Well I have EMG's in my guitar so I I know thats not the problem. Also as I mentioned earlier I don't think an attenuator will work for me here because even when my amp is turned up to 8 it doesn't quite have enough distortion even with a Boss SD-1 on front of it.The amp on its own can only get AC/DC type distortion on its own.Ive herd that EL34 tubes break up more when you crank them than the 6550's like mine has in it.

Are EL34's that different?