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Post subject: THD Yellow Jacket
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:18 pm
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Does anyone have any direct experience using the yellow jacket tube adaptors? I'm not sure that 'adaptor' is a correct description, but the device allows one to use E84 tubes in place of oem's 6L6 tubes and reduce the power of the amp by 50% to 70%.

If so, what is your opinion of them? Can they be used safely without doing any harm to the amp? Do they have some form of internal impedance or is it the different tube that reduces the power output?

Any first hand experience/knowledge would be appreciated.

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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:04 am
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I used them in my hot rod deluxe. They worked fine...no problems at all. You don't get quite as much volume at gig levels, but you really can't tell volume differences at lower levels such as practicing in your bedroom. They make the tone a little bit brighter, more like.....well like el84's....a bit more mid rangey sort of marshall tone. Notice I said sort of...it's not going to turn your amp into a marshall, but it does tend to lean that way a bit.

All they are is a little socket that you put el84 tubes in (it comes with the tubes and socket). You simply pull the two 6L6 power tubes from your amp and install the yellow jacket socket (with the el84 tube in it) in their place. No biasing or anything. It's as simple as swapping tubes.


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