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BluesFuzzer
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« on: September 04, 2009, 04:44:14 PM »

If i buy a 5x3 and finds out that 20-30watts is to loud... will a tube change (to 6v6) bring down the volume and make it more like 15watts or do i have to change to a smaller OT and PT first and then change the tubes??
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 05:28:07 PM »

Can't see why not.

Hard to say about the PT without knowing the plate voltages being used.  But a switch to a 5Y3 rectifier should lower voltages enough to use *at least* JJ 6V6's, which can handle higher voltages, and it may lower voltages enough for more traditional 6V6GT offerings. 

And the OT will need impedance changes with a switch to 6V6GT's.  It uses a multi-tap transformer, which makes this easy.  If you think you'll be switching between 6L6GC's and 6V6GT's, then you may want to connect the 4-ohm tap instead of the 16-ohm tap. 

The 4-ohm tap will be 4 ohms when using 6L6GC's, and it will be 8 ohms when using 6V6GT's.
The 8-ohm tap will be 8 ohms when using 6L6GC's, and it will be 16 ohms when using 6V6GT's.
The 16-ohm tap will be 16 ohms when using 6L6GC's, and it will be useless when using 6V6GT's.

Can you get it down to the stock 12-watt output of a 5E3, I dunno, I would need to know the voltages. 
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