Pittbull fifty/CL tube question

[Voodoosoundstudio]

Hello ,

What kind of tube is preferred for high-gain in V1 for Pittbull 50/CL?

In the manual i read 12AX&WB or for high-gain it says only ..Chinese....What Chinese brand should it be ? (Customer service does not reply my email about this.)

What tube is preferred for high-gain, brown sound type ?

At this moment I have a 12AX7WC in V1 before I used a 12AXLPS which sounded better to my ears but it was very microphonic.


Thanks !
Best regards fromThe Netherlands,
Paul

[metalhobo]

I hated the wb in v1.

actually I recently posted some info about tubes in my fifty/cl in the thread called: VHT/Fryette CL100 tube question

when fryette says chinese they mean shuguang 12ax7-a. lots of people (e.g. ruby, penta, groove tubes) rebrand these (among others), but you can get them unbranded. hence there really isn't a single brand for chinese 12ax7s. the unbranded ones say 12ax7 china on them. you can find them by searching for shuguang 12ax7-a or thereabouts

the shuguang 12ax7-b will probably also work well but I haven't tried them.

I've also use electro harmonix 12ax7s and tung-sol 12ax7s in v1 with success. they don't sound too different and all have low microphonics. some might find the tung-sol overly bright but if you're cranking the amp this is hardly a problem.