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What tubes do you suggest?

jmfranc wrote:What tubes do you suggest?

I'd call up Eurotubes and have Bob hook you up with full compliment of tubes for the amp then save the old ones as backups.

In addition to that I'd have him toss in a 5751 and a 12ax7 that you can play with in and see what you may or may not like!

I use a Fender studio 85 amp. It's a solid state amp so I may take some shit for saying it but when coupled with a Line 6 Pod set at the tube preamp setting with a little delay gives me a great Jerry sound for the $. It's light weight, puts out a lot of noise, and messing around with tubes. The only time that I have not been really happy with it is when I'm playing with a full band with a drum set. The clean sound can not cut through a full band but for a home setup that should not be a concern. The amp has great reverb.

You can get one for about 150-200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0367732196

The line 6 Pod will also run you around 150. I got mine ages ago and at the time it was far superior than all other similar models. Not sure what new has come out, but for home use, it is a great toy and beats messing around with pedals and will save you a lot of $$ and 9V batteries. You will not get every Jerry sound out of it but you will get a good Jerry sound.