Question on lower gain preamp tubes and bass response
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:58 pm
I find with Orange amps (and some other amps) when you turn up the preamp gain, the low end increases and the amp has a fatter sound. In some situations I would like to use a mild breakup tone and use an over drive pedal for my gain kind of like a 2 channel amp on one channel amps like the terror series. The issue with some of the lunchbox amps is they lack low end already, so this sound can be a bit thin vs using the amp distortion.
So my question is, if I swap the V1 tube to a lower gain tube like a 12AT7, can I crank the gain knob higher and able to maintain the fat tone at lower gain levels?
So example I am thinking of:
With 12AX7 in V1 I could run volume to taste and gain at noon.
With 12AT7 in V1 if I run the gain at 3 oclock it should give me the same gain as above, but would it be fatter?
I don't have any experience with lower gain pre amp tubes so I'm wondering if someone can answer this for me before I order one ?
Thanks!
So my question is, if I swap the V1 tube to a lower gain tube like a 12AT7, can I crank the gain knob higher and able to maintain the fat tone at lower gain levels?
So example I am thinking of:
With 12AX7 in V1 I could run volume to taste and gain at noon.
With 12AT7 in V1 if I run the gain at 3 oclock it should give me the same gain as above, but would it be fatter?
I don't have any experience with lower gain pre amp tubes so I'm wondering if someone can answer this for me before I order one ?
Thanks!