Ventura":2u5m0zw6 said:
Well, the good news is JJs aren't expensive.
The so-so news is it seems I'll have to compare the E34Ls to the EL34s
And this will obviously have me researching the differences in their inherent design in the interim.
What a sickness
(EDIT: PS, I'm keen to try an LPS in V1 and PI slots. Just to see. Otherwise it's HG Chinese throughout)
Just remember that Bogner had originally said E34L's were a no-no in the original Uber for some reason, so I would look into that. FWIW, I put the 34L's in my long gone Marshall 2205, and they were super loud, and sounded really good in there. I got the GT rebranded ones with a "hardness level" of 1, so they supposedly were supposed to break up very early, and they were still really loud. Especially considering it was a 50 watt amp. Fortunately Ubers are so dark that you could put anything in there, and I don't think it would be overly bright, and afaik no one makes a darker tube than a JJEL34, so you shouldn't be able to screw up in that direction either.
In addition to trying the LPS in V1, put a Tungsol in there as well, and see what that does for you. I used to always run a LPS in V1 of my UL, but I've been digging on a Tungsol in that spot since my last retube. I put all new Chinese 12ax7b's in V2-V5, and I'm digging the heck out of it so far.