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 I experiment a lot with all the different component value settings, but I of course mainly target what Page would have used around '72, which is rumored to be a late '68 100W Plexi with EL34s, before any KT88 mods or other supposed changes he had done over the years. I experiment a lot with all the different component value settings, but I of course mainly target what Page would have used around '72, which is rumored to be a late '68 100W Plexi with EL34s, before any KT88 mods or other supposed changes he had done over the years.
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 +To dial in the sound, I used the same method that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4SHnvjEYM4|Abrildel85]] does, by setting everything to noon, and then tweaking up and down, by ear, til it sounds right/good. 
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 +I wound up with: //Vol I// around 4, //Vol II// 0, //Bass// 0, //Presence// (TBD, I forget), //Mids// (TBD, up high, forget the number), //Treble// almost max.
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 +For reference, I am usually always shooting for a 1972-era, [[htwww|How The West Was Won]]-style tone, rather than the 1973-era [[tsrts|The Song Remains The Same]] that most people seem to target. I just like HTWWW best, probably because I heard it first and have listened to it most.
  
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 Currently I have mostly vintage Mullards for each tube position: Currently I have mostly vintage Mullards for each tube position:
  
-V1: 12AX7/ECC83 Mullard Blackburn 1959 date code +  * V1: 12AX7/ECC83 Mullard Blackburn, from 1959 
-V2: 12AX7/ECC83 Mullard Blackburn 1960 date code +  * V2: 12AX7/ECC83 Mullard Blackburn, from 1960 
-V3 (PI): 12AT7/ECC8 Mullard Blackburn 1961 date code +  * V3 (PI): 12AT7/ECC8 Mullard Blackburn, from 1961 
-V4 (power): Mullard Blackburn EL34 xf2 from 1972 (HTWWW :) +  * V4 (power): Mullard Blackburn EL34 xf2, from 1972 (HTWWW :) 
-V5 (power): Mullard Blackburn EL34 xf2 from 1975+  * V5 (power): Mullard Blackburn EL34 xf2, from 1975 
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 +I've tried modern production tubes, and done blind A/B tests with identical settings and a looper pedal, and I'll be honest: I don't notice a ton of different between them and the "mojo" Mullards. But I was able to get them reasonably, so why not?
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