ESP727

Sup guys.. just thought I'd finally join the UG forum after a few years of going on it occasionally.

Anyways my friend bought me a 6505+ Combo for my birthday last week, and it just arrived today. My question is, I'm not a fan of their stock ruby tubes, any idea on what kind of tubes would be a great fit for me: I'll describe what style of music I play, budget, tones, etc.

Style of Music: I usually play metal type music with the high gain cranked

EQ's: High all the way, Mid about half way, Lows not so much maybe 1/4 of the way.

Budget: Not a factor at all.

Location: I'll just buy it online or make a trip to a guitar center, i think the closest one near me is by Minneapolis.

If you need additional information just ask. Thanks for taking the time to read my thread.

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R45VT

GC tubes are over priced. They are all rebranded. Cut out the middle men.


Personally I like JJs. A lot of guys hear run a JAN5751 in either V1 or the PI. You can try a combination of tubes if you like.

Make sure to keep spares.

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ESP727

Thats what they were called JJ's. I remember I used one of those as a replacement and oh my god their awesome.

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tas38

A lot of people say the stock 6505 speaker is pretty crappy too. You might wanna try to allocate your money for both.

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Offworld92

JJ ECC83 in all the slots. Then go from there if you want to try a 5751 or whatever.

Swap the speaker for a WGS Veteran 30 or a Retro 30.

Profit

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dkunick

This, and the 5751 in V1 will do wonders for the clean channel. Eurotubes can hook you up with a full set.

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You sir, have some excellent friends.

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Cathbard

I think tube depot still have sale on JJ's.

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ESP727

I haven't gotten around to playing it yet, why is the speaker bad? What's wrong with it? I'll take your word for it though

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T00DEEPBLUE

The stock speaker is too brittle, lacks low end and doesn't handle high volumes well.

Also, don't take anyone's word for anything.

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NotTheMessiah30

You have a very good friend! Can i be friends with your friend? then i can have some new stuff too? My 6505+ has gone a bit wonky so a new one would be quite nice :p

Ok, it still works but i can't select crunch on the rhythm channel when the foot switch is connected. Not that i use that option 99.9999% of the time but still, if your friend wants to go ahead buy me a new amp too then that'd be great. *drinks coffee Lumberg style*

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ESP727

Lets pull out the good ol' keg and just have a jolly good time huh? lol im down.

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KailM

Maybe they manufacture them with various speakers then, because my stock Sheffield absolutely doesn't lack in low end. It has more low-mids/lows than the Eminence Governor I replaced it with. The Governor has more of a midrange "tear shit up" sound that I like though. As for high volumes, I don't know, it seemed to handle pretty ridiculous volumes to me... Haven't tried it in a long time though.

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