GuitarDemon666
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I read all over the place about people taking 2 tubes out of their 100 watt amp to make it a 50 watt. Is this really safe? I don't wanna screw up my amp.
The power tubes are the four big tubes that are all the same model. Pull the outside two tubes (far left and far right), or the two inside tubes. Don't worry, you ain't gonna hurt the amplifier or the transformer by doing this. Hell, you can even pull 3 of the 4 tubes if you want a really dirty sound. It'll sound like shit, but you won't hurt the amp.I won't remove the pre-amp tubes... But I don't know what the push/pull power tube circuit even is...
Maybe I should just not try it.
If you pull 3 of the 4 tubes, it'll put out the whole signal at very low level (class A), but will only put out the positive or negative half at high volume (depending on which 3 of the 4 you pulled out).
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You may be right; I haven't looked at a Marshall schematic, but most Class AB amps, at very low levels anyway, do tend to operate in Class A mode. Pure Class B is more of a switching mode, at least that's how I remember it.sorry harvey but i dont think this is true.... the tube that is left would still turn off .... leaving just half the wave form...
But, either way, he ain't gonna hurt the amp. I think we agree on that.
I read all over the place about people taking 2 tubes out of their 100 watt amp to make it a 50 watt. Is this really safe? I don't wanna screw up my amp.
LOL. How "creative" did you get?