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I'd always gotten the impression that due the 'attenuation only' nature (I feel there' a term fir this that eludes me) of the cool, vintage-esque tone stacks we old-school types seem to crave, that lower gain V1s were a better choice than using the tone stack--I'd rather have a 12AT7 in V1 and my tonestack nearly dimed than a 7025 in V1 and most of the gain killed in the tonestack.
In theory.
As it applied to my Epi VJr, I definitely preferred the sound of a 12AU7 and the control at 9/10 over a 12AX7 and the control at 4/10. Of course, that amp has no tone stack to speak of, so that theory might not apply.
Headed to a hamfest this weekend, hoping to stock up on AY7s and 5751s, though. A few AT7s, just to be thorough.
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