Wife brought home Tubes and other junk

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Structo
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Re: Wife brought home Tubes and other junk

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That's a boat load of tubes for sure.

On of the paper bags I got is full of about 20 Baldwin 12ax7's.

After researching it I think they are Raytheon's.

They are very dirty and I think they are from 1960.

The odd thing about the 6L6GC tubes is I'm pretty sure they are RCA's.
They have the same exact codes on the base and the plates look the same.
But I noticed after I installed them in my D'Lite to try them out that one appears to be about 1/4" taller than the other one.
That's kind of weird because as I said they have the same lot and date codes on them.
Tom

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Re: Wife brought home Tubes and other junk

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Hey Mark; you got that right. The lady next door to my folks holds on to her old hifi knowing I like old stuff. I ended up w/ two candy-apple-rootbeer-colored jensens, an amp, and a Mullard GZ34 I moved into my main gtr. amp. That thing will not wear out.
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Re: Wife brought home Tubes and other junk

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12BH7A

Those are valuable-I think.
Yes, my best finds have been in organs-Baldwin Sylvania 12AX7A's. Great stuff, and some of the best, cleanest cloth covered wire I have ever seen.
Better than new!
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