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Carvin Nomad-Belair Blues Option #1

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Price: $192.00

Carvin Nomad-Belair Blues Option #1

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Want to ratchet down the gain in the soak channel? This is our Blues Option #1 Retube Kit and it contains a matched quad of JJ EL84's for the power section. For the front end we use a standard ECC83S for V1, an ECC832 for V2, two standard ECC83S's for V3 & V4 and a balanced ECC83S for the phase inverter in V5. This maintains your clean channel gain and drops the gain in the soak channel for a more open sound. Great for Blues!

The Balanced ECC83S is located in V5 farthest from the input jack. The ECC832 is located in V2.

Combo amps are very hard on tubes because of vibrations which can cause tube rattle with any brand of tube. If your amp is the combo version and you play by yourself in a quiet environment or record with your amp you may want to consider using the EuroDamper tube damper rings for the four EL84’s. These are available in the "Related Products” tab as a set of four and will greatly decrease tube rattle. ** Note: the wire tube retainers will not fit all the way over the damper rings.

These amps are adjustable bias. You can use the "Carvin method" with a Multimeter, or you can use one of our 9 pin bias probes with a Multimeter, or our all-in-one 9 pin "Pro One" bias probe (which reads plate voltage and plate current simultaneously). These are available under the "Related Products" tab.

You can use our Carvin bias video for reference which we did on a V3. The video shows using bias probes and also shows the Carvin Method for EL34’s and 6L6’s. Please Note; a setting of 80 to 95mA is good for EL84’s. If you’re using the JJ EL844’s a setting of between 60 to 72mA is good using the Carvin Method. If you’re using a bias probe then a setting between 20 to 24mA is good for EL84’s and a setting between 15 to 18mA is good for EL844's.

The video below explains the difference between bias probe types.

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