theGirthquake
metalhead
I'd like some opinions or info/advice. It's probably gonna just boil down to "I dunno man just try both and see what you like", but maybe some useful info will come of it.
I'm building a monster stage rig, two full stacks and two heads through an A/B/Y box. One head is my disgustingly redhot modded 5150 and the other is my recently-acquired stock IRT120H. Let's assume for the sake of simplicity that all four cabs are the same thing. The project is live tone-masturbation in the context of 8-string groove death/sludge. Think Ahab, Portal, Incantation, maybe a touch of Craft.
I'm going to retube the Ironheart, but am thinking about going the EL34 route, to further distinguish it from the 5150 and really facefvck the combined sound. But I can't get a feel for whether the warmth and crushiness of the brit tubes would be complimentary to the Peavey's raw brutality, or if they would work against each other, and I'd like to avoid buying a round of tubes and paying for a tech to bias them for nothing. In case it matters, no shredding or deedledeedles needed here, just big dumb loose and sweaty caveman death metal.
What do you think?
Small, side question: how much damage will I hypothetically be doing running the stock 6L6s with the bias switch on EL34? I might have hypothetically done this for a night at practice and might have hypothetically thought it sounded awesome
I'm building a monster stage rig, two full stacks and two heads through an A/B/Y box. One head is my disgustingly redhot modded 5150 and the other is my recently-acquired stock IRT120H. Let's assume for the sake of simplicity that all four cabs are the same thing. The project is live tone-masturbation in the context of 8-string groove death/sludge. Think Ahab, Portal, Incantation, maybe a touch of Craft.
I'm going to retube the Ironheart, but am thinking about going the EL34 route, to further distinguish it from the 5150 and really facefvck the combined sound. But I can't get a feel for whether the warmth and crushiness of the brit tubes would be complimentary to the Peavey's raw brutality, or if they would work against each other, and I'd like to avoid buying a round of tubes and paying for a tech to bias them for nothing. In case it matters, no shredding or deedledeedles needed here, just big dumb loose and sweaty caveman death metal.
What do you think?
Small, side question: how much damage will I hypothetically be doing running the stock 6L6s with the bias switch on EL34? I might have hypothetically done this for a night at practice and might have hypothetically thought it sounded awesome
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