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I used to play punk rock, I played in a band from NY called Nausea -
we toured Europe 2x in the early 90's and then I moved to England and
played in Chaos UK for about 4yrs and toured Europe many times with
them. I'm sure I played in Tilburg, but the name of the venue
escapes me. in 1995 I was deported from the UK and I moved to
Nederland where I lived in Gorinchem (!), which is near Tilburg I
believe, and then I lived in Amsterdam for 3 yrs in a squat (
Kraakpand!). It was in A'Dam that i saw Dick Dale at the Melkweg and
was inspired to start playing surf. When I returned to New York, I
formed my instro band, The Coffin Daggers ( check out our website
www.coffindaggers.com ). I really love Holland and am looking
forward to returning, Belgie is great too! In general I think
Americans can learn alot from the Europeans. As for the preamp
tubes, 12ax7's give a slightly harsher sound than 12at7's, but of
course different brands perform differently. Again, NOS rca's are
probably the best bet and can be found online for about $20 or $30
usd. (about 50 or 60 FL. ). Viktor
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "rock verb" <rockverb@h...> wrote:
> hey....that's interesting...
>
> since I lve in Tilburg Holland, close to the Belgian border, which
band were
> you in victor, i might have seen you...?
>
> and uhhh, jerry, where are you from? we can't possibly be that far
apart!
> Did i understand correct that you're in a surf band called 'the
Ohmmen'?
> maybe we can try to get something like a double gig or so. do you
have a
> web-site? i'll mail you as soon as ours is in the air, should be
about a
> month or so.
>
> and btw, Belgium kicks ass! I go there every twoo weeks or so to
get good
> beer and cheap gas. And two dcd's very likely to be found in my cd-
player at
> any time are from the O'hara's and Jaune Toujours (check'm both
out.
> O'Hara's are a very sort-of-surf band with an awesome trumpet-
player, Jaune
> Toujours is more Folk-Klezmer-and what have you, but very very
impressive)
>
> regards, Wannes
>
> ps, thanks for the tube info! it helped me as well. is there
anything to say
> about pre-amp tubes as well? I have a Fender 75 amp (a weird amp)
and changed
> the pre-amp tubes to (very crappy) Sylvania's. They give a
wonderfull bright
> crunch on the verb, but it's to overdriven in general. I was
thinking about
> getting cleaner tubes for the pre-amp, but keeping the sylvania's
for the
> tube driver..... would this make sense at all, and uhh....how do i
figure
> out which is what?
>
> >From: "viktor423" <vd423@y...>
> >Reply-To: SurfGuitar101@y...
> >To: SurfGuitar101@y...
> >Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Amptubes question
> >Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:19:33 -0000
> >
> >Changing tubes will definatly change the sound. I'm asuming the
> >sovtek has EL34 power tubes ( or valves ), which yeild a sweetly
> >compressed 'Marshall' type of sound. If you replace these with 6V6
> >tubes, you'll get a more 'fender' sound. Of course, you'll have to
> >have the amp rebiased by a pro when you change the tubes. Keep in
> >mind however, the country of manufacture and brand are very
> >important; stay away from chineese made tubes ( distorted and
> >unmusical ). As for Russian made tubes, Svetlana seems to be the
best
> >brand, sovtek's are a little harsh. Groove tubes and Fenders are
just
> >repackaged chineese or russian tubes. Your best bet is to use
N.O.S.
> >('new old stock' ) RCA or General Electric. The phrase 'they don't
> >make 'em like they used to' definatly applies here. Generaly, NOS
> >tubes are better made, more musical, and very durable. J.A.N tubes
> >(joint army and navy ) were manufactured for the military and are
> >practicly indestructable. NOS tubes are available online from KCA
> >(don't know the address, but just do a Google search for NOS
tubes).
> >By the way, where in Belgium are you from? I played at the Vort N'
> >Vis in Ieper ( Ypres )a few times, I lived in the Netherlands for a
> >while and toured Europe a lot, and my cousin used to live in
Brussel,
> >Anyway I hope this helps, Viktor
> >--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I got a question related to tube amps.
> > >
> > > I play on a 10 year old Sovtek MiG 100 head thru a Marshall 4 x
12 "
> > > 1960 cabinet. Yep a bit too heavy for surf, but that's what I
got.
> > >
> > > I think my tubes have had it, since the amp starts to make
strange
> > > noises from time to time while playing. The tubes also don't
lit up
> > > equally as they used to.
> > >
> > > Now, can I replace the tubes by other (of course I can) but
would it
> > > affect the sound in any way? Let's say If I put in Fender tubes,
> >would
> > > the sound differ from the Sovtek tubes? And if so, in which way?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Jerry S. from Belgium "the Ohmmen"
> >
