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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:59 pm
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I've heard that five out of every three people suffer some effects of dyslexia.

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:11 pm
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and I'm lucky enough to be a 280 pound guy with sleep apnea too, its a wonder my brain functions at all !

So what else uses 12AU7's ? anything in our world ?
I got a ton of em !

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 6:01 pm
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31 12AX7's all but four are RCA's all with the same date code
58-09

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:12 am
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So I went on a Craigs list hunt and found a guy selling this

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And while I'm there I make a comment about needing a tube tester, he says I have one and it works, here it is.
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Its a shell model 18 and I tested a couple of known bad tubes first, yep they tested bad, then I tested some new sovteks, tung-sol RI's etc... they tested good.
So I took a batch of those 12AX7's from the above post and all of them tested as "good" as the new stuff.
One Tung-Sol reissue the meter went to good and slowly fell to bad on both sides, I'm wondering about that one ! The tung-sol Reissue stuff started out so well then turned to junk.

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:31 pm
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Nice!!! I use a RCA12AU7A in my Bassman(V2). What is that brown(top) tester used for? Art

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:38 pm
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It is a Conn Strobo Tuner from the late 50's and it works !

It is tube run it also uses 12AU7 and other tubes.

I'll be honest I bought it due to the coolness factor.

The guy also has a Capacitor tester and other fun stuff he might sell me :D

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:58 pm
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Yeah, cool is right!!! I use a Peterson virtual strobe tuner- cool factor is zero. If that cap tester can check capacitance as well as leaks, it would be a gem. Art

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:29 pm
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I'm gonna visit tomorrow, i'll let ya know how it goes

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:46 pm
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Blue, Cool gear! Never thought about taking photo of testing gear. Anyhow, the 12AU7 is used a lot in Ampeg PI stages. The RCA 12AU7 is not that good sounding. I've used the 5418A for the 12AU7A.


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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:13 pm
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Its funny you say that about the RCA 12AU7, all of the 12AX7's were RCA all the U7's were sylvania's

Hey as far as the pictures of test gear, its all a new learning experience for me and I get excited by any new gear !
I sat and tested tubes till late into the night, the 12AX7's have two tests, i assume for both sides of the tube ? most of them tested exactly or very near the same on both tests.
Did I mention that one of the Tung-Sol RI's tested good and then the meter would go backwards to bad and continue untill it was all the way into the bad, it was the only tube that did that, and it was new in the box too :x

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:20 pm
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P.S.
The microphone hooked up to that strobe tuner is an electro voice
Kinda cool

not as cool as this one !
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This one sounds very cool ! My daughter thought someone else was in the room singing instead of dear old dad ( her nice way of saying my singing stinks).

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:39 am
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All neat stuff, Blues! And you better respect your daughter's ears! Beemer, you've got to be my favorite tube snob. But I'll admit, that I had to go through three NOS RCA 12AU7A tubes to find the right one. 5418A, now you tell me. Art

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:20 am
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For whatever the reason, this has been the year for great finds.

It takes a lot of time, hanging out at garage sales, reading craigs list and Hitting every church rummage sale ya can.

The rewards are some pretty cool stuff.

Its the one cool part of my job that I love, i don't have a time clock to punch or an office to sit around in, My office is where ever I am and my pager keeps me aware of any business I need to attend to.

I'm Blessed !!!

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:46 am
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I can dig the blessed life!!! Gotta backtrack on the 12AU7. Checked the Bassman tonight, actually had a 6072(12AY7) in the V2 slot. Modding these amps, to personal preferences, can cause this old guy to lose track. But yeah, it's an 864 bass channel with hot sauce. On the original conversion from the 165, I didn't change the pots. So there was a noise issue(thus the 12AU7 usage and memory lapse). I have since, corrected that situation(PEC pots). Put a RCA 7025 in tonight. It cooks quite well ! Art

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Post subject: Re: And yet another crazy auction find
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:37 pm
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I bought out the guys complete collection of tubes the cap tester looked ancient and rough.

I got yet another tube caddy, six boxes of tubes and ton of NOS caps still on the boards from CONN, They say spare parts CONN Organs right on the cardboard holders.
Shame old caps are not worth something ! I got a Big Load of em !

A truck load of 6V6GT's that are used but test out O.K.

and a brand new pair of GE 6L6's (metal tubes) :(

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