I pulled 2 tubes and dropped the ohms (6505)

[D-Rock]

..and the amp sounds great.
Tonally, it's better than at 120w. Just a touch of lowend punch lost. Not really that noticeable at band volume. In comparison, at 120w it sounded kinda stiff and stuffy, at all volume levels.
At 60w there is a big increase in dynamics too and it appears to have more gain...strange. I had to back it off a notch from my usual setting. The amp is still loud as shit. Volume is not a concern here.
I did this out of necessity really, because I needed two 6L6's for my Single Recto. The 6L6's in there are slightly micorphonic and the EL34's I had in it afterwards weren't sounding as good as 6L6's.
But now I think I'm going to leave the 6505 at 60w because it sounds great.

 

[311boogieman]

I run my amp at half power too.

More gain might be attributed to less headroom.

You are dropping your ohms to cab in half too right?

 

[D-Rock]

Yeah, the amp is at 4 ohms going through a 8 ohm Mesa 4x12.

 

[guitup too]

I believe your 16 ohm speaker output on the back of the amp will now be an 8 ohm output.
8 ohm ouput will now be 4 ohm output.... So if you have a 8 ohm speaker cab you need to plug it into the 16 ohm output on the rear of the amp to match the impedance with two of the four power tubes pulled.

 

[Anonymous]

okay so which 2 tubes do you pull??? and if i have my speaker ohms at 8 what would i take it to.. if i pulled 2 tubes???

 

[Vrad]

okay so which 2 tubes do you pull??? and if i have my speaker ohms at 8 what would i take it to.. if i pulled 2 tubes???

Either the 2 outer or the 2 inner. I pulled the 2 outer and set the impedance to 8 ohms for a 16 ohm cab.
Sounds pretty darn good.

If you're running into an 8 ohm cab, then you set the impedance 4 ohms. It's always 1/2 the impedance.

 

[charveldan]

Nobody pulled their tubes in the 60's & 70's........

 

[Vrad]

Nobody pulled their tubes in the 60's & 70's........

The hell does that have anything to do with? LOL!
In the 60s and 70s no one knew to change tubes... or what they did

 

[zuel69]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

 

[Meathead]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

 

[Vrad]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

 

[Meathead]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

We are, of course, talking about plugging in a guitar.

 

[Vrad]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

 

[Meathead]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

You've never seen a girl where the hair starts from the belly button on down.
The belly button could be the mouth, just draw some eyes above it, you have Osama or Fidel. Pretty cool

 

[Vrad]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

You've never seen a girl where the hair starts from the belly button on down.
The belly button could be the mouth, just draw some eyes above it, you have Osama or Fidel. Pretty cool

Yeah... uhmm cool...

 

[charveldan]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

Nobody pulled tubes in the 80's either.

Pulling tubes is a delusional ruse that people play on themselves to think they have perfect toan.

 

[Meathead]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

You've never seen a girl where the hair starts from the belly button on down.
The belly button could be the mouth, just draw some eyes above it, you have Osama or Fidel. Pretty cool

Yeah... uhmm cool...

Well up here in Canada we fight over those hairy girls to keep us warm.

 

[Vrad]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

You've never seen a girl where the hair starts from the belly button on down.
The belly button could be the mouth, just draw some eyes above it, you have Osama or Fidel. Pretty cool

Yeah... uhmm cool...

Well up here in Canada we fight over those hairy girls to keep us warm.

I dunno... Can't you folks just wear pajamas instead of sleeping with

 

[Meathead]

Yea, what Vrad said...they were too busy getting high and having orgies all the time.

...and searching for sexual organs through all that pubic hair

THose were primitive times Adam... primitive indeed.

No visual guidance, you just poked away at it and hoped it got in somehow.

Growing up in the 80's, where shaved beaver really started to come into it's own; I never quite understood how some people "couldn't find the hole"... I mean seriously? How do you miss it? Unless you got Fidel Castro down there..

You've never seen a girl where the hair starts from the belly button on down.
The belly button could be the mouth, just draw some eyes above it, you have Osama or Fidel. Pretty cool

Yeah... uhmm cool...

Well up here in Canada we fight over those hairy girls to keep us warm.

I dunno... Can't you folks just wear pajamas instead of sleeping with

If your girlfriend is hairy you don't tell your friends, or they'll all be after her. You keep it to yourself and enjoy.