So I recently bought an Ibanez TSA15H, used. The previous owner has replaced the tubes with Electro Harmonix variations, scrapping the originals. At the moment I'm running my overdrive flat out, and it seems to be strangely lacking in distortion.
Now I'm fairly happy with my sound personally (I'm more of a bluesy player ? ) but have been told by my band mates that they want to hear more drive for the music we play. I could use my valve boost pedal to get it up there, but it means running more cables and stuff, I like the "plug 'n play" setup.
So, to the reason for my story. Are there certain tubes that produce a meaner dirty sound? I tried out one of these amps before buying this one, stock standard, and was not struck by the lack of distortion... Suggestions?
Now I'm fairly happy with my sound personally (I'm more of a bluesy player ? ) but have been told by my band mates that they want to hear more drive for the music we play. I could use my valve boost pedal to get it up there, but it means running more cables and stuff, I like the "plug 'n play" setup.
So, to the reason for my story. Are there certain tubes that produce a meaner dirty sound? I tried out one of these amps before buying this one, stock standard, and was not struck by the lack of distortion... Suggestions?