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Diagnosing Valve Tube Problems in Amps

While I was sitting drinking my morning coffee, I found this interesting article on diagnosing valve tube problems in amps ( I know I am a bit sad!). It is on the Mesa Boogie website and I thought it was worth sharing. it is well written and I thought it would be useful for folks when their amp starts “misbehaving”. We have suffered not just tha p stopping in its tracks, but the crackles and […]

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Tung Sol Matched Pair 6L6GC-STR

Valves Tubes Be Careful

Valves Tubes Be Careful What you buy ! There are many vendors of valves and tubes and I thought it might be useful to make a list of my observations in the market.  Of course I cannot be totally un-biased as I sell valves/tubes on this site and we sell  limited selection of what we offer on Ebay too. Now I am not  criticising at any sellers but some clearly are less technically capable than

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Tung Sol Valves Now In Stock

Tung Sol Valves Now In Stock – Made in Russia We are expanding our product line and are introducing  anew premium line of valves/tubes. Tung Sol valves /tubes. We are being supplied directly by the parent company and we are official dealers. We want to offer you a an expanded  our range  valves /tubes  Your amp’ sound is heavily influenced by the valves used in the amp and of course it is everyone’e personal taste.

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Supermatch and Supplying Quality Matched output Valves

This blog looks at Supermatch and supplying quality output valves We work to supply our customers with best matched matched output valves. The benefits are that the output is nice and balnced on the amp. This applies to not only matched pair but also to matched quad valves. When we receive a shipment of output valves and lets take the example of a big batch of our mos popular output valve the 6L6GC from JJ

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JJ 4 ECC83S Value Pack

An ECC83 for Every Application

An ECC83 for Every Application We have been working to offer an expanded  range of ECC83 (12AX7) compatible valves.  we wanted to have an ECC83 for every application   Our range  seems to be increasing every week. You might wonder why.  You might think it is pointless and I used to think the same and I decided to experiment trying different valves in my amp and using the best test equipment available – my ears!

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Prices Updated Better Value than Ever

We have updated all the pricing on our range of valves /tubes so we with Prices Updated, better Value than Ever.  The Euro has dropped in value and so this means better prices !! UK 2nd Class post is now free and 1st Class post is only £1.50 We also have an Ebay shop and if you compare prices you will see buying direct is cheaper and you get the same quality product which is

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Amp Repair and Restoration

In the course of selling our valves, we meet up with nice folks who are very good in their field amp repair and restoration.   We recently sold some valves to Stewart Palmen who repairs and restores amps and guitars in Trowbridge in Wiltshire in the UK. He also has some really nice amps for sale.  He and I shared also at worked at Analog Devices, although at different times. Stewart has a strong technical

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