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From: detritu–(at)–x.netcom.com(Lord Valve)
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Subject: Re: Lord Valve: Real or Not?
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In <01bccc74$1e59b740$0a169a8--(at)--oth> “joth” writes:
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>hey hey hey,i thought 6l6’s in a DR was NOT allowed!
>LV please clarify this for me cause i wanted more headroom in my 68 DR
and
>i was told 6l6’s werent an option.
>i did all the recapping etc. and it sounds great and theres no hum but
i
>would like to try some 6l6’s.
>
>thanks
>
Lord Valve Speaketh:

You can put 6L6s into a DR…but NOT EL34s. The DR power tranny has no
trouble with the extra filament current. If you’re at all worried
about it, you can pull the preamp tube from the Normal channel and also
remove the tremolo tube. You can even pull the pilot bulb. You could
also go to a SS rectifier…this will remove the load from the 5V recto
heater winding, thus lowering the power tranny core temp. Some folks
like the sound of 6L6s in a Deluxe Reverb, and some don’t. This is a
completely reversible mod (you may not have to do anything at all,
other than rebias) and it’s worth a listen.

Lord Valve

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“joth” wrote:

>hey hey hey,i thought 6l6’s in a DR was NOT allowed!
>LV please clarify this for me cause i wanted more headroom in my 68 DR and
>i was told 6l6’s werent an option.
>i did all the recapping etc. and it sounds great and theres no hum but i
>would like to try some 6l6’s.

6L6 is definitely a possibility in a DR; lots of people do it. They do draw
twice as much filament current, but the power transformer is (apparently) up
to it. Don’t expect an enormous difference – you may get a couple more watts,
but the transformers just can’t produce much more power.

RF
>

Robert Fries
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