I was originally going to get JJs for every position, until I relised my 6505+ already had em, and it sounded a bit dark to me. The tube selection I mentioned was advised by Doug from Dougs Tubes. Except the Tubes which I didn't know what to pick was filled in by Pental Labs by him, since he said chinese tubes are great for metal. Maybe I should just have a Tung Sol in V1, JJ in V2, Penta Labs in /V3/V5/V6 & Sovtek in V4.
But back to my original question which I keep asking. What the bloody hell does a ToneStack do in Valve amps, and how come your FX loop is ran by Valves? Also If I use the Rhythm channel just for cleans, is there much point in a high gain Tube?
here is my take on it.
What the bloody hell does a ToneStack do in Valve amps?It is a series of capacitors along with fixed and variable resistances that form the tone controls. The Bass Middle and Treble controls are the variable resistance parts of the tone stack. The controls, pots/potentiometers, are variable resistors. It is a network of cap and resistor values designed to give you control over some frequency filtering happening in your amp and a specific point.
how come your FX loop is ran by Valves?Because Peavey designed it that way for this amp. You don't need a valve for an FX Loop. SS or Valve fx loops have benefits over just putting a send and return jack in the middle of the signal.
If I use the Rhythm channel just for cleans, is there much point in a high gain Tube?I'm not sure what a high gain valve is. I guess between two same type 12AX7's its just the one with a slightly higher output when the input to both is equal. I don't even think using high gain valves in a high gain channel is really necessary. I tend to ignore all that 'high gain' 'balanced' 'gain rating' scores anyway.
