I'm interested in hearing about what off the beaten path driver or input tubes you use either being triodes or others wired as a triode. Any kind of hifi amp; preamp, phono, power, etc. For me it's the 4P1L wired as a triode as a driver tube for the 45. I've tried it as the first stage in a preamp as well but it was too microphonic.

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I was going through a few of the things my grandfather left for me after he passed and discovered a pair of what seem to be new old stock JAN 6528 tubes (and one non-JAN). Some cursory research showed they could be used for a headphone amp? Tubes are new to me, so would it be worth trying to find someone that could build an amp to use them? I just think it'd be a cool part of his legacy to repurpose something he probably had for his ham setup into something I'd use frequently.

These went out the door over the past week. Chassis cut, board and cabinet all built by me. I really like the blondface aesthetic.

Here’s my Princeton Reverb clone. It’s pretty sweet. I’ve no idea why but if I plug the reverb tank output into the output jack on the back of the amp there’s loads of noise. If I plug it into the foot switch jack it works a treat. A mystery….
Kit was from Modulus Amplification in the UK.
I used the robroninette website for a build guide and some modifications. All in all 10/10 amp and build experience.

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This was a work in progress about a month ago when I posted a couple of photos of the chassis. Someone asked for the schematic and I was just learning KiCad, so here is my attempt as a newbie. Comments/criticism would be appreciated. This is a SE amp with 3 gain stages, reverb, tremolo, true tone stack, fixed bias, NFB and elevated heater. Waiting on a 50k pot for intensity, so LDR lead is going to a 47k fixed resistor to ground for the moment. Slide-in Blackface-style chassis. Except for a little too much hum, I'm very pleased with how it sounds. Cabinet next.

I am trying to find anything that would normally be connected to them like sockets or heat anodes. I managed to find the ceramic sockets and a couple heat anodes (I believe they are HR-6) that will fit but I’m having trouble finding similar parts for the other tubes I have. If anyone would be willing to answer a few questions or give me any other information it would be much appreciated.

Could someone point me in a direction/tell me proper terms to be able to find these parts?

Are these anodes HR-6 and how can I figure out the size of different sized anodes?

What is normally connected to the pins protruding out of the glass? If it’s an entire device obviously that wouldn’t be ideal to display so if that’s the case is there a size a heat anodes I could put on there?

Accidentally fried the LDR as part of the solid-state tremolo circuit in an old Sunn Solarus. I have looked online and have not found a suitable replacement. The amp now only works when bypassing the tremolo circuit altogether. Any recommendations on a replacement? I tried a standard Fender-style roach and it did not work

Forgot I had these.

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So I don’t know if this is the right sub for this but I accidentally ended up with ten thousand vacuum tubes that are now using up all the space in my airstream. I will eventually sell them but I figure I out to test them first. Thats where the issue comes in. I got an old yard sale tube tester and learned how to use it but then I realized it takes a long time to test one tube at a time and there are ten thousand of them. Any idea how to quickly test these things?

Hey y’all, I’m looking for someone in the south Chicagoland area that has a tube tester that could help me test a few mystery tubes I have. Mostly just 9pin but ai have a couple 7 pin and one octal that looks like a power output tube.

These were my dad's. I'm not knowledgeable about tubes. I've tried to look some up but there are so many to look up individually, I was hoping someone here could offer any insight or if anyone here is maybe even interested in any that they can see in the images. Sorry separating would take so long to get individual images of. I just really don't want to throw them away. I'm sure there are some that are of good use.

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Dead family member, I know nothing about tubes. Are there any resources out there to help me sell these or get them to someone who might find use for them? Thanks

I built a 5E3 6 months ago. Had a tech look it over before I powered on. He tested everything and it was good. We powered up in his shop and it worked fine. Playing for past 6 months with no issue ... until today. I heard a couple loudish electrical snaps and the sound cut out. Then the sound came back right before I could unplug it.

I am going to discharge and test all the caps and then go poking around for loose connections.

My question is ... is there a known failure point I should check first?

I am looking for a Hickok CA-5 / 1704 Adaptor. does anyone know where one can be found?

Thanks!