MrCoolGuy
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Who made these tubes for Realistic? They are grey short plate 12ax7's with gold pins. They have a circular getter at a 45° angle. I know Mullard and Tungsram and Matsu. all made tubes for Realistic...
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Strong Matsushita Short Gray Plate O Getter 12AX7 / ECC83 Tube - 100/96 | eBay
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Yeah, looks close... no gold pins though.
This person claims Mullard
Also a lot of people claim these are German RFT's... hard to be sure.![]()
Vintage Realistic branded Mullard Great Britain 12AX7 7025 Gold Pin Tube | eBay
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They sound great though.
Interesting as the plates are not exactly short or long really. Kinda medium.Who made these tubes for Realistic? They are grey short plate 12ax7's with gold pins. They have a circular getter at a 45° angle. I know Mullard and Tungsram and Matsu. all made tubes for Realistic...
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Interesting as the plates are not exactly short or long really. Kinda medium.
Looks a lot like the RCA's I sold last year. Can't see the halo though on this pic. But plates look right.
They are not like the RFT's I sold last year.
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I sold some Gr Britain labeled RCA's also, and they didn't look like that either.
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IIRC in my research they traveled a lot! E. Germany to Gr Britain finally to be labeled RCA!The plates in that RCA are very different from the plates in that Realistic.
That tube with ‘Great Britain’ screened on it would have to prove to me with more information that it is from Great Britain. I suspect that it was a ‘Grey’ import from the other side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
Yeah @Wally, they dont look like any mullards I've ever seen. There is nothing on them except the paint. I have two.
They came out of this 1964 Deluxe (non-reverb) that I'm restoring right now.
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Extremely dirty (yeah, thats a dirt dauber nest), but unmolested except the two bass pots and the speaker. Pretty amazing. Still has the original filter caps (not for long)... also came with two clear top RCA 6V6GTA's and a Sylvania 5U4GB... which all have 1964 date codes... probably came with the amp.
Indeed they are... or, it is.are those mud dauber nests there???