Been Keeping This Under My Hat For Months...

[Denim n Leather]

i could never dial a tone i was 100% happy with using my dual rec, till i changed all the preamp tubes and the power tubes. I use JJ gold pin 12AX7's in V1 and the PI and standard JJ 12AX7's in the rest. I also use JJ EL34's in it.

I tried 6L6, 6V6 and KT88. EL34 where my faves, with 6V6 second.

kinda of off topic but i just thought id add that.

I did the same thing with my Dual Rec! Basically, it's like a Marshall now ... :)

[Dmoney]

i could never dial a tone i was 100% happy with using my dual rec, till i changed all the preamp tubes and the power tubes. I use JJ gold pin 12AX7's in V1 and the PI and standard JJ 12AX7's in the rest. I also use JJ EL34's in it.

I tried 6L6, 6V6 and KT88. EL34 where my faves, with 6V6 second.

kinda of off topic but i just thought id add that.

I did the same thing with my Dual Rec! Basically, it's like a Marshall now ... :)

exactly!
haha.

i also replaced the presence control on the orange channel with another presence pot. its a 'mod' mentioned in the manual and i got the pot for free from the UK distributor!!!!
makes the orange channel a bit brighter and closer to the red channel. but its not like having 2 red channels.

[nfe]

i could never dial a tone i was 100% happy with using my dual rec, till i changed all the preamp tubes and the power tubes. I use JJ gold pin 12AX7's in V1 and the PI and standard JJ 12AX7's in the rest. I also use JJ EL34's in it.

I tried 6L6, 6V6 and KT88. EL34 where my faves, with 6V6 second.

kinda of off topic but i just thought id add that.

I did the same thing with my Dual Rec! Basically, it's like a Marshall now ... :)

Perhaps I should have done the same thing, but I gave up and sold it in a huff.

[Dmoney]

what didnt you like about it?

[Denim n Leather]

The Dual Rec is my 'under work desk' amp. :)

I use the Splawn or Laney at home/gigs ...

[nfe]

Saggy, blubbery low end and I just couldn't get it as snarly and aggressive as I'd have liked.

To be fair, I bought as a much younger guy who didn't really know exactly what he was looking for but had the money to buy a pro amp. If I'd taken less advice and listened more I'd have never bought it.

[Dmoney]

The Dual Rec is my 'under work desk' amp. :)

I use the Splawn or Laney at home/gigs ...

what splawn do you use?

as for the dual rec. the preamp tube changes made a big difference. takes out some of the over the top grind from the red channel, smooths it up a bit. the EL34's bring a bit of that 'british' tone back. i found it gave me the right balance of low end i was looking for.

[Denim n Leather]

I use a Quick Rod, Mk 2 (The two preamp slot version). And the way I've been using it of late is considered heresy by the Splawn forumites.

[Dmoney]

someone here is selling one.
ive never heard of the MK2 quick rod to be honest. when you say slots? how does it differ?
i looked at getting a splawn when my soldano bit the dust, but then i stuck with soldano and im glad i did.
but..... GAS

[Denim n Leather]

There is no actual "Mk 2". It's not the original preamp circuit, nor is it the new version which has 3 preamp valves.

[nfe]

I've thought a lot about a Splawn too, a Quick Rod competition. For practicing and recording as much as anything, plus as a British sounding, cleaner sideman to my 6505+.

One day.

[Dmoney]

i was just reading something that says it has no gear knob or something.  the whole thing with splawns and gears took me a bit to get my head around. I wont ever buy one from splawn because it has to come through sounds great.

http://www.gumtree.com/london/10/39155310.html
this is it.

dunno if it would fit my purpose though


super comp looks interesting. single channel nitro. ive never been in the presence of a splawn though.

[Denim n Leather]

The Competition is DEFINITELY a try before you buy amp! It's much brighter than a Nitro, Pro Stock, Quick Rod, etc.

[nfe]

The Competition is DEFINITELY a try before you buy amp! It's much brighter than a Nitro, Pro Stock, Quick Rod, etc.

Oh really? I thought it was just a Quick Rod front end with half the power amp valves.

[Denim n Leather]

The Competition is DEFINITELY a try before you buy amp! It's much brighter than a Nitro, Pro Stock, Quick Rod, etc.

Oh really? I thought it was just a Quick Rod front end with half the power amp valves.

It is, on paper, just supposed to be the OD channel of the QR. But it definitely sounds different.