I found I liked what I got from the CED Winged C EL34's which came with my amp. So I just bought another set for each amp. The 3 mini tubes in fromt allowed me a wider variety of sonic changes by rolling them... so I got some of those two and found running Tungsol 5687 all around with the Winged C suited me best.
I've asked - posted threads here on EL34s, in the past, so you might search the archives for the various EL34 threads.
Another avenue is to Google EL34s, and read the guitar ampheads thoughts on the various 34s out there... NIB & NOS.
Some of the larger tube vendors post notes on the sound of their tubes too... like "The Tube Store" and others.
If I remember any or run acorss any I'll email you the link to them.
They ain't way 'spensive so trying out some shouldn't be to troubling. I had to get two sets of four. I'd think you would need less. The 'funny' cool thing is I've paid more for one little bitty tube than I did for all 8 of those Winged C's. lol
G' luck.
I've asked - posted threads here on EL34s, in the past, so you might search the archives for the various EL34 threads.
Another avenue is to Google EL34s, and read the guitar ampheads thoughts on the various 34s out there... NIB & NOS.
Some of the larger tube vendors post notes on the sound of their tubes too... like "The Tube Store" and others.
If I remember any or run acorss any I'll email you the link to them.
They ain't way 'spensive so trying out some shouldn't be to troubling. I had to get two sets of four. I'd think you would need less. The 'funny' cool thing is I've paid more for one little bitty tube than I did for all 8 of those Winged C's. lol
G' luck.