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Hi,
I’ve just had the same problem and it was the tubes.
Also I think anyone considering/having to switch out the tubes should consider a 12AY7 on the left and a 5751 Gold on the right…. It’s actually made me glad mine died. Its a massive improvement and I dont understand why EHX don’t sell them with this tube configuration as standard.
The bigest difference it makes is it being balanced accross the EQ; if you set all the pots to 12 o’clock it fits, it doesnt sound like you’ve got the treble up around 3 o’clock. The 5751 also makes it richer accross the whole of the tone, like it has more substance and depth throughout making all of it richer and more defined. I can’t emphasise how much nicer this it makes playing through this pedal, not that it wasnt great as it was.
It does increase the gain available significantly, but it just means havng the tone knob dialed back a little more to work it like a pre-amp, it’s just the difference between fiddling about around 10 and 11 o’clock and fiddling about around 7 and 8 o’clock instead…. and the ammount of extra dirt available opens up a new spectrum of possibilities.
Nothing else about the way the pedal behaves in relation to the controls seems to have changed either, only the gain and the treble pots, while still making it all sound more awesome
It was the tubes!!! I’ve replaced them with a 12AY7 on the left as the driving tube and a 5751 gold on the right.
Anyone considering this mod that has stumbled on to this thread go for it.
Its a massive improvement and I dont understand why EHX doesnt sell them with this tube configuration as standard. The bigest difference it makes is it being balanced accross the eq; if you set all the pots to 12 o’clock it fits, it doesnt sound like you’ve got the treble up around 9 o’clock. The 5751 also makes it richer accross the whole of the tone, like it has more substance and depth throughout. I cant emphasise how much nicer this it makes playing through this pedal, not that it wasnt great as it was.
It does increase the gain available significantly, but it just means havng the tone knob dialed back a little more, to work it like a pre-amp it’s just the difference between fiddling about around 9 and 10 o’clock and fiddling about around 7 and 8 o’clock instead…. and the ammount of extra dirt available opens up a new spectrum of pessibilities.
Nothing else about the way the pedal behaves in relation to the controls seems to have changed either, only the gain and the treble pots, while still making it all sound more awesome
We’re running a Fender Aerodyne tele with Hot Rails on the bridge/Dano ’59 DC/Gibson Les Paul Studio through a Fulltone Clyde Standard wah > EHX Black Finger > EHX English Muff’n > EHX Germanium OD > EHX Memory Man Deluxe to an Orange AD5. We’re looking to add a PPC112 cab, (on order), an EHX Tube EQ and possibly a Fulltone Dejavibe and/or EHX Worm (need to know more about what it does to the signal).
Also have a small clump of obsolete Boss pedals, two truely hideous Jim Dunlop pedals, (we all make mistakes) and a EHX Graphic Fuzz which I use with a small 2w Marshall to make a small solid state setup for those quiet times. The GF would have a place in the main rig but I’m avoiding signal processors as much as possible.
P.S. If anyone is looking for that truely vintage blues/classic rock range of tones and it seems to keep evading them get yourself a tube amp and avoid pedals that process your signal, as in take the sound that goes into it and completely reconstruct it. I’m not saying pedals that do this are bad, just look where the technology was for the sound you want and use that as your guide. Apologies to those who already know this but it drove me nuts for years…. Oh and germanium fuzz running at low voltage is a must for any vintage electric guitar sound IMO.
I’ll post a pic of the setup so far later
