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Old December 24th, 2007, 12:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
teleamp
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Originally Posted by Boogie View Post
This is going to be my main gigging amp. I don't want to wait until I'm in the middle of a set for the 30-year old tubes to fail and I'd like to preserve these original tubes if the day comes when I decide to sell it.

If I went with, say, some NOS RCA blackplates, how long do you think they might last with 4-6 hours per week of use at band volume?
30 years! New production 5 years tops. NOS generally outlast new production 5:1

I have 1958 12AX7's in my PR.

MikeY
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