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Re: Power Tubes for Ampeg V4B

12/1/1999 3:50 PM
Graywater	Re: Power Tubes for Ampeg V4B Dwight, Angela still had 7027s last time I looked. More expensive than the imports but considering the really long service life of these tubes as compared with current production a good buy if not a bargain. They also had 7581s which seemed to be essentially identical to the 7027 in latter production runs (check basing) and a bit cheaper. Why take a vintage amp that requires good tubes and retube with short lived current production? You probably pay the same dollars over the next ten years either way and you gain reliability. GW

12/1/1999 3:50 PM

Graywater

Re: Power Tubes for Ampeg V4B

Dwight,

Angela still had 7027s last time I looked. More expensive than the imports but considering the really long service life of these tubes as compared with current production a good buy if not a bargain. They also had 7581s which seemed to be essentially identical to the 7027 in latter production runs (check basing) and a bit cheaper. Why take a vintage amp that requires good tubes and retube with short lived current production? You probably pay the same dollars over the next ten years either way and you gain reliability.

GW