Tube Amp Network | red_fever | Activity https://tubeampnetwork.com/members/red_fever/activity/ Activity feed for red_fever. Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:38:18 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 838bb12a2b575eecd8105b8af424480b red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/page/2/#post-5604 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:56 +0000 I tried some 1946 Hytron 6k6gt’s and they were awesome for dropping the volume (read as wife friendly) but with a brilliant tone of their own. Clean up nicely at lower volumes and to my ears and playing environment ( wife and kids asleep) they produce a really useable sweet distortion when cranked.

Ordering a bunch more to put in storage.

Does…[Read more]

]]> 0 838bb12a2b575eecd8105b8af424480b red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5604 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:56 +0000 I tried some 1946 Hytron 6k6gt’s and they were awesome for dropping the volume (read as wife friendly) but with a brilliant tone of their own. Clean up nicely at lower volumes and to my ears and playing environment ( wife and kids asleep) they produce a really useable sweet distortion when cranked.

Ordering a bunch more to put in storage.

Does…[Read more]

]]> 0 838bb12a2b575eecd8105b8af424480b red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5604 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:56 +0000 I tried some 1946 Hytron 6k6gt’s and they were awesome for dropping the volume (read as wife friendly) but with a brilliant tone of their own. Clean up nicely at lower volumes and to my ears and playing environment ( wife and kids asleep) they produce a really useable sweet distortion when cranked.

Ordering a bunch more to put in storage.

Does…[Read more]

]]> 0 838bb12a2b575eecd8105b8af424480b red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5604 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:56 +0000 I tried some 1946 Hytron 6k6gt’s and they were awesome for dropping the volume (read as wife friendly) but with a brilliant tone of their own. Clean up nicely at lower volumes and to my ears and playing environment ( wife and kids asleep) they produce a really useable sweet distortion when cranked.

Ordering a bunch more to put in storage.

Does…[Read more]

]]> 0 838bb12a2b575eecd8105b8af424480b red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5604 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:45:56 +0000 I tried some 1946 Hytron 6k6gt’s and they were awesome for dropping the volume (read as wife friendly) but with a brilliant tone of their own. Clean up nicely at lower volumes and to my ears and playing environment ( wife and kids asleep) they produce a really useable sweet distortion when cranked.

Ordering a bunch more to put in storage.

Does…[Read more]

]]> 0 56f160755c5edfce7b38f964f1eb751c red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/page/2/#post-5571 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:27:48 +0000 Love your playing,Your bassman clip is awesome. For you to like the 2 stroke given your other toys says something.

It was your clip that convinced me to build this amp.

]]> 0 56f160755c5edfce7b38f964f1eb751c red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5571 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:27:48 +0000 Love your playing,Your bassman clip is awesome. For you to like the 2 stroke given your other toys says something.

It was your clip that convinced me to build this amp.

]]> 0 56f160755c5edfce7b38f964f1eb751c red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5571 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:27:48 +0000 Love your playing,Your bassman clip is awesome. For you to like the 2 stroke given your other toys says something.

It was your clip that convinced me to build this amp.

]]> 0 56f160755c5edfce7b38f964f1eb751c red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5571 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:27:48 +0000 Love your playing,Your bassman clip is awesome. For you to like the 2 stroke given your other toys says something.

It was your clip that convinced me to build this amp.

]]> 0 56f160755c5edfce7b38f964f1eb751c red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5571 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:27:48 +0000 Love your playing,Your bassman clip is awesome. For you to like the 2 stroke given your other toys says something.

It was your clip that convinced me to build this amp.

]]> 0 9d9c8bf6118a2574bcccf64ca5885ba1 red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/page/2/#post-5568 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 Tube amps are still a new journey for me and until now 6v6’s were my thing! Put EL34 in and it was ok, swapped it out for 6v6’s and I was grinning from ear to ear ( just love this amp). Finally fitted the 6L6 (new JJ) and the little 2 stroke barked at me!! SENSATIONAL.

AND I live on a 5 acre property so today I took it outside to share with the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d9c8bf6118a2574bcccf64ca5885ba1 red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5568 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 Tube amps are still a new journey for me and until now 6v6’s were my thing! Put EL34 in and it was ok, swapped it out for 6v6’s and I was grinning from ear to ear ( just love this amp). Finally fitted the 6L6 (new JJ) and the little 2 stroke barked at me!! SENSATIONAL.

AND I live on a 5 acre property so today I took it outside to share with the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d9c8bf6118a2574bcccf64ca5885ba1 red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5568 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 Tube amps are still a new journey for me and until now 6v6’s were my thing! Put EL34 in and it was ok, swapped it out for 6v6’s and I was grinning from ear to ear ( just love this amp). Finally fitted the 6L6 (new JJ) and the little 2 stroke barked at me!! SENSATIONAL.

AND I live on a 5 acre property so today I took it outside to share with the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d9c8bf6118a2574bcccf64ca5885ba1 red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5568 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 Tube amps are still a new journey for me and until now 6v6’s were my thing! Put EL34 in and it was ok, swapped it out for 6v6’s and I was grinning from ear to ear ( just love this amp). Finally fitted the 6L6 (new JJ) and the little 2 stroke barked at me!! SENSATIONAL.

AND I live on a 5 acre property so today I took it outside to share with the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d9c8bf6118a2574bcccf64ca5885ba1 red_fever replied to the topic Best Tubes for 2 Stroke in the forum Tube Talk https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/best-tubes-for-2-stroke/#post-5568 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:02:44 +0000 Tube amps are still a new journey for me and until now 6v6’s were my thing! Put EL34 in and it was ok, swapped it out for 6v6’s and I was grinning from ear to ear ( just love this amp). Finally fitted the 6L6 (new JJ) and the little 2 stroke barked at me!! SENSATIONAL.

