Best NOS tubes for Marshalls?

[samwheat]

What are the best NOS tubes for Marshall circuits?

Both for plexi and jcm800 (high octane) series circuits ... PP and SE

I am a long-timer over at ax84 and have some built some amps with marshall type preamps and variations in the power section

6V6, 6550 and EL34 ............... I even have a HO preamp w/ 12au7 in PP

I just snagged a quad of nos RFT's to compare with sed's

[908SSP]

Mullards and Marshalls go together like soup and sandwich. Real Mullards and real Marshalls. I don't know anything about Marshall like amps except for my Ganesha which is all Mullards.

[Igneous]

NOS Mullards are certainly the only thing that comes to mind.

Nothing compares.(thats subjective of course)

Now for preamp tubes, thats a different story.

Thats where you can craft a really personal tone. of course NOS mullard ax7,at7 , rft just to name a few...


cheers-Ig

[doctord02]

Mullard EL34's are the bees knees by most accounts. I happen to like RFT/ITT/Siemens EL34's myself.

[samwheat]

What would you suggest for:

6v6 plexi/jcm800

12au7 jcm800

[drbob1]

EL34s:Mullard, Siemens
12AX7s:Mullard, Brimar, RFT, Telefunken, Amperex
6V6:Visseaux, Mazda

[Blue Strat]

6V6s in a plexi or 800? Did I miss something? Is someone making these amps with suitable plate voltages for 6V6s(besides Germino)?

Mullard or NOS Tesla (NOT JJ) El34s.

Brimar CV4004/12AX7s.

Brimar 6V6GTYs for the Germino Masonette.

[samwheat]

What 6v6 will take 400-425 on the plates?

[Blue Strat]

Originally posted by samwheat
What 6v6 will take 400-425 on the plates?

Any NOS 6V6GT will handle that without breaking a sweat (if biased properly) . The JJs will reportedly take it, but I don't trust any of the other new production 6V6s.