Lev
April 24th, 2007, 07:56 AM
I've owned a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for about 10 years now and have never even taken the back cover off to take a look. This amp has gigged about twice in it's life and for the most part gets played at bedroom volumes. This is a very LOUD amp so bedroom volume is about 1.
Recently I've been thinking about changing the tubes and from the research I've done I believe a tube swap could drastically improve the sound. However I'm wondering whether it's worth putting the work in if I'm only playing at low volume 99% of the time. Correct me if I'm wrong but replacing tubes will only alter the point at which the break-up kicks-in, so I may hear very little difference if I play at low volume?
It may however improve the drive channel on the amp which is pretty useless at the moment.
Any inputs would be appreciated..
Recently I've been thinking about changing the tubes and from the research I've done I believe a tube swap could drastically improve the sound. However I'm wondering whether it's worth putting the work in if I'm only playing at low volume 99% of the time. Correct me if I'm wrong but replacing tubes will only alter the point at which the break-up kicks-in, so I may hear very little difference if I play at low volume?
It may however improve the drive channel on the amp which is pretty useless at the moment.
Any inputs would be appreciated..