One of the thing that needs doing to my Fender Super Twin amp is that the sockets for the six STR 6L6 Valves need replacing since they seem a bit loose, or the valve retainers seem loose anyway, I could go with a set of Ceramic Octal sockets with Spring-Retainers, the sockets for the preamp valves could either be kept or maybe replaced with new Ceramic 9-pins too, I might just go the whole hog and replace all the original sockets with new Ceramic ones as a matter of course, the power and standby switches definitely need replacing as they tend to stick a bit.
Seeing as I have a Marshall amp and the Fender Super Twin, I've got an amp with EL34 valves and an amp with 6L6 valves, the best of both worlds so to speak, I found that I'm mostly an EL34 guy, but, having said that, I'm not afraid to show my appreciation for the 6L6 sound, variety is the spice of life, my mate reckons that with the two amps I have the two basic food groups of tone.
Also I just remembered that I have a spare 6V6 valve in a white box somewhere, I'm thinking of pairing it up with a 12AX7 valve or a 7025 valve and making a DIY Fender Champ at some stage, I'd probably need to source a good 5Y3 Rectifier valve, or go with solid-state rectifiers, seeing as Evatco sell valves and other amp parts, I might be able to source a good 5Y3 from them, anyway, that's a future project.
I could even go with a 5U4GT rectifier too if I could source one.
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 29-06-2017 at 11:10 PM.
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