More Clean Headroom On Rockerverb 50 MKII

[viscera_eyes]

Hey guys my rockerverb 50 is breaking up just a little too early. It has all 12ax7s in there and I was really hoping to replace some with au7s or at7s to give a bit more headroom. What tubes should I replace to do this as there is no diagram that shows what tubes are assigned to what parts of the amp and I want to the keep the 12ax7s in there to keep the level of gain on the dirty channel? Also what tubes would you recommend for maximum headroom?

[misterMagoo]

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If you're looking for more clean volume, it might not happen. Although, I would say your best bet is to try a 5751 in V10 (Clean channel). I've done that, and I can say it stays cleaner much longer, but I can't remember if the volume was lower or not. An au7 is going to drop volume a lot. I've done it.

[Nork]

it's a matter of staying cleaner longer at the same volume, maybe less, i think. if you want more actual headroom, you need more wattage.

but on a 50W amp, the clean channel should stay pretty clean pretty high, no?

[misterMagoo]

what guitar are you using? single coils stay cleaner much longer than humbuckers on this amp, and remain pretty loud

[indianDYsummer]

Back off on your volume knob just a hair?

[Jondog]

it's a matter of staying cleaner longer at the same volume, maybe less, i think. if you want more actual headroom, you need more wattage.

but on a 50W amp, the clean channel should stay pretty clean pretty high, no?

I was gonna say maybe a rockerverb 100

[irish_admiral]

I was going to say mic up the amp.

[Randy Bass]

I was going to say mic up the amp.

That's definitely the best way to increase clean volume .

[David Verb]

Why does everyone need more clean headroom???? I have the RV100, my problem is I need more dirt sooner!!!! Hehe.

Embrace the dirtiness!

I have to resort to the gain channel, with low gain... but it's still not tube saturation!

[misterMagoo]

Why does everyone need more clean headroom???? I have the RV100, my problem is I need more dirt sooner!!!! Hehe.

Embrace the dirtiness!

I have to resort to the gain channel, with low gain... but it's still not tube saturation!

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