geoffbyrne Posted October 26, 2010 Posted October 26, 2010 My Shuttle 6 went wonky a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting 'tone-twiddling' (as one does) with the semi-parametric at just barely over conversational levels, and also playing with the valve-gain & pre-output when there was a buzz and the volume dropped about 70%. I thought it was a glitch & turned it off. When I played at the next practice I found it was severely curtailed in the total output volume department. I opened it up & poked around but could find nothing visible. I decided to change the valve on the off-chance. I had an unbranded 5751 in it as it's my tone-generator of choice. The amp was still on at this time and I poked the bracket supporting the end of the valve, and got a big crackle in response - something obviously not right there, then. I switched off, removed the offending valve & have replaced it with a NOS Mullard ECC83. Now volume all returned & sounds magnificent. Putting the 5751 in my Laney valve amp produced much spluttering & background crunch. 5751 binned. So, a valve with a dud side will drop your volume by at least half, but will still work, so don't panic if you get this symptom, just take the top off & replace the valve. G. Quote
Pentode Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 Tell you what - that Shuttle will sound sooo much better with the nice new shiny 12AX7 I have here and, AND, just for you, I'll do a straight swap for that nasty old Mullard. Can't say fairer than that can I....? Result on sorting it though! Quote
geoffbyrne Posted October 27, 2010 Author Posted October 27, 2010 [quote name='Pentode' post='1001977' date='Oct 27 2010, 06:33 AM']Tell you what - that Shuttle will sound sooo much better with the nice new shiny 12AX7 I have here and, AND, just for you, I'll do a straight swap for that nasty old Mullard. Can't say fairer than that can I....? Result on sorting it though! [/quote] Just to make you jealous, I have a NOS 4005 in the drawer also. I assume you've seen this: [url="http://www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com/Tubeprimerandselection320-2.pdf"]http://www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com...ection320-2.pdf[/url] G. Quote
Pentode Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1002264' date='Oct 27 2010, 12:06 PM'] Just to make you jealous, I have a NOS 4005 in the drawer also.[/quote] Thanks for the link Geoff! Quote
geoffbyrne Posted October 27, 2010 Author Posted October 27, 2010 You don't have a genuine (i.e. *not* a failed/downgraded 12AX7) 5751 knocking about, do you? G. Quote
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