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NOS Tubes: It Ain’t All Hype…

Posted in 12AX7, accessories, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, ECC83, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, tubes, tagged 12AX7, amp, amp tubes, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, ECC83, GAS, gear, guitar amp tubes, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, NOS tubes, Pre-amp tubes, tubes on October 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Just put in a re-labeled 1960′s-era Mullard ECC83 into my Aracom VRX22 this afternoon. I had a JJ 12AX7 in there, and make no bones about it; that’s a great pre-amp tube. But the difference in tone between the two is immense. Where my JJ had a great tone, one thing that I noticed was [...]

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