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yeah, there was some bad juju waiting on the other end of that link. One word worth a thousand pictures, eh?😉

okay...in what amp, what speakers....see what I'm after? I like my Blackstar HT20 because it is an EL34 amp, but does a great 6L6 imitation of chimey clean, stiff bass tone. But change the speaker... tubes are only one piece of the combination...

I think the music in the video was done on a curvo...no slides, no bends...

Wow! What's next...a curve neck cello? I'll give them credit for 'doing something', but solving a problem that isn't a problem is a waste of effort. how do you do string bends? Chicken pick? No strings....not a guitar... I'm sure people who don't have years invested in learning the instrument will say 'gee, neat...how much?' And nowhere did I see an MSRP...so...I'm out.

talk dirty to me!!!😍 yeah, what I was trying to convey was how subjective descriptions of sounds can be. What does 'sounds tighter' sound like? The other thing...a 6L6 tube can sound very different in different amps, as can an EL34, EL84 and so on. So we can suggest any tube that our personal experience with a certain amp may equate to what we [subjectively] consider 'tighter sounding', but in the OP's amp, with different pre-amp tubes, different PT/OT/bias/speaker/tone stack? Far too many variables, IMHO, to define a tube's effect on sound to unequivocally make a pronouncement. YMMV...

tighter?

Biggest things to get you gigs: professionalism, playlist and flexibility. Outkaster is correct, having your own PA suitable to play large rooms and outdoors is crucial. I used to sub for a well-known wedding/event big band. Everyone read notation, but most could wing it if they had to. Yes, tuxedos in terrible colors... I have also done weddings over the years as a solo, as a duo, as a quartet... Beware the Bridezillas...they are more common than you think. Get hooked up with as many local wedding planners as you can find. Treat them with respect...they will make or break you.

size doesn't matter... I think you would be better finding a speaker that sounds great with that amp, without a size requirement.... Choices in 10" are a bit more limited than for 12". What is the output wattage? What impedance? I, too, like a good 'in yer face' 10, and they don't tend to 'flub' out on bass tones like most 12" speakers will. I like Jensen's 10" speakers.

Best all around amp? My '64 Vibrolux Reverb. Everything a BF Fender should be without being too heavy to haul, or not loud enough to be heard. Takes pedals well, and had drippy reverb all day, plus Fender's classic 'vibrato'. Mine is actually in better condition than the one in the pic.

It looks like one of those oldschool lollipops back when Harrison did that to his strat, it looked goofy...now it looks fugly...time wounds all heels....

but then you couldn't do volume swells and fades...with your pinky. If you like the way it looks, then there you are...the only opinion that matters is yours.

You, sir, are far too patient....😉

That was how I found this place, several years before I 'formally' joined. I was sitting in with a band and the bassist would just pop on his laptop and pull up and print out lyrics and chords, sometimes fully tabbed solos, in the blink of an eye [in 1999 time]. It was a while before I even noticed the reviews, and longer to see the value of the forums...as if😉...I lurked for many months... the 'tabs' was the OLGA.[On-Line Guitar Archive] as to "how many guitars do you really need?" All of them!

The way forward is to 'get the band back together'. All the folks who understandably bailed out when we were being bounced through multiple formats...the ones who felt this place was too conservatively moderated, the ones who disliked the ownership...and with those numbers, with that revitalized knowledge base, we could be vital again. Will it happen?

Well, from what I can see, it looks like you need a 115V/60HZ to 230V/50Hz transformer running at 200VA, about 1.0 to 1.5 amps. Just like it says on the back panel you are showing. like this: https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-Step-Up-Step-Down-Voltage-30C516?opr=PDPRRDSP&analytics=dsrrItems_30C517

We are having trouble trying to help you, since you have given us nothing to go on. Please explain: What head phones? Do they have their own volume control? What are you plugging them into?

yeah, trust me on this, being a 'Grand Master' here don't get ya nuffin'... which reminds me of a kind of funny story ...many, many years back when MF took over and I was made a 'Super-Moderator' [whooop-de-dooo!], I discovered that a noob was posting huge volumes in one of the lesser used forums [I think it was DJ or Woodwinds]...in order to get to 'member' status. Looking at the posts, the noob posted one letter at a time, spelling out "I w-i-l-l n-o-t b-e a n-o-o-b f-o-r-e-v-e-r"....over and over. Pages of posts of one letter. I quoted the noob, adding all the letters into one post, and deleted all the others. Then I PM'd and advised that this was not an acceptable methodology.

Providence Stampede Overdrive SOV 1...rare birds, not as rare as a real Dumble...but...that was the only one H. Alex ever okayed. Now, there are Dumble users who use a Zen Drive or a Vertex Boost with their Dumbles. This however is not about those pedals, but about a pedal that will get you into Dumble-esque OD tone...

Thanks, Mr. G! We are here because we believe in the community here, as small as it may be, and that it is still worth our time and service. BTW, Isaac42 is the other active mod, handling the bass forum. Phil, Dendy, and Anderton are long gone since the Gibson 'dump'[which was prefaced by Anderton's untimely departure from Gibson]. I hear from Phil and Anderton occassionally...nothing from Dendy, not sure what he is up to these days. I was lucky enough that I had met Dendy and Anderton at NAMM a few times, and spent a lovely afternoon with them at the 'real' HC Office in Nashville [the old Epiphone building in the swamp]. Oddly, Phil and Anton, who both lived within an hour of me, I have never met in person. Those duffelbags in the park? More likely from the family of that woman you keep chained in your basement..DOH!, that was just between us, wasn't it? well, not anymore... Spam under this system has been virtually nil, and I retired my 'Anti-Spam Avenger' title when this all came about. I spent upwards of three hours some nights tracking down spammers, reporting them to their ISPs...it was a huge issue up until a few years ago.

yeah, there is something hinky in the ownership...a group effort, Sweetwater the more visible...

That's who we've been repelling....

DOH! My bad...'Prepare to accept boarders!'

your supposition is incorrect. I am an unpaid volunteer, as are the rest of the mods here...AFAIK. Since we have no contact with the owners, who would be 'paying us'? And yes, we are of the opinion it is currently Sweetwater. But nothing official was ever given to us. One day, Anderton, Dendy, Phil and the other guys you didn't see, like Loeffler....all logged off. No guidance, no 'here's the key to the admin codes', no in case of emergency contact:www.xxx-X.fu, nope...'hasta la vista, good luck....' well not exactly...but pretty much. But the ship is still afloat, we just can't get to the wheel house to steer it. All we can do is repel boarders and keep the peace. Thankfully it is sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....

I was certain we were goners after 48 hours down. no, nothing was said to us mods, and we have no direct line to the owners.