

(Electro Harmonix in the Power Tubes section) I use a Fender American Strat, all single coils. I have Celestion Alnico Blues and performed the Bright Capacitor mod (to tame the highs). So I need to pull the Top boost channel up to par so that I can switch back and forth between Clean and Overdrive. I have noticed that the Normal channel, if I use it as my overdrive OR clean, sounds better than Top Boost as overdrive or clean.

Right now I have the default Tong-Sol in V1 and a Chinese in V2. Moreover, I need to keep the gain knobs at relatively the same level since I am switching back and forth with a floor pedal, So i can't just increase the gain on the Top Boost. I would like the Top Boost channel to be very dirty. So in keeping with my requirements for Normal being clean and Top Boost being dirty, I need:Ī) in V1 position, a tube that can provide a nice chimey clean classic AC30 tone for Normal Channel, as well as supplying the dirt for the initial "Top Boost" gainī) in v2 position, a tube that can break up early and provide the overdrive for my "Top Boost". V3 is phase inverter needs to be balancedġ x GZ34 Rectifier (often goes bad in AC30) will cause fuse to blow if bad 4 x EL84/6BQ5 power tubes, need to be matched quadģ x 12AX7/ECC83 pre-amp.
