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It's a sure sign of age (oops, sorry I meant maturity!) when you do that! Been a low gain kinda guy myself for several years now and positively cringe at those high gain tones nowadays.
I think lower gain settings are also useful to help you hear more of what you're actually playing and how you're attacking the strings which in turn helps you become a better player. It's a bit like the old adage about any guitarist being able to make a solo sound interesting using a wah pedal but it takes a better player to play the same solo without the wah tone and still make it interesting.
I use 12AY7's in my Bassman and they give a very nice lower gain on that amp. I'll be trying the same with my DRRI when that needs some new preamp tubes.
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