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the stock power amps are awful. Whether you change them, best to check the bias.growlsearcher wrote:I've replaced the preamp tubes. No change. I suspect the preamp. Same problem with choked attack when I connect the preamp to a Marshall 9200 poweramp.
true but they will not give you a decent setshaun wrote:If it is bad valves/tubes, still take it back. Most retail shops here will have 3 month warranty on the valves. They should/can give you new ones.
Totally agree with you on running the gain lower and cranking the master, but I was trying to describe the choked attack which is more pronounced when cranking the gain. Played a dsl15 combo today and kept the gain at 9 o'clock and master at 1 o'clock. Sounded killer. Could go from clean to shred just using the volume on my guitar. No choked attack when cranking the gain. This is the sound I want from my 100 watter.Cousin Muely wrote:You may or may not have an issue with your amp. A good tube swap never hurts. All I have is a DSL1 to compare this to but it seems from your settings in your examples you are relying way too much on preamp and not enough power amp. Then on top of that you are boosting this. I have a lot more success by keeping the pre around the 830-1030 o'clock position and the master around 3 o'clock. You get a lot more fullness to the tone by cranking the master. The more master I have going the less pre I feel like I need. This also leaves you room to boost this tone as well and I own that EP Boost and I've used it with my DSL1.
Just a thought.
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