In keeping with the previous three clean amp demos, here's my 100 Watt Lone Star 2x12 Combo clean. It's currently loaded with all NOS tubes; military grade GE 12AX7s and one NOS Siemens 12AX7 in the reverb return position, and a quartet of matched NOS Siemens EL34s.
The two 12" speakers are Celestion/Mesa Black Shadow 90s.
Same mic and pedalboard setup as with the other three, with one difference: I used a different delay and reverb setting that I thought sounded better with this amp.
The amp is set to 100 Watts, 'Tweed' power setting (a built in Variac that brings the input voltage down from 117 to 93 volts which is recommended with EL34s instead of the usual 6L6 quad) , global master and effects loop are switched out of the circuit.
While the bottom end and top are more lush with the 6L6s, and the lowest notes are more solid, especially clean, I like the overdrive channel better with the EL34s. So I left them in. In the Tweed setting they're not as crisp, however. So there's that.
The two 12" speakers are Celestion/Mesa Black Shadow 90s.
Same mic and pedalboard setup as with the other three, with one difference: I used a different delay and reverb setting that I thought sounded better with this amp.
The amp is set to 100 Watts, 'Tweed' power setting (a built in Variac that brings the input voltage down from 117 to 93 volts which is recommended with EL34s instead of the usual 6L6 quad) , global master and effects loop are switched out of the circuit.
While the bottom end and top are more lush with the 6L6s, and the lowest notes are more solid, especially clean, I like the overdrive channel better with the EL34s. So I left them in. In the Tweed setting they're not as crisp, however. So there's that.