Egnater Renegade Question

[Renegade Rocker]

I'm new to the forum, looking forward to conversing with the group. I recently bought a Renegade 2X12 that has been fantastic thus far. This is my first tube amp and have a question about the power tubes. I have noticed that one set of the power tubes seem to glow brighter than the others. The power tubes on the right side of the board, EL34's I believe glow the brightest. Wondering if 6L6's just don't light up as much or if they are defective or something. I do get good sounds out of each of the side in the tube mix know so I don't think they are defective just different. Any feedback would be great as I want the best tone available from this amp. I just got a OCD pedal for a boost. Any recomended settings on the OCD would be appreciated. Thanks for any and all feedback.

 

[Variable]

Those are two different tube types, and as such they will glow differently. As long as the amp sounds good and no funny business is going on, you're fine

 

[BSS]

No personal experience with the OCD, but most guys run volume max, drive min (or very close to min), tweak the tone knob to taste for a "clean" boost.

 

[Tawlks]

Variable has the right idea. Different types of valve (tube) and different brands even will glow differently, don't be afraid if either set start to glow blue/purple, that's natural as well.

Do however worry if the 'plates' start to glow red, or if a white powdery substance seems to appear inside the valve, then they will need to be replaced. I hope this helps.

For the Fulltone OCD pedal, if running into a clean amp for a little breakup or an overdriven amp to push it a little harder, give nicer harmonics and tighten up the lows and bass frequencies, you'll want to max out the volume and have the gain on almost 0 or 0, adjust tone to taste. You won't see a huge volume increase because your gain is so low. You can adjust any of the settings to suite your preference but that's a good starting point for low gain overdrive/boost pedals.

Hope this helps you out Buddy, welcome to the forum.

- Tawlks.

 

[Renegade Rocker]

Thanks for the feedback. I will play around with OCD pedal to find what settings sound best to my ear. Another quick question, I am looking into getting an attenuator any feedback one way or the other on best brand to go with. I have looked at the THD & Weber Mass products. Both seem fine but big price difference between the two. I am not opposed to spending more for the better product. Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.

 

[fek]

Thanks for the feedback. I will play around with OCD pedal to find what settings sound best to my ear. Another quick question, I am looking into getting an attenuator any feedback one way or the other on best brand to go with. I have looked at the THD & Weber Mass products. Both seem fine but big price difference between the two. I am not opposed to spending more for the better product. Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.

I find that the Egnaters have pretty good master volumes. I wouldn't bother with the attenuator personally.

+1 on the OCD settings. Set your amp for a good mid to high gain tone (depending on taste) and then kick in the OCD with the volume up and the gain down to punish the amp.