I get mine from Evatco here (http://www.evatco.com.au/product-list/?filter_product_brand=47, the 12AX7 is the long plate and the CV4004 is the short plate, they are both 12AX7s), but dougs tubes have both (http://www.dougstubes.com/preamp-tubes/12ax7-ecc83-7025/mullard-12ax7.html). You may get a good deal from Evatco though as the AUD is very low right now ? I got my last 6 tubes from Evatco as they are in Oz and all good  Dougs has them for $20 USD, Evatco are currently $32 AUD less 10% GST (tax) to you (coz your not here, though I'd like it if you were LoL).
From another thread I'm getting that a Mullard long plate in V1 and 2 nice tight tubes in V2/3 is a good combination for 3TM. Hey I'd put in 3 long plates  >:D and crank the fu%k out of it, but I grew up living on the edge with very high gain Marshalls etc cranked up full and learned to tame it (not everyone's cup of tea).

 This is the quote from TubeDepot:
" JJ / Tesla ECC803s 'high gain' - Hotter and fatter than the regular JJ, this tube gives more headroom once in the circuit.
Creamy tones and great low end

This was what I noticed when long ago I had a JJ803s  installed in the H&K Tubeman  - more gradual and clearer gain.

But I play Pop /R&B / and Fusion
so gain like Lukather Carlton and
a little more gain but gain doesn't work with complex chords .

The MP1 and Tubeman have been in storage awhile...

I will probably try the JJ803s and the Sovtek LPS  to see if it increases the bottom end .

I like Fender and Marshall cleans  and singing leads / some legato ...I like some of the new Amplified Nations Amps I hear  demos of but  will be recording and don't want the volume in preproduction ..

I like Cab IR's and studio EFX ...
Singing gain with nice harmonic overtones.

The MP1 I have was modded before I bought it noise mods / and lower gain  ...it seems that more bottom end might really push it over the top .

I was hoping someone was using the MP1 more as I did .

If there was a way to get really transparent gain on chords like even cleaner than the EVH Crunch - I might explore that ...but no need go reinvent the wheel .

I may ask Amplified Nation about a preamp that can go right into

Cab IRs for recording .

I think preamps need a  faux phase inverter tube as part of the preamp with a saturation control to add filtering and harmonics to the signal - and sound less sterile .

I noticed long ago that even with cab emulation ...

A broad digital shelving EQ   depending upon preset [ amount of gain etc etc etc ]   - starting  at  9K   and gradually moved lower reaches a point where it does not affect most of the audible harmonics  but gets rid of the harsh hash and odd upper harmonics and improves the tones .
BUT - the modern Rock or especially  Metal leaves these in ...  80's Rock did not because it was all miced and speaker cleaned it up .

Modern IR's do not filter as much as a real mic'ed speaker .

This is why modeling guys are tweaking forever ...lol.

I think two IR's in series might do it .

I am not doing Retro Music at all [ my chords are very very modern ]  but I am not recording harsh guitar tones ...lol.

Not my thing .

Incidentally - Van Halen, Neil Schon, Mick Jones, Lukather, Slash etc. never had harsh tones ...

I like the Amplified Nations demos for tones though including the modded Marshall ones they are not harsh to my ears .

That's what I was hoping the 803s might give me more of with the MP1 when I bring it out.

I want to make sure I have some good+ music before I set ip a whole preproduction rig again ..
frankly.

I think the  Tube Preamps miss the pushed cleans also - Keith Richards , Jimi cleans ...the H&K  does those.

But the Friedman IRX and IRD  sound thin and sterile on cleans and pushed cleans and EJ crunch .

He [ Friedman ] is not going for that and I think a PI tube ( that is padded back to line level - and maybe does not actually invert because there is no rectifier - but Amp guys long ago told me the PI Tube really affects the tone of Amps ...

And NOBODY ever put a faux PI at the end of their tube  preamp  just for harmonics and filtering then padded back down to line level - because the REAL PI tube will be at the Amp stage .

But it is a way to get a little output section harmonics  and the tube has higher headroom and could be pushed different ways .

I am not a builder but if you ARE try it ...

Post here  ..I might buy one.

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