Tourmaster 6l6 question.

[mlamarche]

This may be more for Egnater customer service than here but here goes anyway...
I have 2 new/matched 6l6's I recently got from the Tube Doctor online store...I would like to use them but I'm wondering if I can mix them with the existing Groove Tubes that came with the head....If yes (I know how to bias)...where would they go...1 on each end? 2 in the middle? any help is welcome...just dont suggest I buy 2 more...my wife has the kitchen knife to my adam' s apple as we speak....thanks

 

[Guitarvc]

I would never do that. I allways use a matched quartet of the same tubes in all 100 watters, matched duo for 50 watters.

 

[mlamarche]

I'm one of those dudes who likes (loves) to push that envelope...sometimes it broke me other times
it sent me on a very cool trip....I'd reallllly like to hear from an egnater dude on this???? Is anybody in there" just nod if u can hear me...

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I would strongly reccomend against this. You really have to use a matched quartet in their. You could blow the tubes, maybe worse, and I am not sure the power scaling would work.

I think the biasing might not be right either.

 

[mlamarche]

Thanks Len...as always, I abide to your better judgment.

 

[Len Rabinowitz]

I AM THE GOD OF THE TOURMASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's lonely up here, man! Bunch of rebel/renegade cloneheads!!!



Seriously, when I put my Tourmaster into the shop I played through a few amps. None of them were as good as the Egnaters. I liked the Rebel and the Renegade, but they don't have the combination of power and features that the Tourmaster has.

Might get a Rebel as a second, small, grab and go amp, though.

 

[mlamarche]

my backup is a marshall jmp-1 thru a tubeworks mosvalve power amp...it's mounted in the rach that holds my tuner and acts has a carrying case for cables etcetc....so if the eggie goes out i'm back in business in 3 minutes.

 

[Roddy]

The problem is that your bias adjustment is just one control for all 4 tubes.....You could run just the middle pair and bias that to 60 MV...you also have to reduce impedance by 50%...IE....If you have a 16ohm cab, now you would run it at 8 ohms

 

[Roddy]

I AM THE GOD OF THE TOURMASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's lonely up here, man! Bunch of rebel/renegade cloneheads!!!



Seriously, when I put my Tourmaster into the shop I played through a few amps. None of them were as good as the Egnaters. I liked the Rebel and the Renegade, but they don't have the combination of power and features that the Tourmaster has.

Might get a Rebel as a second, small, grab and go amp, though.

Hi Len ...I miss my Tourmaster!!!!..A LOT!!!! .The Rebel 30 is nice, but those 4 channels were just the best......and the power was really punchy....If I only had a roadie, or a better back!!!!