Members freakk guitarist Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 hey guys i just got back from a little tour, and the whole time ive been out my splawn has been CRAZY noisy. i recently modded my quickrod for kt88s which sounds awesome. and i noticed it was slightly dull sounding before i left for tour...so i ordered 2 tungsol 12ax7s and 2 EH 12ax7s for a retube and one backup. now my amp just hisses and whines, no matter what tube combo. i have been able to figure out that its MOSTLY when OD2 is on (since i dont have a footswitch i have to use a regular guitar cable plugged in to FW jack 1. could that be the issue? not only does it whine and buzz, but it also feedsback very easily and has a sort of dead/boxy feel to it that it never used to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DoubleBarrel Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 hey guys i just got back from a little tour, and the whole time ive been out my splawn has been CRAZY noisy. i recently modded my quickrod for kt88s which sounds awesome. and i noticed it was slightly dull sounding before i left for tour...so i ordered 2 tungsol 12ax7s and 2 EH 12ax7s for a retube and one backup. now my amp just hisses and whines, no matter what tube combo. i have been able to figure out that its MOSTLY when OD2 is on (since i dont have a footswitch i have to use a regular guitar cable plugged in to FW jack 1. could that be the issue? not only does it whine and buzz, but it also feedsback very easily and has a sort of dead/boxy feel to it that it never used to haveISP Decimator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 tung sol in V1, or a JJ 12AT7 and a decimator in the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soulcrusher_X Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 I hate EH preamp tubes in general, but I severely dislike them in my Quickrod. I really like the way the Chinese C9 preamp tubes sound. The Tung-Sols are pretty good too, but they will have a tendency to feedback more since they have ass-loads of gain. You may have knocked something around when you modded them amp for the KT88s, too . I use C9s in my preamp section and Ruby EL34s and it's VERY quiet, except the feedback from me liking to run the gain a little on the high side. Aside from the noise issue, how do the KT88s sound? I've been considering the swap for a while on one of my Splawns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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