What Tubes You Using???

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JohnnyGtar said:
I've had good luck with Tung Sol preamp tubes in my Peavey amps.

Oh, I forgot... we're all idiots because Glenn Fricker said there's no sonic difference in different tubes. Gosh we're stupid! LOL
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All hail Lord Fricken Fricker
 
GuitarGuy08 said:
NOS tubes all the way. If you have something with an 'American' style gain, an RCA blackplate is where it is at.

If you have a 'British' flavored gain, I'd go with a Mullard Blackburn.

Not the new Mullards, the ones that are made in Britain. If those are too expensive, I hear that Matsushita get very close for half the price or so.

Again, I have rolled tons of tubes and those are what I would highly recommend. The RCA blackplates are absolutely wonderful in everything. Funnily enough, whichever you put the blackplate in, you will notice. V3/PI, V2/FX, etc.

I know 2 very, very reliable sellers when it comes to NOS, a lot of the others do not test them in guitar amps that are cranked.

One is on eBay and the other on Reverb.



Good luck!!
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Nothing beats a Blackburn Mullard in V1 of a Marshall flavored amp.
 
I've never tried anything NOS, TBH, but I avoid longplates in V1. They're even harder to come across one that's quiet enough for V1 on high-gainers.

I don't know about y'all, but I HATE hearing the cable grinding with the input jack's metal when I plug in. Or me tapping on the chasis.
 
Rex Rocker said:
I've never tried anything NOS, TBH, but I avoid longplates in V1. They're even harder to come across one that's quiet enough for V1 on high-gainers.

I don't know about y'all, but I HATE hearing the cable grinding with the input jack's metal when I plug in. Or me tapping on the chasis.
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I kick my amp at some pretty crazy high gain levels and it is so quiet you'd have to check it's on. Yes, LPs generally are much more noisy than a short plate but with a good seller, you'll be alright. It took a few to find someone who actually tests them in a cranked amp. So, yep, BlackPLates (Long Plates) in V1 are definitely where it is at if you have a good tube. Much more 3D and harmonic.
 
Racerxrated said:
I have a stash of pre/power tubes that I built up prior to Covid jumping the prices. Vintage Tungsram, Ei, Mullard, Amperex, and Chinese 8th/9th gen preamp tubes. Power I'm stocked up on vintage Siemens, Winged C/Svets(pre 2009), a few Mullards, and a few GE 6550s, Sovtek wafer 6L6, and a few Sylvania 6CA7s.
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Bro I know I have way more than I will ever use.
 
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I caught the GAS back in the Brad and Psycho Dave days and have collected tons of EI, and 12ax7 C foil getter tubes lol.
 
I use Square Getter Chinese 12ax7's and Sylvania 415's / 416's in my c+'s, 3+'s and Recto's. I've tried most of the new production tubes. They're good but I always prefer the old tubes.
 
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