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Czech tubes?
Posted: Mon 02/06/06 2:29 pm
by kmenard
A friend of mine is heading off to Czechlovakia in a week. Winds up he has friends who worked at the tesla plant, and lives not too far from there.
What tubes should I ask him to be on the look out for over there for my 18watter?
Posted: Mon 02/06/06 2:37 pm
by rjgtr
The original Tesla EL84s are great tubes. I also like the Tesla ECC83s. The JJ EL84s are also very nice. JJ is owned by one of the former partners in Tesla. Tesla decided to stop making tubes so he bought that part of the business to start JJ. Some people don't like the JJ tubes as much, but I think they are pretty decent sounding tubes.
Posted: Mon 02/06/06 3:37 pm
by kd
The original Tesla EL84s are great tubes. I also like the Tesla ECC83s.
I couldn't agree more. I just put a set of NOS Tesla(not JJ) EL84's from Sarge in my 18 Watt Lite lla and they're great sounding tubes. They have a very smooth distortion that's real musical, it's the tube I've been looking for. I intend to try the NOS Tesla ECC83's also. If you have any Marshalls that use EL34's, the Tesla EL34 could probably be considered the Marshall sound of the 70's. It is the tube that was used by Marshall to replace the Mullards in their amps and is known to be a great sounding tube.
Ken
Posted: Mon 02/06/06 3:41 pm
by Turmoil
Blue glass Tesla EL-34's!
Posted: Tue 02/07/06 11:58 am
by kmenard
what kind of prices should I tell him to look for?
Posted: Tue 02/07/06 8:01 pm
by zaphod_phil
Whatever price he can find them for. They will work out way cheaper than anything you will see over in the west! The Czech crown's value is pretty low.
kmenard wrote:A friend of mine is heading off to Czechlovakia...
BTW there isn't any country called Czechoslovakia any more. There's Slovakia and there's the Czech Republic - both separate countries. Prague is possibly the most picturesque city in the world. It's full of fairytale buildings that look like Disneyland's castle, but only bigger and better.
Posted: Tue 02/07/06 9:45 pm
by Chappy
Zaphod is correct
I had a buddy fly a jet to an airshow there a few years ago. He drank all night at the airshow party, even bought a few rounds for some new found friends, and spent less than $1 US on booze for the whole night.
I hope you find a stash, and buy them all
Chappy