Test To The Limits, Hear Beyond Expectations Background Our goal at Valve Tube Guitar Amps has always been to deliver the absolute highest quality valves. Of course, valve manufacturers do their own quality assurance, but their focus is on valve production and meeting market demands. A lot can go wrong during the manufacturing process. And nothing spoils a gig or jam session faster than a failed valve. Valves are old technology and they can develop […]
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
It is common design practice overrunning output valves. It is done with all types . There are some amps that use EL34’s and run them way over 500 volts. This is well above and beyond the maximum ratings of certain manufacturers. It is inviting trouble as the valves age, they have the possibility of flashing over and failing. We see similar effects with EL84’s. This is not a new phenomenon. Amp companies have been doing
Our online shop now sells in € £ and US $. You can select the currency you want to see at the top of the home page. You can also change the currency in your shopping basket. This should make it easier to see exactly what you are paying. We do plan to offer other currencies and we will be rolling different currencies over time. Which currency would you like to see on our website?
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
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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