Here is a list of the BEST NOS and Current production tubes that are available now, i made this for the people that dont want to search through all the threads

EL34- NOS: Mullard Xf1 Xf2 series and Siemens, and cheaper NOS would be Tesla (not JJ)
Current: Svetlana

EL84- NOS: Amperex Bugle Boy and RCA
Current: Sovtek , JJ/Tesla , and Ei are all pretty good

5881/KT88- NOS: Tung Sol
Current: Tung Sol

6550- NOS: Tung Sol and Svetlana
Current: Groove Tubes 6550 C Silver/Gold Series

KT66- NOS:
Current: Valley Arts search on site

KT77- NOS:
Current: JJ/Tesla

6L6- NOS: RCA blackplate
Current: Winged "C" SED Svetlanas, TAD

6V6- NOS: RCA blackplate 6V6GT, Visseaux, and Sylvania
Current: Groove Tubes 6V6C, JJ/Tesla 6V6S

6K6- NOS: Visseaux
Current:

12AX7- NOS: Mullard CV4004, Amperex Bugle Boy and Philips ECG JAN
Current: Ei 12AX7/7025, Groove Tubes Mullard Reissue 12AX7M search on site

12AT7- NOS: Philips ECG 12AT7WC PHI and Mullard CV4024
Current:

12AU7- NOS: RCA, Sylvania, and Mullard
Current:

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

What? no preamps?

12AX7 NOS: Amperex "Bugle Boy" Holland-made

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"around the 12th fret, that amp shimmers and envelopes me in a warm tubey feeling.....I can feel it man, I can feel the tone!" - Ryan...........high.

o woops, seems like i forgot something, ill add em in

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

EL34: Mullard

not sure on the era but they don't make them anymore

EL34- NOS: Mullard
Current: JJ

6L6- NOS: RCA Blackplate
Current: Winged-C SED Svetlanas

12AX7- NOS: Amperex Bugle Boy
Current: JJ

ECC83: ECC83 is the same thing as 12ax7... ECC83 is just the british designation. they are the same tube.

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My Rig:

http://www.elkvis.org/rig/

thanks for some of the great info, Elkvis especially, please keep it coming guys

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

sticky please?

I'm really happy with these

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see my sale/trade thread

anyone, anyone, want to fill it in more so it deserves to be a sticky

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

little more info anyone, more input, this is a sad sticky right now

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

They really opened up my Blues Deville. The highs leap out of the speakers, the mids are very focused and have great presence in the mix and the bass is tight.

They have all kinds of harmonics when pushed by the preamp and also when cranked on their own.

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see my sale/trade thread

that sounds sweet, i really want to pick up a pair of those now. thanks for convincing me. i get my first gig money july 3rd, $100! sounds like small amount but for a non income student whose band still doesnt have a name or a singer, making $100 for myself is an achievement


but on a serious note..ron, can u help me convince ppl that stickies need to have lots of info to be useful and worthy of being stickies..i guess i will just have to search and search to fill in the spaces left over from first post of thread

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2004 Gibson Sg Standard -> Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner -> Boss BD-2 Blues Driver -> Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah ->(EHX Deluxe Memory Man in FX loop) -> THD Bivalve with Avatar 2x12 w/ vin30/g12h30(NOS RCA and GE 6W6GTs and cheap chinese 12AX7s)

As of 2/27/07...2003 Martin OM-21!

sg, I'm not into convincing people about posting. If they want to, they will. A post like this should attract attention gradually, like a few other stickys. Perhaps I sticky'd it too soon, but so what? It's definitely a thread that needs to exist.

If you feel so passionate about the thread, do a search for similar threads. I know we have them, it's your task to find them. Post them here and I will merge them.

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see my sale/trade thread

Yeah the TAD 6L6's are really really good.

These

huge improvement in my amp, i picked the amp up soley because it was such a good deal. i was going to just flip it but after trying new tubes and getting such a vast improvement has cause me to keep it a lot longer then i had expected.

12AT7 NOS: - Philips ECG 12AT7WC PHI

Hey Folks! Not been around for a while. Hope all is good.

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