It was a lot of snap and popping in the speaker accompanied by blue flashing with trailing sparks inside. It was great.Unit_1 wrote: ↑Sun 05/22/22 10:33 pmWhen you say sparks, do you mean it just flashes at power-up? Or are there prolonged sparks until power is off? Hammond used a lot of mullard tubes (among others) and the brief flash at startup is normal for mullards, although not all exhibit this flashing....
I have several on my JTM50 build that flash at startup and sound ***great***
They test as new on my Sencore TC162 solid state tube tester.
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Just to let you all know, new JJ tubes went in and seem to be working fine. Thanks for all the help
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Oh, that is fun! I had somebody bring me an amp with a similar tube. Instead of blue, it was purple, and it did eventually spark and die. I recorded it before it died: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJVToTAdyZ/mentalmuso wrote: ↑Thu 05/26/22 8:09 amIt was a lot of snap and popping in the speaker accompanied by blue flashing with trailing sparks inside. It was great.
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