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Modern EL84 amps and NOS EL84s Avoid damaging your NOS EL84’s

It is important info for those of you who want to use NOS EL84’s ( 6BQ5) in modern amps and even not so moderns amps. There are several modern EL84 amplifiers which have wiring violations on pin 1 of one or more EL84 sockets. NOS EL84s have internal connections between pins 1 and 2 where modern EL84s do not. Sometimes designers of EL84 amps assume that pin one is a safe location for a “tie […]

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Sovtek Tung Sol Electro Harmonix Genalex JJ Electronic valves

Which Pre-amp Valves Sound best in my Amp

Which Pre-amp Valves Sound best in my Amp? A question many folks ask. There are many different types of ECC83 / 12AX7 in the market. There are not only different manufacturers but also different variants such as the 5751, 12AY7. So you might be asking where how can I figure out what the differences are? I have written a couple of short articles on this subject already and these touched on this topic. This article

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Unwell Fender Hot Rod DeVille makes full recovery

A Fender Hot Rod DeVille arrived as it was very unwell. I decided not to even switch it on but get the back off and examine the innards. One of the output valves looked like it had fallen from a helicopter. It had gone all white inside (due to vacuum loss) and the glass was cracked. The valve base had lumps missing ! If you load the van after the gig tell your roadies to

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Mullard Valves in the mid 20th century

Mullard valves boxes are familiar to folks. The NOS valves and the modern re-creations are in blue boxes with black /pink. The NOS ones will have a price on the box – typically “11/- + PT.” Yes this is the old shillings The valves were also packed in red and black boxes during the 1960’s too. These boxes had no prices on them because they were destined for industrial customers and were sold by the

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Wannabe Shadows

The Wannabe Shadows are doing a gig next April in Gillingham in Kent. They play Shadows music and give their Vox amps a good airing. They are raising funds for the RNLI charity . For those of you outside of the UK, this charity provides life saving inshore RIB’s and sea going rescue ships . They answer the Mayday calls and over the years they have saved many hundreds if not thousands of lives at

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Valves for Jukeboxes Hi Fi Amps less common types in stock

Our stock of valves for jukeboxes and hifi amps is expanding . We now have a category dedicated to valves tubes for these markets. Check it out by clicking here We have valves for Wurlitzer, Rockola, Seeburg jukeboxes and also for those quality hi-fi amps from the 1960’s If you are looking for 6973’s to replace your ageing RCA 6973’s or the 7868 ( which is basically the 7591 in a more modern valve base

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More Shipping Options No VAT outside EU

We have more shipping options but simplified them. In the UK 2nd class post is free and we have added options for next weekday delivery before 1pm and Saturday delivery before 1pm . There is one rate to all EU countries and also to Norway and Swizerland and one rate for the rest of the world. For customers outside of the EU, we have set up the website so that VAT will not be charged.

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