Replacement Tubes for Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue

[RedMosquito22]

I don't need to just yet and this is my first tube amp. Just curious what you would get to improve the tone. Right now I have to have the base pot all the way at zero, it's very bassy. Not sure if it is something a tube replacement would fix or if it's a speaker replacement.

What have you guys used and what are your opinions on the setups.

[PSUS2H]

Im curious about this as well. I have a Fender Super Reverb amp that I recently aquired from a friend that I want to know what to do. Thinking 6L6 tubes, but maybe EL34s.

[All Those Yesterdays]

Im curious about this as well. I have a Fender Super Reverb amp that I recently aquired from a friend that I want to know what to do. Thinking 6L6 tubes, but maybe EL34s.

Ah Super Reverbs.... wonderfully clean amps... What year? Who carries it for you? Joking 65 lbs is a bit much to lug around, but well worth it. Stick with 6L6's no matter what, that is the Fender way.. I'd just go with JJ's for that. Unless you find an appealing set of EH's.

[All Those Yesterdays]

I don't need to just yet and this is my first tube amp. Just curious what you would get to maybe gritty it up a bit.

What have you guys used and what are your opinions on the setups.

I tend to try to clean amps up, not get them more gritty, so I'm not the expert to help you. But I'd honestly look into replacing the speaker with something from Weber that breaks up a lot sooner.

[RedMosquito22]

I don't need to just yet and this is my first tube amp. Just curious what you would get to maybe gritty it up a bit.

What have you guys used and what are your opinions on the setups.

I tend to try to clean amps up, not get them more gritty, so I'm not the expert to help you. But I'd honestly look into replacing the speaker with something from Weber that breaks up a lot sooner.

I think I didn't properly describe it. I agree with you with the cleaning up since I get my dirt from pedals anyway. My BDR is very bassy(when clean) and have the bass set to zero and it's still not great so I don't know if it's a tube or speaker replacement I should go with first.

[All Those Yesterdays]

I don't need to just yet and this is my first tube amp. Just curious what you would get to maybe gritty it up a bit.

What have you guys used and what are your opinions on the setups.

I tend to try to clean amps up, not get them more gritty, so I'm not the expert to help you. But I'd honestly look into replacing the speaker with something from Weber that breaks up a lot sooner.

I think I didn't properly describe it. I agree with you with the cleaning up since I get my dirt from pedals anyway. My BDR is very bassy(when clean) and have the bass set to zero and it's still not great so I don't know if it's a tube or speaker replacement I should go with first.

By the looks of a bunch of posts on line, that is quite common for that amp. Speaker will help more then tubes. But the question would be if it helps enough. CJ @ Weber would be the one to ask about this, and see what he recommends. Really nice guy.

[mccreadyisgod]

I definitely agree that a speaker replacement will change overall tone more than different tubes. Celestion V30 is the go-to swap for the Fender Hot Rod/Blues amps, but I don't know if that would be a huge change in the bass. One thing worth noting is that the Presence control will also affect the tone, including bass response. I believe your amp also has a Bright switch.

Do you have any other reason to want a tube swap? Or is this just a tonal question? What kind of guitar are you plugging into it? What kind of pedals? What style of music?

[RedMosquito22]

Honestly I have a pretty good tone going. I have both channels set pretty darn good right now. It's also from what I've been told "still being broken in process". I like to tinker and get the best tone possible. I have the pure clean on channel one and a little dirtier clean on channel 2(drive on 4). I get my overdrive from pedals. I just ordered the new MXR Badass overdrive and a new MXR '78 distortion(for a Marshall tone). Right now I have a Boss SD-1.

Just curious as to what are the replacements to go for to keep the same fender tone with perhaps a little less bass.

We pretty much play everything from clean to punk Social D style. We do cover The Misfits though. No Metal.

[DewieCox]

Have you considered an eq pedal? Not sure how it would work, just thought it might be something to look into.

[RedMosquito22]

Have you considered an eq pedal? Not sure how it would work, just thought it might be something to look into.

I definitely have. It is probably the best idea to actually reduce the bass.

[PSUS2H]

Im curious about this as well. I have a Fender Super Reverb amp that I recently aquired from a friend that I want to know what to do. Thinking 6L6 tubes, but maybe EL34s.

Ah Super Reverbs.... wonderfully clean amps... What year? Who carries it for you? Joking 65 lbs is a bit much to lug around, but well worth it. Stick with 6L6's no matter what, that is the Fender way.. I'd just go with JJ's for that. Unless you find an appealing set of EH's.

Got some Wing-C Svetlana 6L6's for it.

[JH228]

Yeah winged c's are very nice tubes. I use them in my custom amp builds.

I have also been really liking the TAD 6L6WGC-STR lately. I just installed these tubes into a run of 59 bassman amps I made and they matched up nicely next to my original rca black plate 6l6gc's.

I like the tung-sol reissue 6l6's too.

[RedMosquito22]

There are just so many options.

From reading up it looks like the Svetlana 6L6GC are the choice and not really sure which JJ's 12 AX7's to get. Any reccomendations?

http://thetubestore.com/ne-6l6gc.html

[JH228]

The svetlana's you are looking at there are the "new" reissue tubes made by new sensor in Russia. Not that it's a bad thing, New Sensor Corp. bought the rights to use the Svetlana brand and are making them to Svetlana specs.

The real Svetlana tubes are the SED "winged C" ones. They sound fantastic. These are the one's with mojo.

As for 12ax7's...

I have been using the reissue tung-sols and mullards with success. I like them a lot. The mullards seem to be just a little darker to my ears. The Chinese 12ax7c is a nice tube with higher gain than most others being manufactured right now.

Lots of choices!

[All Those Yesterdays]

The svetlana's you are looking at there are the "new" reissue tubes made by new sensor in Russia. Not that it's a bad thing, New Sensor Corp. bought the rights to use the Svetlana brand and are making them to Svetlana specs.

The real Svetlana tubes are the SED "winged C" ones. They sound fantastic. These are the one's with mojo.

As for 12ax7's...

I have been using the reissue tung-sols and mullards with success. I like them a lot. The mullards seem to be just a little darker to my ears. The Chinese 12ax7c is a nice tube with higher gain than most others being manufactured right now.

Lots of choices!

That's interesting I've had nothing but issues with Chinese 12ax7's. They go micro-phonic pretty much instantly.