Do You Use Your Old Stock Tubes?

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:35 pm

Score!

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:47 pm

Nice but the inside thingy has holes in it.

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:49 pm

Less plate to red... red as a verb. I redded my plates.. for instance.

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:51 pm

Maybe I need to drill some holes in my avatar tube.
It's been glowing red for a while.

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:56 pm

Print it before you drill.

cbass · Post by **cbass** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:03 pm

I only use old tubes.I bought a bunch of used ones when they used to cost near nothing.I picked up some NOS japenese made el34's Have been running over 500 volts on the plates and screens I'm very happy with them.I don't really have any other 34's to compare to though.

Long plate tung-sol 12ax7 (original)Sound fantastic in most fender circuits.They are prone to noise though.I have to admit the few Mullards I have are all quite and sound great in train wrecks.

Weird thing the only 5751 I have is one of those triple mica supported thingies.and its noisy as hell.

I have some NOS 6eu7's that I'm gonna do some more builds with and some 7591's.

BTF · Post by **BTF** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:31 am

So let me get to the gist of the question:

How do you rectify the fact that you're "wearing out" your tubes as you play, and may not be able to get more when you're in need or may have to pay 5 times your previous payment to get them? Do you just say "Ce la vie"?

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:50 am

I use what works when I get there. The future is uncertain, but for the moment...

AND ALWAYS

whatever works (tm t. manning)

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:03 am

BTF wrote:So let me get to the gist of the question:

How do you rectify the fact that you're "wearing out" your tubes as you play, and may not be able to get more when you're in need or may have to pay 5 times your previous payment to get them? Do you just say "Ce la vie"?

Treat em like kids. Treasure them while you can and realize everything is impermanent.

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:10 am

Why do I have original sets of tubes in 40+ year old amps? Dood, they are going to last forever!

I blame variac. I love you, variac. Marry me.

mr_hankey · Post by **mr_hankey** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:21 am

BTF wrote:So let me get to the gist of the question:

How do you rectify the fact that you're "wearing out" your tubes as you play, and may not be able to get more when you're in need or may have to pay 5 times your previous payment to get them? Do you just say "Ce la vie"?

Buy as many as you can, and hoard them?

212Mavguy · Post by **212Mavguy** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:27 am

Yes. Exactly. Buy, listen, hoard, and use in your amps, The more amps you have the less hours per tube usage...I'm up to a few hundred tubes and 15 amps.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:45 am

Structo wrote:Nice but the inside thingy has holes in it.

They're speed holes. They improve your shredding. Malmsteem uses them in all his amps. They double the speed the electrons work at and create a false second tube. To calculate the speed use the formula: (VC*2/3)*(NH)=RFS

WHere VC = Voltage at cathode

NH = Number of holes

RF = Rock Faster Speed

Blackburn · Post by **Blackburn** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:57 am

The plates are also scalloped so you can do impossible things with them compared to unscalloped trash like old Genalex and Telefunken...

Post by **Colossal** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:22 am

tribi9 wrote:They're speed holes. They improve your shredding

Speed holes eh? We-heh-heh-heh-ell, maybe the 'ol Flanders-axe needs some speed holes too!

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