34's in Boogie Rectifiers ?

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6L6's or EL-34's in Rectifiers ?

  • 6L6

    Votes: 17 58.6%

  • EL-34

    Votes: 12 41.4%
  • Total voters
    29
Samhain

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In general terms. I go back & forth but give the edge to 6L6's.
 
I like both but generally go back to 6L6s. More of the Recto ‘wall of sound’ thing that defined them is a little more present with 6L6s. But 34s sound killer too.
 
I can get a whole lotta midrange from 6L6's.
Not just an EL-34 thing.
34's on the red channel basically a set & forget thing but not much else but it does that one thing really well.
I seem to get more sonic options from 6L6's.
 
I really liked Ruby EL34BSTRs in the 94 Dual Rec I had many moons ago. That amp was killer. Had been modded for an adjustable bias. I miss that amp.
 
Last time I swapped, I remember being surprised that I didn't like the EL34 as much as the 6L6 in the amp. It seemed to accentuate some mid frequencies that weren't pleasant, but this was a while ago. Even then, the difference was fairly small.
 
EL34's for me.

Had them in my old Trem-O-Verb. It was tight yet chewy. Instant Superunknown.
 
Never liked what I’ve heard of rectos with el34’s, takes away the “rectoness”
 
Samhain said:
I can get a whole lotta midrange from 6L6's.
Not just an EL-34 thing.
34's on the red channel basically a set & forget thing but not much else but it does that one thing really well.
I seem to get more sonic options from 6L6's.
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Have you tried Orange cloned to Modern? I’m more recently into Rectos; tried them like 15 yrs ago but hated them since I didn’t own a boost pedal at the time. But I greatly prefer Orange to modern; almost makes the red sound ‘sterile’ by comparison
 
I prefer EL34’s in both my Rev F/C Triple and Badlander. More growl, aggression, cut, not as loose. 6L6’s were smoother, less mids, but deeper sounding. Both sound good
 
Fordman65 said:
This is the only way I run my rectifier. Orange Modern is so much thicker than the red channel. I personally only run Mesa 425 STRs, green label. Steve K turned me on to them many moons ago and I haven't looked back
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Ahh the Sovtek wafers ....I’ll have to try them. I’ve found the Rectos didn’t sway much with power tube swaps-like Mesa 415s, 440, Winged C etc as much as my C+ did. Pre tubes do make some differences. But I’ll have to try the Wafers. My SLOs loved them.
 
Pretty even split so far. I am surprised. I would have thought 6L6 would have won easily.
 
Racerxrated said:
Have you tried Orange cloned to Modern? I’m more recently into Rectos; tried them like 15 yrs ago but hated them since I didn’t own a boost pedal at the time. But I greatly prefer Orange to modern; almost makes the red sound ‘sterile’ by comparison
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I’m live on Orange/Modern. It’s way more raw, full and aggressive.
 
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