WTB: ECC83/12AX7

Darren

Looking for a cheap ECC83 if anyone has one laying around. My JMP has started to sound a bit off, more like a fuzz type tone, and the volume drops quite quickly.
It's not the power section as I have a loop in the amp and I ran my Kemper through it and all is fine.

Would just like to test the preamp with something cheaper before buying a decent replacement.

Cheers,
Darren

snowblind

Have a look around on Ebay. There's people selling job lots of old russian valves for relatively low prices.
Not sure about the quality but if you are buying 10 at a time then it still works out cheap even if only a couple check out.

I recently took a punt on a quad of EL84s for the princely sum of £8. They are at my local amp tech for testing to see if they are any good. I figured it would be useful to have some spares around in case the Laney blows a tube.

jaymenon

I have these:
12AX7 / ecc83
- One New JJ 12AX7 ecc83 Karltone premium tested £15
- One New EH Electroharmonix 132AX7EH ecc83 £19  
- One New JJ ecc803s long plate £18 
- One NOS Zaerix 12AX7 £20

plus postage

snowblind

snowblind said:

I recently took a punt on a quad of EL84s for the princely sum of £8. They are at my local amp tech for testing to see if they are any good. I figured it would be useful to have some spares around in case the Laney blows a tube.

And it turned out that whatever these things were they were not really suitable for use in an amp. Probably scavenged from a downed MIG-15 or some such so that was £8 not well spent.