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...was superglue btw! i drew an inverted cross and a pentagram in blood on the drummers snare - made him faster, heavier and curiously darker.

experienced this a few weeks ago. worked ok for the first 5 tracks or so; looked like this when i got home...

ok, been checking on the web for alternative tubes to the standard sovtek in this head, but not a lot there, so i thought i'd do a wee bit of messing meself with what i had around. the amp was bridged into 2 SWR goliath II 4 x10's (standard PAS drivers), all eq's at 12 o'clock, limiter off, brite off. basses were; custom MM, mahogany body, rosewood board, bartolini TCT 3 band active, duncan SMB-4a. Fender Jazz 64' reissue, alder body, custom shop pups, rosewood board. both strung with DR hi beam 105's. the contenders are: [list] [*]standard sovtek 12AX7 [*]standard marshall 12AX7 (suspect it's a shuang yung or something) [*]electro harmonix 12AX7EH [*]50's vintage brimar 6060 (12AT7) [*]tung sol 12AX7 [/list] ...and the results? sovtek (stock tube) - loud, bright, but a little brittle marshall - pretty much as above electro harmonix - loud, smoother and brighter up top. lows more defined and tighter. brimar - much more sedate (as expected from the lower gain tube), but warm and round with less output (jazz especially liked this one). tung sol - as EH, but more so. the MM favoured this one especially. winner? for me, definately the tung sol, without a doubt. don't know if that fairly unscientific, subjective account is of any use to anyone, but hopefully it's a wee bit of a guide can see this and the 500 being fairly popular, so feel free to add to if you have any more, or even if you disagree entirely!

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oh dear - only just noticed the feedback bit . oh well - another top score for howard - awesome guy, and an awesome SWR Goliath II!

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Skinkarver + Siphon Plane + Assynt +TorqueWrench + The Pentient Thieves + For Your Sins @ Ivory Blacks, Oswald Street, Glasgow. Doors at 7.30pm. Should be an awesome night of scottish metal. Check out www.myspace.com/siphonplane www.bebo.com/siphonplane Cheers, Mark

okey dokey - karl alvarez; descendents and all. awesome pumping p-bass fingerstyle.

just back from sunny newcastle (well, sunnier than glasgow!), SWR Golath II in boot! huge thanks to howard, for not only for the great cab, but maybe more so for the hospitality and the chat! always good to speak with a fellow fan of mr fender. if anyone is considering dealing with howard, don't hesitate - it'll be more than worth it. top guy! awesome collection of 4 stringers there too howard

hi all - my names mark, live in glasgow, been playing about 14 years, mostly metal, but in the past hardcore punk, and a bit of blues and 70's rock from time to time. just thought i'd pop on, introduce myself and say hello, so hello!