Splawn QR Tube ideas

[GtarLover]

So I have an older Splawn Quickrod that still gives me quite a bit of pleasure when I crank it up

Thing is I saw a post recently about dropping a Ruby 12AX7HG into it to rock it. I looked at the new manual online and it has 4 pre tubes, while mine only has 3.

SO, which one should I replace with the Ruby High Gain pre, is it just V1??

Help appreciated, thanks.

 

[Marshall Law]

yes V1

 

[GtarLover]

Thanks Law

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

v1 or v2....if it is too noisy in v1 then try v2.

 

[GtarLover]

Thanks for that update blasphemy...have you tried this?

Has anyone tried the Ruby 12AX7 HG with their QR??

 

[Lord Toneking]

Those old 3 pre QR's are the best imo. I have one and always end up going back to Mullard EL34's and jj pres...and I absolutely hate jj's in any other amp. It just works so well in my QR

 

[GtarLover]

I hear the Mullards for sure.

I don't know about the JJ pre's. I will give the Ruby HG a try and see what happens..hopefully

 

[Lord Toneking]

I hear the Mullards for sure.

I don't know about the JJ pre's. I will give the Ruby HG a try and see what happens..hopefully

I have Rubys in my 5150. Maybe I'll do some swapping tomorrow night

 

[splawner]

I have a 2012 QR and have a Ruby 12ax7HG in V2 and V3 and a TungSol 12ax7HG in the phase inverter and it sound killer Mine has the 4 pre amp tubes and V1 is the clean..

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

In my old 3 channel I BY FAR would say to throw in a Jan Phillips 12ax7wa with the blue grey colored writing. Turns the thing into creamy goodness. All you need is one in either v2 or v1.

 

[GtarLover]

Just wanted to post my findings from this morning.

OK, I tried putting a Ruby 12AX7HG+ in V1 and V2 of my 3 pre tube QR.
There is no doubt the level of gain is increased and there was a creaminess to the distortion.
I liked it in both places, V1 and V2.
I felt like both places got a basically equivalent effect, increased gain and/or increased creaminess.

The thing is, I felt like in the process the QR lost a small amount of the growl or in your face quality that I truly LOVE about this amp.
Don't get me wrong, it was an excellent idea and if you are looking for a creamier kind of gain from your QR, I would swap tubes and try it for yourself.

However, I think for me, I will stay with the JJ's, because they have "that" QR sound for me.
Maybe it's where the weird mids come from, haha.
I just can't let go of "that" sound because it's where I can get the amazing VH tones on gear 1.
Not too much gain, incredibly articulate, and just the right amount of pissed off

What's really great to know is if I want to change the tones of my QR, it is as easy as dropping a Ruby HG+ in V2.

Experiment successful. Anybody tried anything different that you found you really liked?

It sounds like you have Blasphemy, with the Jan Phillips 12AX7WA, getting that creaminess thing going