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Big Cookie · September 22nd, 2004, 01:14 PM

If you pull a dozen NOS RCA 6L6's and stick them in an amp the bias is going to be pretty consistent. With more modern tubes the current passing will be all over the board without matching and biasing. The difference is in the skilled workforce that built the old tubes. It is an intricate job that requires experience. I believe a 6L6 has 38 separate internal parts.

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Big Cookie Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ennis, Texas Posts: 693	Tolerances used to be a lot tighter Oskar If you pull a dozen NOS RCA 6L6's and stick them in an amp the bias is going to be pretty consistent. With more modern tubes the current passing will be all over the board without matching and biasing. The difference is in the skilled workforce that built the old tubes. It is an intricate job that requires experience. I believe a 6L6 has 38 separate internal parts.