The 2525 is indeed cathode biased. I’m running an old pair of Svetlana winged-C in mine and I know some guys have been successfully running 6CA7 valves as well.

I thought I’d check first before turning my 2525H into a smoke box: can it take 6L6 tubes without any risks to the trafo? What about KT66?

Back from the gig, we did a short 90 min set of 70s-80s-90s new wave/indie covers from The Jam to The Pixies and Supergrass. I used the ORI50H exclusively on the medium power mode with a single M65 Creamback in an open back. The boost was on all the time to crunch up the tone a little (I don’t like ...

Rehearsal done, and successful for the most part. I didn’t like the OCD or the TS9 in the FX loop, both sounded fizzy and fuzzy. However the T-Rex Soulmate hooked up via the 4-cable method sounded great. Better than on my 1987X, dare I say. The amp stayed on the medium power level (10W?)the whole re...

They are indeed Marshall branded JJs:

I’m not worried about the tube issue, between Vietnam and Holland things might have been shaking around a bit. I’ll try the OD pedal in the loop suggestion tonight, as well as my regular pedalboard setup. I’ll report back in a day or two, at home I can’t open it up too much to test the power tube br...

Not the introduction I’d hoped for. I ordered it based on YT demos and mainly on Santiago’s cred. Plugged it in, total silence. Turns out it was a dead EL34. Since I opened it up to retube it, I took some photos of the guts. After the retube everything works as it should. There seems to be less gain...

So far so good with the Strat, I've played it for about an hour this morning before going to work. I can't turn it up too loud at home, but I love what I'm hearing. Definitely needs the Body control engaged, last night with the LP I had the Brightness on instead. Here it is, with the (some of) rest ...

Wow, why haven't I tried a Custom all these years?! I know, the prohibitive price and the Classic already sitting in my room made me think there was no need. Last week I spotted a new Custom combo for under 1500€ at an online retailer, but their physical shop is far from me so I ordered it on Saturd...

Indeed, the classic gain channel sounds awesome cranked through the G12H-55 speaker.

All in all, I have to say this amp is much better than the Class 5.

I never even knew this CW version existed, until I saw one being sold at 20% off for being a shop demo model. I had already played a regular DSL5C and knew I liked it, so when a cheaper (and better looking!) one came up for sale, I bought it. This was a couple of weeks ago. Meanwhile I have tried a ...

The LM runs on 5881 tubes. There's clearly a difference in tone on the 2nd channel between them, especially in mode A with the gain all the way up.

Thanks guys! I'll have my friend who's an amp tech spend a couple of days with both heads on his workbench next week.

Surf, the stereo rig sounds very interesting. Would you use a simple Y cable or an ABY pedal?

Last week a 1992 blue 6100 half stack and a 1996 black 6100LM head popped up for sale locally and both for very good prices so I moved quickly and got them both :yea The blue 6100 came from its first owner, a blues lawyer who has kept it in his living room since 1992. It's still in original conditio...