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...
Who made these tubes?
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Strong Matsushita Short Gray Plate O Getter 12AX7 / ECC83 Tube - 100/96 | eBay
Tube & logo worn as pictured. Tube passed ALL tests. This is very important! We strive to make this happen!
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MrCoolGuy
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Strong Matsushita Short Gray Plate O Getter 12AX7 / ECC83 Tube - 100/96 | eBay
Tube & logo worn as pictured. Tube passed ALL tests. This is very important! We strive to make this happen!www.ebay.com
Yeah, looks close... no gold pins though.
This person claims Mullard
Vintage Realistic branded Mullard Great Britain 12AX7 7025 Gold Pin Tube | eBay
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They sound great though.
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
<body><p>used tube, tests like new - $9 S/H to U.S. only</p><br /><p>• We really try to offer a complete 5 star service. If for some reason there is a problem with any transaction please give us the opportunity to remedy it.</p><br /><p>• </p><br /><br /><p>Powered by eBay Turbo Lister...www.ebay.com
They sound great though.
Regarding those Realistic branded tubes in that ad and which are claimed to be Mullard, I don’t see the Mullard codes. That paint on the tube was all done here in the U.S. by Radio Shack, correct?
I have some Realistc branded tubes….I’ll compare what I have. I also have s9me Mullard, and they always have the codes.
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.
I sold some Gr Britain labeled RCA's also, and they didn't look like that either.
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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.
I sold some Gr Britain labeled RCA's also, and they didn't look like that either.
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.
MrCoolGuy
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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.
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.
They came out of this 1964 Deluxe (non-reverb) that I'm restoring right now.
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.
MrCoolGuy
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On these, the halo getter not on a post, it is attached to the Mica. Also, it has a seam or line across the top that im not familiar with. Can you see?
IIRC in my research they traveled a lot! E. Germany to Gr Britain finally to be labeled RCA!
The Realistic plates look very similar to me. 3 ribs , 4 rectangular slots, medium length etc. But not identical for sure.
are those mud dauber nests there???
MrCoolGuy
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Indeed they are... or, it is.
It's coming along nicely though. Just lots of cleaning.
Okay…here are pics of two Mullard built in Great Britain. The plate structure is the same as the tube you show us, Cool, and the seam is on the top. However, these two tubes here in my stash have what I consider to be original Mullard printing and codes on them. The getters also do not exhibit the same angle as in the tube in your amp’s tube. This identification is made more difficult because iirc the Mullard equipment was sold to a Japanese concern. That equipment would result is similarities, correct?
MrCoolGuy
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I have heard that Matsu aquired Mullard and Amperex's tooling/equipment. Thats probably a pretty educated guess what my tubes are. I'll probably start a thread on the restoration of this '64 Deluxe separate from here.
Vibroluxer
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Every Mullard that I have, regardless of the brand, had a plant and date code etched into the glass.
Might these be Brimar?
Might these be Brimar?
