Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: edwin on June 06, 2017, 06:11:47 PM
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I've used a number of different types of tubes in my F2B over the years. Most recently, they've had 5751s for their clean and sturdy tone. I just got my McIntosh MC2015 rebuilt and the tech does a lot of tube amp stuff, hifi and instrument. I asked him about good tubes for the F2B, and he reached into his wall of tubes and pulled out a couple of white boxes. "Here, try these." "How much" "Happy birthday!" (It's not my birthday, but who am I to dispute). They are a pair of Amperex Bugle Boy tubes. I never really bought into the idea that some tubes have magic that others don't but these are really amazing. The level of clarity over previous tubes is instantly obvious. I'm a fan! And given the way they made tubes back then, they should last most of the rest of my life.
An unexpected gift. The best kind.
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Congrats!
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Nice to find what works; cool beans! And that's a big 10-4 on tube life; when my son had me ship his Blues Jr to him in AK, he sent back a Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve so i wouldn't be bereft of louditude. It did not, alas, work, so I my neighbor hied it off to his repair guy - took a complete recapping, but the original Silvertone-branded tubes are still fine.
Peter
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Tubular, man!
Bill, tgo
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Your amp guy must really like you.
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I did a test of tubes a while back, and posted my results:
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=22299.msg225055#msg225055
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Years ago I read that a guy has changed his Vacuum Tubes in his Hoover and it sounded great, but still sucked.
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Bada Boom!
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I did a test of tubes a while back, and posted my results:
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=22299.msg225055#msg225055
Interesting that you weren't so into the Bugle Boys. I wonder if they are different than mine, given that they could have been made in a different factory, despite being the same brand.
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I did a test of tubes a while back, and posted my results:
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=22299.msg225055#msg225055
Interesting that you weren't so into the Bugle Boys. I wonder if they are different than mine, given that they could have been made in a different factory, despite being the same brand.
It could just be we all hear differently.
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They ones I have are vintage, and could of had who knows how much use before I got them. I just found two more Bugle Boys at the Goodwill outlet store from an old Ampex tape recorded and Hi Fi unit; a 12AU7 with an EF86, (the EF86 is used in Vox and Matchless amps as a preamp tube).