TW iron in a high-gain Marshall-inspired build?

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TW iron in a high-gain Marshall-inspired build?

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Has anyone used TW iron in a higher-gain Marshall style amp (with at least 2204 preamp gain)? If so, how did it work out? How did it change the Marshall tone?
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Not done it, but my guess is it is going to sound like a Marshall with lower plate voltage.....
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the amp that I play all the OD clips is a 20 watt 2204 that I built using Classictone TW OT. Worked really well IMO:


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thanks guys!
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I built a JCM800 2204 with TW PT and TW Dynaclone A470-S 4k3 OT kicks ass even with the lower plate voltage.
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Like the guys say, 370 - 400 volts works wonders for a 2204 type circuit.
Up to 6k sounds good for the OT imho.
TW iron works great - lots of power on demand.
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After extensive testing germino started using wreck style OTs in his new low-watt plexi.
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