dietermoreno
- Dec 30, 2012
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I have a 100 watt Peavy tube guitar amp.
Inside from the back it looks like this from left to right:
power supply transformer > tubes > empty slots > output transformer
The empty slots are labeled "12AX7/ECC83", without the quotation marks.
The empty slots look like they are sockets for tubes.
What exactly would tubes do after the power gain section?
Isn't the pre amp gain section before the power gain section?
Do power gain sections and pre amp gain sections use different tubes?
All of the tubes that are currently in place are labeled as "EL34", without the quotation marks.
Am I missing out on anything with my guitar amp not having the 12AX7/ECC83 tubes?
It sounds too distorted for my liking and I prefer to use a distortion pedal with a solid state Marshal MG15 amp, as distortion is the nature of tube amps, but I was curious anyway on how that piece of junk sitting in my corner works.
Inside from the back it looks like this from left to right:
power supply transformer > tubes > empty slots > output transformer
The empty slots are labeled "12AX7/ECC83", without the quotation marks.
The empty slots look like they are sockets for tubes.
What exactly would tubes do after the power gain section?
Isn't the pre amp gain section before the power gain section?
Do power gain sections and pre amp gain sections use different tubes?
All of the tubes that are currently in place are labeled as "EL34", without the quotation marks.
Am I missing out on anything with my guitar amp not having the 12AX7/ECC83 tubes?
It sounds too distorted for my liking and I prefer to use a distortion pedal with a solid state Marshal MG15 amp, as distortion is the nature of tube amps, but I was curious anyway on how that piece of junk sitting in my corner works.