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It's a Marshall Major. The originals were KT 88s. You can use 6550s, but the tone suffers. It had 6550s in it when I got it, but I had it totally overhauled and retubed. I think the ones that are in there are Svetlanas, but I don't remember. It is extremely loud and clean, but with all that ridiculous headroom I get seriously great low end tone. It's a surprisingly versatile amp, and sounds great for playing amplified acoustic stuff too, believe it or not. When playing loud rock music, it completely rules.
It was a big change from using combos (my last amp was a Mesa 2x10 that was only 38 watts, though I loved it), but I am not going back. I never used to be a "Marshall guy" until I tried this one. It really is amazing.
I will say that had I been able to afford to keep my old Mesa and still be able to get this one, I would have kept it. That Blue Angel was very nice as well, and was a great "small amp."
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