We have introduced more new valves which are all now in stock. We now have the more specialised valves that are used in Ampeg and Peavey guitar amps. The Electro Harmonix 12DW7 ( also known as the ECC832) is a double triode and in this valve one half is like an ECC83 ( 12 AX7) with a gain of 100 and the other half like an ECC82 ( 12AU7) with a gain of 20. Peavey […]
We do sell on Ebay and our own webshop.. After all if Ebay is good enough for Argos and Tesco it should be good enough for us ! Ebay is a convenient and its a click with Paypal and the goods are on the way. We are a premium power seller on Ebay so we do well on Ebay. Our user name is Vlavetubeguitaramps and we have an Ebay shop. There appears to be all
This is a summary on Brexit and valve pricing. Following the UK referendum on Brexit, we have seen a lot of turmoil in the stock market and currency markets. How does this affect pricing of valves and imported amps, guitars? Russian valves makes such as Tung Sol , Electro Harmonix, Sovtek have their base pricing in US $. JJ Electronic are in Slovakia and we buy from the factory in Euros. The Uk £ has
A Vox Ac30 CC2X arrived that was sounding mushy, crackling and popping and when you tapped the case made wonderful microphone ! On removing the back it was obvious that the EL84’s had been in the amp since new and I guess the amp to 5 or more years old. One of the ECC83’s had been changed for Groove Tubes at some point. On testing the EL84’s they were totally mis-matched to each other and
Note: We now have a new, superior solution to Marshall JCM2000 bias drift issues. Find the details here. I have now worked on two Marshall JCM2000 amps and both are around 10 years old. Both had very similar faults. The fault on both was that the amps sounded “rubbish” and both were cooking the EL34 output valves. Instead of running at about 45 mA of bias current the lowest adjustment you could achieve was over
A really neat added value benefit of using Tung Sol valves in your amp is their low microphonics. During testing at the factory Tung Sol Valves are tested on a vibrating table to ensure they are not microphonic. Of course this extra testing adds a little bit to the cost. I first witnessed this benefit in my own original silverface Fender amp. Ever since it was new way back in 1970 the amp was always
We have added more new products! We have launched our first group of guitar pedals and effects. They are from Electro Harmonix in New York City. We are an official authorised distributor of Electro Harmonix and to date we have been successfully selling their range of valves/tubes . These are branded Electro Harmonix, Tung Sol, Sovtek. Electro Harmonix have a huge range of pedals and effects. We are introducing the range in phases as it
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