AND I live on a 5 acre property so today I took it outside to share with the…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c255150792b99d1e60de2bd0c2e1e2 red_fever replied to the topic First Build - no sound / high voltages in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/first-build-no-sound-high-voltages/#post-5564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:29:46 +0000 Thanks for the advice Robin, it was a major grounding issue!

In the book DH says to check and triple check everything, I thought that only applied to everyone else, not me!

I left off the connection from junction of 5w / 220k to ground.

Anyone know a cure for stupidity?

Fired it up with EL34 …. So so then plugged in the 6v6 and I haven’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c255150792b99d1e60de2bd0c2e1e2 red_fever replied to the topic First Build - no sound / high voltages in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/first-build-no-sound-high-voltages/#post-5564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:29:46 +0000 Thanks for the advice Robin, it was a major grounding issue!

In the book DH says to check and triple check everything, I thought that only applied to everyone else, not me!

I left off the connection from junction of 5w / 220k to ground.

Anyone know a cure for stupidity?

Fired it up with EL34 …. So so then plugged in the 6v6 and I haven’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c255150792b99d1e60de2bd0c2e1e2 red_fever replied to the topic First Build - no sound / high voltages in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/first-build-no-sound-high-voltages/#post-5564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:29:46 +0000 Thanks for the advice Robin, it was a major grounding issue!

In the book DH says to check and triple check everything, I thought that only applied to everyone else, not me!

I left off the connection from junction of 5w / 220k to ground.

Anyone know a cure for stupidity?

Fired it up with EL34 …. So so then plugged in the 6v6 and I haven’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c255150792b99d1e60de2bd0c2e1e2 red_fever replied to the topic First Build - no sound / high voltages in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/first-build-no-sound-high-voltages/#post-5564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:29:46 +0000 Thanks for the advice Robin, it was a major grounding issue!

In the book DH says to check and triple check everything, I thought that only applied to everyone else, not me!

I left off the connection from junction of 5w / 220k to ground.

Anyone know a cure for stupidity?

Fired it up with EL34 …. So so then plugged in the 6v6 and I haven’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8c255150792b99d1e60de2bd0c2e1e2 red_fever replied to the topic First Build - no sound / high voltages in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/first-build-no-sound-high-voltages/#post-5564 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:29:46 +0000 Thanks for the advice Robin, it was a major grounding issue!

In the book DH says to check and triple check everything, I thought that only applied to everyone else, not me!

I left off the connection from junction of 5w / 220k to ground.

Anyone know a cure for stupidity?

Fired it up with EL34 …. So so then plugged in the 6v6 and I haven’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf6b3b2c610d35e4758ff77f24b594a7 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:46:56 +0000 The Webber kit with the cab is a great deal but just that one change in regards to the SS rectifier turned me off.

BTW there was a lot of negative feedback regarding weber cabs a while back and then they stopped supply until they got the problem fixed. According to their forum the foreman working for their supplier was an illegal!!!! This was…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf6b3b2c610d35e4758ff77f24b594a7 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:46:56 +0000 The Webber kit with the cab is a great deal but just that one change in regards to the SS rectifier turned me off.

BTW there was a lot of negative feedback regarding weber cabs a while back and then they stopped supply until they got the problem fixed. According to their forum the foreman working for their supplier was an illegal!!!! This was…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf6b3b2c610d35e4758ff77f24b594a7 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:46:56 +0000 The Webber kit with the cab is a great deal but just that one change in regards to the SS rectifier turned me off.

BTW there was a lot of negative feedback regarding weber cabs a while back and then they stopped supply until they got the problem fixed. According to their forum the foreman working for their supplier was an illegal!!!! This was…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf6b3b2c610d35e4758ff77f24b594a7 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:46:56 +0000 The Webber kit with the cab is a great deal but just that one change in regards to the SS rectifier turned me off.

BTW there was a lot of negative feedback regarding weber cabs a while back and then they stopped supply until they got the problem fixed. According to their forum the foreman working for their supplier was an illegal!!!! This was…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf6b3b2c610d35e4758ff77f24b594a7 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5533 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:46:56 +0000 The Webber kit with the cab is a great deal but just that one change in regards to the SS rectifier turned me off.

BTW there was a lot of negative feedback regarding weber cabs a while back and then they stopped supply until they got the problem fixed. According to their forum the foreman working for their supplier was an illegal!!!! This was…[Read more]

]]> 0 7144bea4c3507f56efe78ebd558ad581 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5531 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:39 +0000 Could a mod please move this to the correct place, it defaulted to Effects and Construct. Sorry.

]]> 0 7144bea4c3507f56efe78ebd558ad581 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5531 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:39 +0000 Could a mod please move this to the correct place, it defaulted to Effects and Construct. Sorry.

]]> 0 7144bea4c3507f56efe78ebd558ad581 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5531 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:39 +0000 Could a mod please move this to the correct place, it defaulted to Effects and Construct. Sorry.

]]> 0 7144bea4c3507f56efe78ebd558ad581 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5531 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:39 +0000 Could a mod please move this to the correct place, it defaulted to Effects and Construct. Sorry.

]]> 0 7144bea4c3507f56efe78ebd558ad581 red_fever replied to the topic Weber or TAN Kit? in the forum 2 Stroke Amplifier Design and Building https://tubeampnetwork.com/forums/topic/weber-or-tan-kit/#post-5531 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:13:39 +0000 Could a mod please move this to the correct place, it defaulted to Effects and Construct. Sorry.

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