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View 5150 Amplifier Tube Selection Different pre-amp and power amp tubes or valves being used by 5150 owners. Different tube manufacturers can change the way your amp sounds. Not all 6L6's are the same. Use the tube chart and description to help identify the tubes you would like to use in your 5150. Please help by filling out the tube survey with the tubes in your 5150. The more information the better. Survery can be found here. All 5150 5150 212 Combo 5150 II Select 5150 Model Model Preamp Tubes Poweramp Tubes Comments 5150 212 Combo Tung Sol 12 Comments about tube choice 5150 sovtek12ax7lps then4 wa sovtek eh 6l6 lp40 gm4700 Comments about tube choice these tubes will give you a tighter lead channel 5150 12ax7 Comments about tube choice 5150 II JJ's JJ's Best sounding tubes i've ever heard! 5150 groove tubes groove tubes Comments about tube choice 5150 6l6 groove tubes Comments about tube choice 5150 II Electro Harmonix Ruby stock tubes in my 6505+ so far they sound great 5150 Tung-Sol SED (Winged "C") Best tubes I've found - as good as or better than NOS JAN Philips, Sylvania, etc. 5150 Sovtek Sovtek Preamp, 12AX7WA Output, 6L6WXT+ 5150 tung sol JJ's 6l6's this is the way to do it folks 5150 II mesa,JJ's, and EH JJ 6L6 GC's I'm using a variety of tubes in my preamp right now just kind of experimenting with tone 5150 JJ 12AX7 JJ 6L6GC Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo Tungsol Sovetek The tungsols give an original sound back to the amp with more tone!! The Soveteks Power are close to original, I mean come on thats why we bought this amp to have the "brown" sound right? why change it!? 5150 sovtek groove I�ve bought new 12ax7 Groove tubes so it doesn�t match at all. Then I replaced the Sovteks then it started working again. Since I�m using Grooves at the Power amp it sounds awesome. Did anybody have problem with Groove tubes pins?' ) 5150 212 Combo Sovtek Groove Comments about tube choice I´ve bought new 12ax7 Groove tubes so it doesn´t match at all. Then I replaced the Sovteks then it started working again. Since I´m using Grooves at the Power amp it sounds awesome. Did anybody have problem with Groove tubes pins? 5150 electroharmonix winged "C" Comments about tube choice Awsome bottom end and very sweet sounding gain 5150 Ruby-JJ Ruby Un-fucking-believeable. Spend some time to do some research on preamp tubes kids... there is more to it than just getting the right model number... 5150 Ruby/JJ Ruby Un-fucking-believeable. Spend some time to do some research on preamp tubes kids... there's more to it than just getting the right model number... 5150 groove tube Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo SOVTEK SVETLANA WINGED C 5150 5 12AX7 4 EL34 Comments about tube choice 5150 sovtec 6l6 Comments about tube choice 5150 stock stock i've had this for about a year...and my tubes have just blown. but i was very happy with the stock ones til now because i dont know what kind to get...so anyone reading this...hep me. 5150 jj 12ax7 EH 6L6 Comments about tube choice way more gain & clarity, more depth & wider scope given to the EQ 5150 Svetlana (Mesa tubes) Svetlana 2x badged Mesa 2 x normal Svetlana Best tubes available in Canberra, Australia. Only other choice were chinese. 5150 9th generation chinese JJ awesome..thats about it. awesome 5150 mesa12ax7 mesa6l6gc better than factory. gives the amp some balls yet not enough to use with out a sonic maximizer. get a mesa triple rectifier. elctro-harmonics tubes are good so are ruby and groove depends on what sound you want: however make sure you re-bias your chinese toy cause they break and everything you have heard will go wrong most undependable amp ever some are good some are horrid. it is not specifically true that the early block letters are better due to circuitry blah blah blah. each amp is its own so try them all out. or do your self a favor and get a real amp or send the 5150 to voodo amps and have it moded to sound like a somewhat decent amp. over all outcome gain highs no low end in comparison to better amps. not tight and sounds terrible louder. this amp will feedback use a gate and some compression but when your done getting that toned out and somewhat happy you realize you have two channels with one eq or you just have two shitty channels with seperate eqs. 5150 mesa mesa better than factory. gives the amp some balls yet not enough to use with out a sonic maximizer. get a mesa triple rectifier. elctro-harmonics tubes are good so are ruby and groove depends on what sound you want: however make sure you re-bias your chinese toy cause they break and everything you have heard will go wrong most undependable amp ever some are good some are horrid. it is not specifically true that the early block letters are better due to circuitry blah blah blah. each amp is its own so try them all out. or do your self a favor and get a real amp or send the 5150 to voodo amps and have it moded to sound like a somewhat decent amp. over all outcome gain highs no low end in comparison to better amps. not tight and sounds terrible louder. this amp will feedback use a gate and some compression but when your done getting that toned out and somewhat happy you realize you have two channels with one eq or you just have two shitty channels with seperate eqs. 5150 212 Combo Ryby Tubes RT Comments about tube choice Very Sweet ;-) 5150 Electro harmonixs JJ JJs are THE power tubes for 5150s as for there preamp stuff I didnt really like it compared to the stock ones 5150 Electro harmonixs JJ JJs are THE power tubes for 5150s as for there preamp stuff I didnt really like it compared to the stock ones 5150 electro-harmonix jj-tesla much improved,no complaints. 5150 212 Combo Sovtek 6L6WXT Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo Sovtek Sovtek Came with the amp 5150 212 Combo Sovtek Sovtek Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo Mullard in V1 NOS Sylvania I thought the Groove Tubes were nice, until I found some NOS tubes cheap on eBay. The Sylvanias really bring out the classic EVH tone. 5150 sovtek 12ax7wa sovtek 6l6wxt Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo 3 Electro Har 12AX7EH in V1,V3,V4 1 GT ECC83 in V2 And 1 Sovtek LPS in V5 Ruby 6L6GC Everything is stock except the the Groove tubes ECC83 in V2 wich cleaned up the clean channel without affecting the gain on the Lead channel. 5150 212 Combo sovtek sovtek Comments about tube choice 5150 Groove 2 Grove makes you get the early VH sound at a lower level. 5150 Electro Harmonix and Mullard in V1 JJ/Tesla Only one Mullard needed to get a killer sound, EHs in the mid stages and JJ for big power with a warm touch. Huge improvement. 5150 jj jj Comments about tube choice 5150 electro harmonix svetlana 6L6gc The power tubes are vintage sounding they have good all around sound. Pre-amp tube soud great as well! 5150 electro harmonix ruby these tubes were bought with the amp brand new and they sound great 5150 electro harmonix Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo GT ECC83 GT 6L6GE Like a whole new amp-the clean channel is actually clean, and the lead sizzles! 5150 Electro Voice Ruby Comments about tube choice 5150 JJ JJ Comments about tube choice 5150 groove tubes ruby tubes Comments about tube choice 5150 Groove Tubes Groove Tubes I only use 2 power tubes to drop the amp down to 60 watts. This way, I can overdrive the power tubes (post gain) easier so I get a killer tone at a lower volume. 5150 212 Combo Mesa Boogie Mesa Boogie Comments about tube choice 5150 212 Combo Sovtek Electro Harmonix New Power amp tubes needed to get this monster back to health after I bought it! 5150 II JJ Electric JJ Electric I find these tubes to bring out all the gain I need and they last a very long time. The warmth is incredible.