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RE: Could I be all wrong after all?

Posted by DAK (A) on October 19, 2015 at 14:00:29

In Reply to: Could I be all wrong after all? posted by airtime on October 19, 2015 at 06:15:31:

"My OP question is am I trying to morph the sound into a vintage amp. As well as not taking the amp in the direction it was meant to go? Which BTW I have NO problem with.

I already have the Sherwood for that. Am I duplicating sound types?"

Your question is confusing. You seem to say you want the amp to sound like a vintage tube amp but "not taking it in the direction it was meant to go?" You have a Sherwood amp for that sound.
Well, if you mean by changing tubes you would make your ST70 sound like a Sherwood? I would say that would not happen since the Sherwood has either 7591 power tubes or 7189 tubes which don't really sound like the EL34. But if you want to change the character of the sound of your ST70 to a more vintage tube sound you should rebuild it with vintage type components. I have noticed that the "vintage" tube sound to be related to carbon comp resistors and mylar and electrolytic capacitors. Just swap out all your parts in your ST70 for those components and I believe you amp will give you that type of vintage tube sound. cheers, Dak

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