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
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
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
How many of you have wondered , ” How Old is the Valve (Tube) technology in my amp?” Valves as we call them in the UK have been around for about a 100 years !! I decided to check out when the common valves ( ones that we sell) first came on the market. When checking this information sometimes there was some arguement on the exact year so if you alllow give or take one
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I came across this video, by accident on Youtube of French radio amateur, Claude Paillard ( Callsign F2F0) who makes his own valves by hand in the traditional way. It gives you an idea of what it takes to make your valves. He is making a triode so if you do this twice and put in one glass tube you have an ECC81 / ECC83/ ECC99. The video is made in France so the few
What makes a valve fail in your amp Let’s have a light look at valves. Ever wondered why if you buy a nice new valve ( tube) amp that the amp has 2 years warranty and if you check the small print on the warranty carefully, you will see the valve warranty is a lot shorter – perhaps only 90 days! Valves are very old electronics technology. They were invented in 1910 and have been
