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Would I be able to use the second speaker input jack that is available and wire in a way where I have an option between one jack being 8 ohms, for 6v6s and the other being 16 ohms for 6L6’s ?

The output transformer is a Classic Tone #40-18090

http://www.classictone.net/40-18090.html

Spec sheet: http://www.classictone.net/40-18090.pdf

I originally hoped to remedy the Tweed Deluxe’s farting bass issue by implementing the mods + the 3 by 10 speakers , but the more and more I looked at the mods and read them, I realized that rob was absolutely right in saying it will no longer sound anything like a deluxe and in his words, it would ...

Thanks for this, I will 100% be incorporating this into my build when I get back to it.

Thank you for your help and suggestions. A speaker swap is most likely what I see in the near future. And as a side note, other then an SS rectifier and more efficient speakers, what else could be done to increase clean output of an amp?

Hey! Your definition of headroom is pretty much spot on for what I was intending to say. In a sense “My clean signal starts to clip when the volume knob turns past 4, how do I make it so it doesn’t do that until the volume knob turns past 6” . I’m aware that volume is logarithmic, and I guess from w...

Hello everyone! I have looked through some forums looking for answer to a question but it seems none have really answered it. What exactly does headroom and wattage depend on in a tube amplifier? Assuming I have a 50 watt amplifier whose clean tones I love and saturated tones I love, but I wanted to...