180 day warranty on valves ! If you in North America substitute the word valves for tubes ! We have looked at many websites that sell valves/tubes and we found that the warranty was mentioned nowhere on the site or buried on the website. The warranty was in many cases very stingy. We now offer a 180 day warranty on all the valves we sell. We are completely upfront and you will see the […]
Most folks are just not sure when should you change your valves? Valves do wear out. How do I know? We need explanation of how they wear out and what to look for. Then you will know when to replace them There is a lot of stuff written on forums on why tubes valves wear out. There is a lot of confusion. Here is an example of the confusion on one typical forum . I
We have been working on Faster Shipping with more options to improve our service in these challenging times We now can ship to Italy Greece again and have much faster shipping options for Canada, USA and the rest of the world! We have been experiencing the UK post to be much slower within the UK and is becoming very slow for example to the USA. We have seen first class post take 9 days
We are living in challenging times and we are all having to adapt to being locked down. We hope all of you and your families keep safe and healthy. We have been receiving emails asking if we are still operating and are still shipping products. We thought we should explain. We rely on the Royal Mail service for all of our shipments. We are learning more about postal delays as time passes and here is
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6V6 and 6L6 output valves Valves are ancient technology. Over 100 years old. Many folks expect the reliability of modern electronics like an Iphone. However, the reliability and the lifespan of old technology is much less than modern electronics. We al love the sound of valves and this this the trade off. Two really common audio output valves are the 6L6 and the 6V6. Very commonly used in American amps. They came on to the
Okay so I relented and worked on an amp with not one single lonely valve/ tube inside. Time to fix a Trace Elliot GP7SM bass amp. I will have therapy to overcome this valveless trauma. I agreed to work on this amp for a nice customer because it had suffered mechanical damage. A relatively easy repair. It lead to me discovering a bit of amp archeology that I thought I would share. I found it
Our task was to renovate a June 1973 Marshall Model 1959 Super Lead 100 watt head It had been modified in the 1990’s to use 5881 output valves. This was the time when good quality EL34’s were difficult to source. JCM900’s were using 5881’s in production. A master volume had been added too. The amp had been stored in a garage for 15- 20y ears so it was not a smart plan to switch it
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Genalex KT88, EH 6973 & Tung Sol 9591A in stock
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