RL> I don't think you're going to hear a difference in the 5881s at lower
 RL> volume levels... definitely not if you're pushing your distortion from
 RL> the preamp or processor.
       I dunno, then, but they were extremely trebly to the point where it 
was almost painful. The stereotype of a Tele through a Silverface Twin 
Reverb. I thought it was very odd, but after a couple more I was starting to 
think it was normal. But Hendrix played Strats through Marshalls, like I was, 
and his tone was a lot nicer.
       Yeah, I had it clean, pushing it as loud as I could without killing 
all inside the room, and then my processor in front. I even tried it without 
the processor with the same results.
 RL> Very common settings... the standard recipie for the blues is to plug a
 RL> Strat into a Fender and put everything on "5".
       And I consider that to be a decently fat tone. :)
 RL> Probably not.  Again, you've really got to push these things before 
ajor
 RL> tonal differences appear.
       I do push these things. I never play the DS below 4-5. Before I 
replaced the preamp tubes, I pushed it at least to 6. At about 6 (previously 
7) I start to get the beginnings of output distortion. And at that point 
jumbo jetliners start getting turbulence and houses begin to move. :)
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