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Posted by steven oda

Re: choosing EL34's for my friend's Fender conversion
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Josh,

For a more "Marshall" tone, the JJ E34L is a good choice. Slightly brighter tone
with cleaner bass---the Svetlana EL34.

For even cleaner tone---nearly a Fender tone the GE 6CA7.

I haven't tried the EH fat bottle 6CA7, but I'd venture a guess that it would
sound somewhere between the Svetlana EL34 and the NOS GE 6CA7.

NB: The JJ E34L likes to be biased a bit hotter, than the standard EL34. Bias
to tone.