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Originally Posted by KevWind
...You experienced guys have now made me curious. I suppose I will have to look and see if I can find out the mfg of the tubes in my Titan just for the sake of learning if nothing else...
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FYI some companies have their tubes stamped with their brand -
as they have for years - and unless you know how to read some of the codes on the bottles (I don't) you're not going to get any useful data. What I
can say with reasonable certainty is that Fender uses Russian preamp tubes (comparable to the Groove Tubes 12AX7-R) and Slovakian EL84 power tubes (similar to some of the JJ/EH/Groove Tubes offerings), both stamped with the Fender logo, and that Bugera's proprietary tubes are made by Shuguang (who TMK also supplies tubes for other amp companies producing in China - Vox, Marshall, VHT, etc.); it's an educated guess on my part, but given the tight, clean response of your Titan I'm thinking that Supro sources their tubes from Russia or Eastern Europe - you might want to contact the company for more info. In the meantime, if you're looking to learn what a tube swap can do for your amp you might find these of interest:
http://www.thetubestore.com/Resource...7-Tube-Reviews
http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/12...C81-Tube-Types
http://www.thetubestore.com/Resource...6-Tube-Reviews
You'll see the designation JAN, meaning Joint Army-Navy, preceding the manufacturer's name (GE, RCA, Sylvania, Philips, etc.) on some of these tubes. FYI these are the US/NATO-manufactured surplus mil-spec tubes that the hardcore Fender guys would sell their gonads to get, and if you're willing to pay the price they're arguably the most durable tubes on the market; good news is that there's also some old Soviet-bloc military stuff out there, equally rugged and usually far cheaper (I'm running these in both my Bugeras, BTW) - read some of the reviews/specs, I think you'll find it enlightening...
