Mic Kaczmarczik's TubeInformation - The Blue Guitar

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Old Sovtek - All around good in all pickup selections, except for the bridge, which was unpleasant and brittle. Fairly flat sounding. When overdriven, these tubes were very muddy, especially on the neck pickup. EH - A tad shrill on the bridge pickup when played clean, otherwise, very nice. When distorted, this tube was fuller than with the Strat, but still did not crunch up as much as the older Sovtek. The bridge+neck was very nice and chimey when both clean and overdriven. Stinger Texas Tornado: Les Paul: RCA - When clean, not as chimey as a regular BFDR. But, still nice and full. Slightly jazzy, as this amp seems to roll off a bit of highs. The overdriven sound was extremely full and creamy. No bad sounds here. Old Sovtek - Clean sounds were very one-dimentional. Single note runs on the bridge pickup were terrible. Although not very good when clean, the distorted tones were passable. The bridge pickup was very crunchy and perhaps about the best tone this tube could give. Distorted tones on the neck pickup were mushy. EH - The clean sounds, to my ears, were almost no different than the RCA. The distorted tones, however, were not as full as the RCA. Strat: RCA - All around very "Straty" when both clean and overdriven. Clean sounds were chimey and overdriven sounds were harmonic and three-dimensional. Old Sovtek - Piercing on the bridge pickup when clean - shrill and tinny. The neck pickup was decent sounding. When distorted, this tube was very crunchy, but rather bland. The neck pickup was too muddy. EH - All around very "Straty" when both clean and overdriven. Clean sounds were chimey and overdriven sounds were harmonic and three-dimensional. Hamer: RCA - Very jazzy and nice and full when clean. The overdriven sound was extremely full and creamy. No bad sounds here. Old Sovtek - Piercing on the bridge pickup when clean - shrill and tinny. The neck pickup was decent sounding. When distorted, this tube was very crunchy, but rather bland. The neck pickup was way too muddy. This tube rather sucked for a P90 guitar. EH - Pretty much like the Les Paul - the clean sounds, to my ears, were almost no different than the RCA. The distorted tones, however, were not as full as the RCA. But still, with P90s, this tube was rather crunchy. Conclusions: For each test in each amp it was very easy to pick out the "best" sounding tube (RCA). In addition, it was easy to pick out the "worst" sounding tube, as well (the older Sovtek). So, that left the EH somewhere in the middle. I had 100% success rate in identifying the tubes when "blindfolded". I'd say "chalk-up" a winner for Sovtek. Clean sounds, overall, were nice and chimey - pretty darn decent. But, distorted tones were a bit grainey and bright - but nothing too bad that one couldn't live with (or, perhaps get used to). In terms of overall tone, this new Russian tube is much better than Sovtek's old 6V6, especially since the new one is much more balanced and has more harmonic content. On a 10 scale, where the old Sovtek is a "1" and the Blackplate RCA is a "10", I'd say this tube deserves solid 6 rating. Personally, I'm going to still buy NOS while they are available; I think the NOS tubes offer a "creamier" top end and thicker, richer distortion qualities. Just so readers understand, my favorite NOS 6V6s are RCA, Visseaux, Mazda, Philips, and Marconi. I don't like the GE 6V6 (wafer base), so I'd probably opt for the new EH in lieu of the GEs.
From larrysb@aol.comNOspahm Tue Dec 21 13:14:38 CST 1999 Article: 221219 of alt.guitar.amps Path: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.idt.net!peerfeed.news.psi.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!notfor-mail From: larrysb@aol.comNOspahm (nuke) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps Subject: Re: Mook's Taste Tests: The Sovtek 6V6EH Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder05.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 21 Dec 1999 02:10:45 GMT References: Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: Xref: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu alt.guitar.amps:221219 I'll concur with Mook on the 6V6EH. Overall a decent tube and quite a bargain. Thumbs up as a worthy 6V6. I haven't done a long term life test of these, but they don't seem to strain in a Deluxe Reverb. There was no sign of glowing screen grid wires under hard operation. The EH tends for the "soft" distortion, akin to most Sovtek tubes, but it isn't pronounced. I'm partial to Sylvania 6V6's above all others, I like the sparkle and tightness. They seem to last near forever too. Besides, I dig the Sylvania's pretty blue glow. I'm not so fond of the Visseaux, but it is a good tube. The GE's are OK, but they have tendency to rattle inside. Old RCA's are good, but tend to be pricey and a touch "soft" to my ear. -- Dr. Nuketopia When replying, please note that your email is *not* spam in the subject line. From bkahle@hotmail.com Tue Dec 21 13:14:55 CST 1999 Article: 221346 of alt.guitar.amps Path: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!wnmaster1!not-for-mail From: "BK" Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps Subject: Re: Mook's Taste Tests: The Sovtek 6V6EH Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:12:13 -0500 Organization: FMI Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.76.74.169 X-Trace: bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net 945792432 5882 12.76.74.169 (21 Dec 1999 16:07:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Dec 1999 16:07:12 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Xref: geraldo.cc.utexas.edu alt.guitar.amps:221346 Another well-done, Mook-review! I like the sound of this new 6V6 but believe it sounds better when operated closer to it's plate dis. max. (somewhere between 80-90%, ie. ~12W). I know you had to maintain some control for your tests and 27ma was a good choice for evaluation. Having said that, I think that burning them on the hot side warms up the tone and alleviates most of your reported upper-end harshness. BTW, after seeing LV's post about trying to "kill" some intentionally, who can say what the max. dis. IS on these things. Do DR-reissues really have plate voltage at 360? I'm just surprised by this knowing that the oldies are usually well above 400. Thanks, Mook. Bill
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