I have an old KMD guitar amp with a strange config of a solid state pre and a pair of 6L6 Groove Tubes for the driver.
It should be able to cope with the levels for tracking Bass, so I run a DI and mic up the amp. Mixed together this sounds better than DI alone, but it’s not as clean as I would like. There is some farty sounding fuzz, which at first I thought was the guitar speaker not coping, but the speaker looks good, and I can still hear it at very low levels.
The tubes are very old, and need replacing anyway because they rattle a bit too much. So the question is, could the tubes be the culprit for the farty fuzz? If so, what would be the best replacement? I’m thinking of JJ Telsa 6L6’s because they are not expensive and are supposed to have a “solid build” (no rattle).
It should be able to cope with the levels for tracking Bass, so I run a DI and mic up the amp. Mixed together this sounds better than DI alone, but it’s not as clean as I would like. There is some farty sounding fuzz, which at first I thought was the guitar speaker not coping, but the speaker looks good, and I can still hear it at very low levels.
The tubes are very old, and need replacing anyway because they rattle a bit too much. So the question is, could the tubes be the culprit for the farty fuzz? If so, what would be the best replacement? I’m thinking of JJ Telsa 6L6’s because they are not expensive and are supposed to have a “solid build” (no rattle).
