Re: Mesa "special requirement" power tubes - long

 :

7/23/2000 6:39 PM

Mitch

Re: Mesa "special requirement" power tubes - long Tremo,   Im bought some NOS preamp tubes from Lord Valve (AKA) fat Willy and I was sent noisy crappy NOS GE 12AX7S that were not worth using. I called him and sent them back and it took him two months and 3 emails and two phone calls to get my money back. That would be the last I ever deal with him.     I currently by from Sovtek and yes sometimes I get a crappy tube or two but they always send me replacements real fast and the prices are cheap too. I cant complain on that kinda service. Seems to me that some of these people that like to hike the prices are only in this game for the cash and to (FUCK the customers). We as ampagers do not need this kinda bullshit. Just my two cents worth.   ...Cheers

 

7/23/2000 2:56 AM
DavidB	I had the same thing happen to me 7 years ago when I bought 6v6's for my deluxe from mesa.damn thing after a week took out the screen resistors in a ball of glory!went NOS after that and never had a problem!     db

 

7/23/2000 3:57 AM

Tremo

David, those Mesa 6V6s were probably the old design black glass Sovteks. Those are the absolute shitz. I'm not surprised they failed. In fact, you should have expected it. Hell, Groove Tubes wouldn't even carry those things.     Regardless, to be honest, NOS isn't bulletproof. I had a JAN Philips 6V6 short out on me in my Princeton Reverb. I was able to get the amp shut down before anything else was damaged.

 

7/23/2000 1:18 PM
DavidB	True nuthin is perfect, I've been lucky so far with the GE and RCA!     db

 

<<First Page

<Prev

Page 7 of 7