5881s In A Fender Super Champ X2..........
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Interesting. The 5881 is actually a 6L6, and the Super Champ is designed for 6V6. Which means, you could have some issues.
I went searching for some references to this, and found an other-forum entry from yesterday by somebody called "JeffBlue" who has tried this
Here's a different other-forum thread, where a fella wanted to put in a hotrod deluxe transformer, and change tubes to 6l6's (along with the required resistors and caps). http://www.archive.agileguitarforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=31783. About halfway down, this was posted...
But I think you mentioned that you hadn't had any heat issues. But at the very least, if I were to run 6L6s, I might want to keep the bias down a bit. And maybe try not to drive them too hard. Which might be counter-productive, as the greater headroom of the 6L6s (5881s) means that if you wanted a really gainy sound then you'd be tempted to crank them up louder to get 'em howling. On the other hand, you mentioned clean headroom, so maybe you tend to stay outta that zone where they compress and break up. Yeah, staying in the bottom half of the dial may make 'em safer in the X2.
I've tube-swapped in my X2 as well, but went for a matched pair of blackplate greyglass NOS RCA 6L6s, and a Mullard-made 12AX7 preamp tube. Swapped the speaker for an Eminence Copperhead, and put in a Blues Junior -sized heavy duty OT. Bliss.
I went searching for some references to this, and found an other-forum entry from yesterday by somebody called "JeffBlue" who has tried this
Here's a different other-forum thread, where a fella wanted to put in a hotrod deluxe transformer, and change tubes to 6l6's (along with the required resistors and caps). http://www.archive.agileguitarforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=31783. About halfway down, this was posted...
But I think you mentioned that you hadn't had any heat issues. But at the very least, if I were to run 6L6s, I might want to keep the bias down a bit. And maybe try not to drive them too hard. Which might be counter-productive, as the greater headroom of the 6L6s (5881s) means that if you wanted a really gainy sound then you'd be tempted to crank them up louder to get 'em howling. On the other hand, you mentioned clean headroom, so maybe you tend to stay outta that zone where they compress and break up. Yeah, staying in the bottom half of the dial may make 'em safer in the X2.
I've tube-swapped in my X2 as well, but went for a matched pair of blackplate greyglass NOS RCA 6L6s, and a Mullard-made 12AX7 preamp tube. Swapped the speaker for an Eminence Copperhead, and put in a Blues Junior -sized heavy duty OT. Bliss.
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