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Old February 7th, 2008, 12:28 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I have a Champion 600 and a EVJr. 1x12 stack. The Champ is great for home and recording use as everyone says; it has great cleans and it adds a nice little bit of dirt, but I'd never play with it dimed because the speaker can't take it... might get a Weber alnico to fix that. I use a Boss OD-3 pedal with it anyway and it sounds incredible at any volume with this amp.
You might try swapping out the 12AX7 for a 5751 or other lower gain preamp tube. It made a big improvement to the overdrive of my 600. Other than that - my only complaint is that it's noisy - but dropping out the 60hz in the EQ after recording seems to solves this problem - for the most part.
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