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Ibanez Tube King

12/16/1997 10:45 AM
M/J	Ibanez Tube King I was thinking about buying a tube king for my rig. One of the things that bothers me about the whole set up is the low voltages that are used for the pedal. Knowing what I know about tubes I would have to think that with the low voltage being run thru the tube the sound would not be really that much affected. The voltages should be much higher in a 12ax7 and this leads me to believe that the tube is in there just for cosmetics and is appealing because of everyones attitude towards tubes. I haven't tried one yet and was thinking about one of the tube screamers instead. Maybe someone in here can enlighten me with their thoughts on the tube and the voltages. Has anyone had a chance to compare the ts9 to the tube king? Thanks M/J

12/16/1997 10:45 AM

M/J

Ibanez Tube King

I was thinking about buying a tube king for my rig. One of the things that bothers me about the whole set up is the low voltages that are used for the pedal. Knowing what I know about tubes I would have to think that with the low voltage being run thru the tube the sound would not be really that much affected. The voltages should be much higher in a 12ax7 and this leads me to believe that the tube is in there just for cosmetics and is appealing because of everyones attitude towards tubes. I haven't tried one yet and was thinking about one of the tube screamers instead. Maybe someone in here can enlighten me with their thoughts on the tube and the voltages. Has anyone had a chance to compare the ts9 to the tube king?

Thanks

M/J

Replies:

Doc When I got my Tube King, there was ... -- 12/16/1997 12:07 PM
Anders Westerberg >...leads me to believe that>th... -- 12/17/1997 4:27 AM
Jack Orman In fact, the patent for the Tube Dr... -- 12/19/1997 10:37 AM