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play music!
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I love my old valve stuff, but honestly, if I could find a solid state power amp with which I could satisfactorily replace my JTM45, I'd use it in a second.
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Solid State to replace a JTM45.............. It AIN'T gonna happen!
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I wish RCA was still making vacuum tubes. Man... they were the best! Philips Broadcasting and Raytheon tubes weren't far behind, either. Today's tube manufacturers just don't reach those standards.
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I love tube rectifier sag and I love cathode bias as well.
Bob
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Same here Bob. Dual sag. But, it I were a "shredder" (thank God I am not) I would want a solid state rectifier.
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I'm on vacation at my Dad's and there's a very old large radio, about 3 feet high, in the basement that was my grandfather's. It used to catch stations around the world (is that short wave?).
Anyway, I just checked and there are 6 unopened boxes of tubes in the back. None appear to be guitar related though. I have no idea what they are. A couple of 6SN7, 3CB6, 6BE6, 6F6, and 5X8. All tubes made in Canada or the US. Too bad I didn't stumble across some 12ax7s. |
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Of that lot only the 6SN7 is even remotely a guitar amp tube. The 6F6 and the 6V6 are near, but DO NOT try to sub it in a guitar amp.
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Looks like the 6SN7 was used before being replaced by the 12AU7. It's a dual triode 8 pin. Not sure if it's a directly replacement or not. Thanks for the note about the 6F6 / 6V6. |
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Dru:
It's an octal (8-pin) large tube. The 12AU7 is noval (nine-pin) miniature and is of course the same size as- and except for electronic parameters interchangeable with- your 12AX7s. It's a bummer. I had a whole slew of valve radios from the 50's and 60's and unfortunately they were all transformerless designs that ran the tubes directly off the 110-120VAC from the wall. Not a usable tube in the lot. Last edited by BTF; 08-08-2014 at 06:19 PM. Reason: poor typing! :) |
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i have some old gibson amps that use the 6sq7, 6sn7 and 6sl7 preamp tubes. great amps. some of the boutique amp makers are now making amps using these tubes. great sound but quite different than a 12ax7 and its bretheren.
i may be able to use the 6sn7 dru if you are wanting to part with it. thanks, play music!
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I'd have to get my amp book out to confirm, but I think Fender used octal based preamp tubes before the mid fifties. The early tweeds and woodies used 6SN7 preamp tubes, IIRC.
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play music!
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Thanks for the info Clint. |