Minor score- vintage stuff

[firemedic]

For $40 today I got a GE radio repairman tube box, in good shape, full of tubes (half-wave rectifiers, vertical-deflection & other useless TV tubes), 2- tube testers that work (EMC & a Mercury 990), a thick Sylvania technical manual, and an RCA Receiving Tube Manual RC-24. It's all in good shape & cleans up nice.

There's maybe 20 or 30 tubes I can use in my stuff & since buddies occasionally bring me old brokedown radios to resurrect, some of the others may find a home.

You guys (& girls) are the only ones I can tell who would understand.

[DummyLoad]

cool!

vertical-deflection

some make really nice AF amp power output tubes. 6V6 was also specified for use as vert. def. amp.  6CZ5? 6CM6? 6DB5? 6EM8? 6EZ5? 6GK6?

--DL

[PRR]

> 6V6 was also specified for use as vert. def. amp

It was handy; but not that good.

In US TVs, custom was a half-12AT7 and a 2A3-like Power Triode in one jug. These make sweet several-Watt hi-fi amps. They may be too tame for guitar; also you will want another stage in front.

The vast majority will be tuned for 160V rail. So we are far off from guitar-world customs.

Most can be looked-up in RC-24. The Sylvania may be better.

[firemedic]

I've looked up a few so far and while a lot of them may be useful to me, they have 7- or 12-pins, or the large 9 pin config. So I'll either need to find a source for these kinds of sockets or just let it go. 

[DummyLoad]

12-pins

compactrons? i've used them and sockets are still available - 6JB5/6HE5. probably better off with a TV restoration crowd though.
 
--DL  

[kagliostro]

Large 9 pin sockets, magnoval, do you get el500 - el504 - el509 - el519 ?

About 12 pin tubes, here you can find some documentation about use

http://www.junkbox.com/electronics/CompactronTubesIndex.shtml

K