Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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58T100 wrote:
Fri 06/24/22 8:58 pm
Ended up taking my own advise. For as much as I abused these tubes before, I take back everything bad I said about them. They sound awesome. Love the amp. The trem. is working great, sounds great, love the breakup & dynamics. This is after several hours.

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They're really great amps with lots of dynamics and complexe tonal structure. For me it all narrows down to my 18W Tremolo TMB when it really matters.
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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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58T100 wrote:
Fri 06/24/22 8:58 pm
Ended up taking my own advise. For as much as I abused these tubes before, I take back everything bad I said about them. They sound awesome. Love the amp. The trem. is working great, sounds great, love the breakup & dynamics. This is after several hours.
Congratulations! I'm glad it worked out. Don't forget to post a demo! I want to hear those tubes too. ;)
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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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Thanks to you both for all the help!

I'll make a demo and post it up once our company leaves.
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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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Thanks to you both for all the help!

I'll make a demo and post it up once our company leaves.
If you want them to leave sooner, recording a demo might help. 🤣🤣
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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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Sat 06/25/22 10:48 am
58T100 wrote:
Sat 06/25/22 10:41 am
Thanks to you both for all the help!

I'll make a demo and post it up once our company leaves.
If you want them to leave sooner, recording a demo might help. 🤣🤣
It turned out the husband was quite fond of loud guitar (and my best tequila) :lol:
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Consider some shrink wrap and/or silicone underneath your V3A grid wire to prevent a short to chassis.
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All done with the case (will still get to a demo soon).

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Sorry for the delay, work got really busy. I'll post a recording this weekend.
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Re: Finished ValveStorm 18W Trem. Look Okay?

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Please pardon the hamfisted playing - I'm woefully out of practice.

I left in the Amperex Holland EL84s (still at 92% with the 220R) and even threw in some Amperex Holland 12AX7 I found in V1 & V3.

Straight in with an A/B pedal and Tremolo switch - starts with the normal channel on 5 and then switches to the tremolo side on 10 then same with tremolo off.

https://youtu.be/e1t_AY24jn4
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