Replacement Tubes & Speaker

Krsnik87

I want to get a new pre-amp tube, power amp tube and a 6" speaker for my little gretsch amp, hoping to get any opinions on what tubes worked for you and what the difference is between alnico and ceramic speakers.

I want nice cleans with a little breakup as its cranked nothing mad, warm and smooth sounds if any of that makes a difference.

As always I'm completely clueless and eager to learn :pac:

Cheers

Dord

I believe someone had a thread on the Fender Champion 600 recently doing just those same things. The Champion 600 and the Grestch are the same except for cosmetics.

Krsnik87

Found it, thanks man

Goin with a weber speaker but still open to opinions on new tubes.

Dord

I'm clueless when it comes to tubes tbh, I'll leave that to the rest of 'em.

fish-head

I'm getting a Weber speaker for my Champ 600 too. Was talking to Alanstrainor about it the other day. I reckon swap the speaker out and think about the tubes later. The speaker is the real weak link in the Champ.

punchdrunk

i've just ordered this yesterday...

http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=1916

will report back when installed

Krsnik87

Yeah do that would be great!

punchdrunk

well the amp kit arrived,and i gotta say it's a definite thumbs up!
seems to give much more presence to the sound,more articulate
also seems to have a more solid low end,much nicer
maybe it's the new speaker but the treble is a little piercing,hopefully it'll mellow when it's played in

definitely worth the dosh,takes 15min to put in!

Krsnik87

Good to hear it, gonna order one later this week then, thanks for the info!

Paolo_M

punchdrunk wrote: »

well the amp kit arrived,and i gotta say it's a definite thumbs up!
seems to give much more presence to the sound,more articulate
also seems to have a more solid low end,much nicer
maybe it's the new speaker but the treble is a little piercing,hopefully it'll mellow when it's played in

definitely worth the dosh,takes 15min to put in!

A new speaker does need of bit of "break in" time, it'll warm up just nicely.
Post a sound clip or it never happened though!!!!:p

punchdrunk

will do.it'll be using my macs on board cam so no doubt it'll sound sh1te:p

fish-head

My girlfriend got me the Watford Valves speaker and valve kit for my birthday, it's a massive improvement. You don't get any of that awful mud when it's cranked anymore.

All around frequency response is improved, haven't noticed anything sounding muffled at all.