Recently scored a pair of Westinghouse USA_made 6V6 tubes I got in a grab-bag of tubes- the bunch cost me something stupid like fifty cents. Turns out the Westinghouses both tested out at 90 on the same tube tester, so I am taking them as a matched set. I have two amps (I own others, they live/work at studio101nola)- an Ampeg J12T (EL84's) and the SCXD. Tried the 'Houses, and I did notice better tone on Channel 1- not a bunch but some, but (like a musiciansfriend.com reviewer said) far less improvement on the effects/voicing channel.
I'm thinking these tubes are wasted in that amp. Perhaps it would be best to use them in something else. like my SF Deluxe Reberb- but that amp is not within my reach, geographically, so that would benefit others but not me.
Thought about selling them, but hardly seems worth the trouble- if they are black-plates, they might bring close to $100, but greys fetch far less. I should keep them for when I need them. And whew! Multiply the number of different makes/varieties of tubes on the market, by the number of very subjective reviews, and you could spend all day and still have no idea where to start- and then spend half your savings trying the ones (hundreds?) you "narrowed" it down to.
I think I'll just play through the Ampeg.
I'm thinking these tubes are wasted in that amp. Perhaps it would be best to use them in something else. like my SF Deluxe Reberb- but that amp is not within my reach, geographically, so that would benefit others but not me.
Thought about selling them, but hardly seems worth the trouble- if they are black-plates, they might bring close to $100, but greys fetch far less. I should keep them for when I need them. And whew! Multiply the number of different makes/varieties of tubes on the market, by the number of very subjective reviews, and you could spend all day and still have no idea where to start- and then spend half your savings trying the ones (hundreds?) you "narrowed" it down to.
I think I'll just play through the Ampeg.
