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Post by jimmysmith on Jul 27, 2010 17:19:29 GMT -7
well, i had some jj kt-77s that i bought a couple years ago and never tried them in a cathode biased allen brown sugar amp i have owned for a few years. i put these in my kt45 and biased them at 35ma, i also found that they were not perfectly matched, one had a 3ma difference, at any rate i found a real bass increase and especially more treble. i had wondered why this amp was called KT,, is this the reason? most z amps are named after cars,, etc,, anyone know?
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Post by timford on Jul 28, 2010 0:30:32 GMT -7
I think it was named KT because it was initially going to be sold as a 'kit' amp but the doc and his legal advisers had second thoughts.
Did they sound OK? Just another flavor? I think I've read a thread or 2 about the KT77s in this amp but can't remember what the consensus was.
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Post by jimmysmith on Jul 28, 2010 7:41:17 GMT -7
hi tim,, well, the only real difference i can tell is there is more treble,, which might help someone who has a dark sounding guitar,,like a humbucker maybe, the treble decreases or comes back to normal as you increase the volume..
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Post by taswegian on Jul 28, 2010 17:44:15 GMT -7
Kt 77's generally have a little more headroom than EL34's
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Post by prspastor on Oct 9, 2010 5:22:43 GMT -7
I think it was named KT because it was initially going to be sold as a 'kit' amp but the doc and his legal advisers had second thoughts. Did they sound OK? Just another flavor? I think I've read a thread or 2 about the KT77s in this amp but can't remember what the consensus was. Yep, you are right - straight from the Doc's mouth on the Dr. Z DVD. Man, it would have been a sweet kit to make - can you imagine being able to buy a KT-45 for say $750 - $800 and put it together over a week or so?
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