I LOVE my 20th Shiva, but I want some 6L6 action!

[richedie]

Hey guys, I have two amazing EL34 British style amps at home, my 20th Shiva and PWE Event Horizon. For me, being mostly a home player, I prefer amps that sound VERY good at home at bedroom volumes, luckily my amps still slay with the bands I am in as well, but we only gig like 2-4 times a year and practice once in a while so my amps see a lot of home use!

With that said, I am trying to find an equivalent to my amps in that it works well at home volumes. I was close to buying a Mesa Electradyne or older Rectoverb but neither works well at home volumes.

Any others you can all think of? I want something very different from my amps, two channel, maybe even single channel because I am trying to get away from the high gain multi channel thing. Preferrably a 6L6 amp.

Thoughts?

 

[thickwood]

Good luck,one 6l6 in class a is about 10-12watts and since 6l6 are not a real good tube for cranking for overdrive and lacks crunch like a el84 amp,i dont like your chances under 50watt amp.
Now 6v6 tubes are similar in the highs,and the tube store reviews the sound of all these different tubes and brands,theres a big difference in the brands.
A el84 amp should be 18-20 watts a pair,crank those up into overdrive and crunch badass all day.
Fender has some 6v6 amps,glassy highs like 6l6 but breakup nice when pushed.
Besides a 6l6 is a beam power tube known for cleaner sound is kinda steril ,hifi like and loud as it gets !
A 100watt tube amp is only louder than a 50watt amp by about 4db ,so a smaller powertube is what you need!
6v6 are about 12watts apiece!

 

[racerevlon]

Jet City JCA100H. That'll get the blood pumping!

 

[Rdodson]

If you could find an Ecstasy 100a, you might really like it. I think the Shiva with 6L6s is great.

 

[ibenhad]

Get a Randall MTS 100 now that the line is dead you can find the heads cheap. Stock with 6l6's pull the fuses for the 2 outer tubes and there you have it a pair of 6l6's in a head with tons of module options.