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Post subject: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:38 pm
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O.K. not as exciting as items I have found in the past , but not bad either.
There are 12AX7's like crazy a few 12AT7's the four skinny boxes on the floor are brand new EL84's

But I'll have you know not one stink'n 12AY7 which is waht I went looking for.

Boo Hoo all I got was about 6 or7 NOS GE 12AX7's 4 NOS EL84's and a bunch of 12AT7's

I told my son, we need to be on the lookout for a nice Blues jr or some other el84 Amp.

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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:02 pm
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Wow!, I guess your tubed up for a while

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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:17 pm
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Any of those RCA's 6072(A)'s? Mil spec of your desired 12AY7. Actually a tad quieter and works well in mike pre-amps stages.

Nice find! I usually get a bazillion old TV tubes. Once I did hit a a pile of new black plate TungSol 5U4GB rectifiers. Best in the business.

Have fun sorting and stashing!


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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:46 pm
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There is a sad note to the whole deal, the other box I got out bid on had a pair of RCA 6V6gt's in it, perfect and in the original boxes.

I got caught up in other stuff and thought the 6v6's were in the case I went after.
Still not bad for $30.00

The 12AX7's are NOS perfect !!!

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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:52 am
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Hi Nice tubes and a great deal too..top stuff.Cheers..From..AUS...


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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:45 am
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no 6072's either BMW, I looked !

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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:11 am
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Tube porn.... You know the "sickness" only gets worse with time. The BEST 12AU7 I've ever heard are CBS-Hytron 7318. And the BEST GZ34/5AR4 are Philips Miniwatt metal based GZ34. These are other ppls stashes. I have a nice collection of NOS TungSol 5U4GB and black plate 7027A's. Amongst all kinds of 6L6GA, GB, GC. And 6V6GTY's There is no cure for tube madndess. See those RCA 6201? Makes you sick, I know.

As for those Genalex 12Ax7 and 12AT7 tubes... they are just selected Mullard (Blackburn) made. They each come with their own data sheet (for each tube), including loading graphs (kinda neat). 7729 are selected Raytheon 12AX7 mil specs.

Z729 = selected GEC/MOV EF86 (used in early Voxes). 7730 are kick-ass Raytheon 12AU7 mil-specs. Almost, but not quite as good as the CBS 7316 and 7318.

And a couple real 1960 Mullard ECC83's.

And you are know the 7189 and 7189A.



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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:01 am
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Nice !!!

Excellent collection !

I'm thinking that a nice 6072A or 12AY7 might just be a tough find without paying stupid amounts of cash.

My 5751 will have to keep me happy in V-1 for a little longer.

The EH stuff has just not done well by me so far, The 12AY7 that was in my 5E3 clone was badly microphonic and i had some 6V6's that were aweful a while back so.......
they are the only maker of a supposedly spec correct 12AY7 right now.

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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:00 pm
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Yeah, dang 12AY7 used to cost peanuts, until some wizenheimer printed on the Net that this IS the tube that equals THE Bassman tone. I look at Ebay and good 6072A is $100 each. And most 12AY7 are around $75. EXCEPT for this quartet of "NIB" GE 12AY7 for under $40. Seller is Greengirl... and from other tube boards "she" has a rep. From the photos, the tube do not look new.

What's the story on EH "12AY7?" Are these one of those Russian "kinda close" so we'll relabel them for US use---tubes?


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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:12 pm
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bmw, you having a going out of business sale anytime soon..? :lol:

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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:13 pm
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Yes BMW when will you be selling all that lovely stuff ?

For the first time ever I lost a tung-sol 6V6GT Re Issue, I had a terrible buzz and pop on every G note I hit and it got worse as the day went along, I touched up a few solder joints that looked dull and swapped out the two preamp tubes, still there, so i went after the brand new 5Y3 Rectifier, notta, still fuzzy crackles, popped in a pair of JJ's 6V6's and the snap crackle Pop went away.

I have had these Tung-Sol RI's in several Deluxe types with no hassle at all, the bell on my Weber does not even touch the tube.

The other two or three pairs of these never gave me any trouble at all.

So....... I'm on the hunt for a nice set of 6V6's again :|

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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:18 pm
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I have several BP RCA 6V6GT, Raytheon and Hytron 6V6GTY (mil spec, brown based), Sylvania BP 6V6GTA. Clear glass RCA 6V6GT. Coke botle RCA and Sylvania VT-107B (WW2 vintage, mil spec). Hell... 6V6GT all over house. Even a 1941 Ken Rad matched pair. I'm truly a sick person.

If you are interested...


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Post subject: Re: Auction Find !!! pictures too !
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:31 pm
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I sent you a private message to keep it legit.

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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:35 am
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The 6072A (AKA) 12AY7 totaly changed my 5E3 !!!!

Tightened up the bass, added TONS of headroom.

That and the weber 12A150 and i have what must be the ultimate little tone machine !!!


Huge Thanks to BMW2002Ti !!!!!

Nice to have friends in low places 8)

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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:37 am
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Oh and the Mercury magnetics clone set of transformers most likely had a possitive influence too.

Now what to do about adding Reverb ?????

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