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Dan German · September 13th, 2009, 10:34 AM

Just out of curiosity, can anyone tell me who made the Fender-branded 7025 tubes that were in my '83 Princeton II? I'm guessing they're Sovtek, but what do I know?

jjmantele · September 13th, 2009, 02:38 PM

Post a clean pic and someone might recognize.

marshman · September 13th, 2009, 02:44 PM

I dunno, there were still a few plants making tubes here in the US in the early 80s, and I've never (to my knowledge, and I haven't seen too many, but...) seen a Sovtek that didn't say Sovtek on it somewhere...shoot, my HRDx came with triple-labelled tubes: Sovtek/Groove Tubes/ Fender.

RCA, maybe, was making 12AX7/7025s in Owensboro, KY until the plant closed '86-ish.

Of course, if they're not the original tubes, but more recent OEM replacements, then, yeah, I'd be inclined to assume Sovtek.

Dan German · September 13th, 2009, 03:27 PM

Well, they're the original tubes from the amp. I was just doing some tube-swapping, and got curious. I'll post some pics later.

BiggerJohn · September 13th, 2009, 10:49 PM

I believe those are made by GE.

September 13th, 2009, 10:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan German Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rupert's Land Age: 52 Posts: 7,560	Fender tubes Just out of curiosity, can anyone tell me who made the Fender-branded 7025 tubes that were in my '83 Princeton II? I'm guessing they're Sovtek, but what do I know? __________________ "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." --Mel Brooks

September 13th, 2009, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
jjmantele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 975	Post a clean pic and someone might recognize. __________________ JJman If it says "Vintage" on it -it isn't.

September 13th, 2009, 02:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
marshman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SE PA Age: 44 Posts: 3,784	I dunno, there were still a few plants making tubes here in the US in the early 80s, and I've never (to my knowledge, and I haven't seen too many, but...) seen a Sovtek that didn't say Sovtek on it somewhere...shoot, my HRDx came with triple-labelled tubes: Sovtek/Groove Tubes/ Fender. RCA, maybe, was making 12AX7/7025s in Owensboro, KY until the plant closed '86-ish. Of course, if they're not the original tubes, but more recent OEM replacements, then, yeah, I'd be inclined to assume Sovtek. __________________ 42

September 13th, 2009, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dan German Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rupert's Land Age: 52 Posts: 7,560	Well, they're the original tubes from the amp. I was just doing some tube-swapping, and got curious. I'll post some pics later. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." --Mel Brooks Last edited by Dan German; September 13th, 2009 at 08:21 PM. Reason: added pics

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September 13th, 2009, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
BiggerJohn Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California Posts: 3,052	I believe those are made by GE.

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