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Post by ALICE on Mar 13, 2007 10:53:07 GMT -5
Groove tube to me over rated.high price with bad tube rating.
just a name on outsource tubes. now who wants to pay
$180. for a quad of output tubes when you can buy em'
around $70.00 a quad. If you got a tax number you can get
them @ wholesale through Companies like CE Dist.
Otherwise get em cheaper thru Scott, Eurotube or Tube Depot.
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Post by eric on Mar 13, 2007 18:26:35 GMT -5
Doug's Tubes is also a fine source.
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Post by bbake1 on Mar 13, 2007 20:48:41 GMT -5
Another one here for Doug's.
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Post by hollywood on Mar 13, 2007 21:18:47 GMT -5
;D 1+ for tube depot. I always ask for Brian and I am never dissappointed. Quick delivery, 1 or 2 days. The guy is smart beyond wise on tubes and what your after. He speaks the language of adjectives. So you always end up happy. ;D  |
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Post by Hacksaw on Mar 14, 2007 0:31:43 GMT -5
I always call scott, send me a set.. bla bla.. they arrive.. and match what I have. I think I am up to 16 spare mullard tubes... ya its a fetish!
if I see groove tubes in an amp, I remove them and install JJ's or wing-C-'s everyone has always like the amp better without the groovetubes. I then take the GT and bust it open.. and rip the guts.. lol.. then file 13.
I also dont like the tube ratings they use..
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Post by VomHalen on Mar 14, 2007 8:14:05 GMT -5
I always call scott, send me a set.. bla bla.. they arrive.. and match what I have. I think I am up to 16 spare mullard tubes... ya its a fetish! if I see groove tubes in an amp, I remove them and install JJ's or wing-C-'s everyone has always like the amp better without the groovetubes. I then take the GT and bust it open.. and rip the guts.. lol.. then file 13. I also dont like the tube ratings they use.. hack, do you mean we can call scott and have him send us a matched set that we won't have to bias ourselves? |
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Post by Hacksaw on Mar 14, 2007 8:28:07 GMT -5
I always call scott, send me a set.. bla bla.. they arrive.. and match what I have. I think I am up to 16 spare mullard tubes... ya its a fetish! if I see groove tubes in an amp, I remove them and install JJ's or wing-C-'s everyone has always like the amp better without the groovetubes. I then take the GT and bust it open.. and rip the guts.. lol.. then file 13. I also dont like the tube ratings they use.. hack, do you mean we can call scott and have him send us a matched set that we won't have to bias ourselves? yes!! as long as you know what you tube MA draw etc.. you have :-) scott can replace. |
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Post by VomHalen on Mar 14, 2007 8:41:05 GMT -5
hack, do you mean we can call scott and have him send us a matched set that we won't have to bias ourselves? yes!! as long as you know what you tube MA draw etc.. you have :-) scott can replace. i know you probably went into this somewhere else...but how do find out those values |
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Post by shreder75 on Mar 14, 2007 8:52:22 GMT -5
yes!! as long as you know what you tube MA draw etc.. you have :-) scott can replace. i know you probably went into this somewhere else...but how do find out those values they're on the boxes that the tubes come in |
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Post by VomHalen on Mar 14, 2007 9:02:26 GMT -5
i know you probably went into this somewhere else...but how do find out those values they're on the boxes that the tubes come in wouldn't scott just be able to tell us what ma i need? sorry, i don't know anything about this stuff.. |
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Post by shreder75 on Mar 14, 2007 9:12:14 GMT -5
they're on the boxes that the tubes come in wouldn't scott just be able to tell us what ma i need? sorry, i don't know anything about this stuff.. dunno..doubt it though..cause mA values can be all over the place... |
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Post by ALICE on Mar 14, 2007 9:17:11 GMT -5
Scott could tell you. But everyamp he put tube in has different ma. The Mullard I got
are rated @ 42 ma. KT77 before that was 53 ma. Higher the MA the hotter( more easy to get
tube saturation which mean about 5% less tube life) Lower the ma longer the tube life & more
head room. But you can try different ma for defferent tones. even if you use the same ma
but still you might want to rebias. after a while your tubes ma will varied after awhile.
which why you need to rebias for optimum perforamce in the studio or the road.
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Post by MetalHeart on Mar 18, 2007 0:01:06 GMT -5
A buddy of mine's dad has been hording up tubes for 30 years.
I remembered all this when I bought my QR about 2 months ago.
I ask my friend if he knew of any style of tube his dad had.
I then made a list of tubes I got off of tubedepot and gave them to him. He was to take the list to his dad who lived in another state, and check it out.
I am just waiting on his phone call,. would be nice if he had Genelex and the old Mullards ;D
He has a garage full of tubes ,man! The gov. factory close its doors down in mid 80s and threw all these tube to the trash.
He back his truck up to the dumpster and loaded up.
Still in their original boxes.
Now I don't want to get my hopes up,and I don't know a lot on tubes. But it would be nice!
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