MIGB tubes

[Andrew4566]

I have just pulled a pair of nice looking tubes from magnavox se stereo console (curb find) that are labelled "Magnavox...Made In Great Britton". I am going to use them in a project for a freind but was wondering if the made in Great Britton on them would indicate Mullards?

-Andy

[rjgtr]

It might. Post a pic and one of the experts will chime in. At any rate they are probably way too cool to part with!

[Andrew4566]

Good idea. Here they are. The Magnavox is very light due to wiping them with a rag, but the MIGB is firmly on the tubes as well as in a shadow type of print "F2" over "B3B3" on one and "F2" over "B3A4"

-Andy

[zaphod_phil]

Yep, those are Mullards alright. Made in their renowned factory at Blackburn, Lancashire - as indicated by the 'B" production code.

You can work out the approximate date of manufacture from the code as well, see http://www.audiotubes.com/mullcode.htm
and http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/oheinone/va ... oding.html

FYI, the Beetles song, "A Day in the Life" has a reference to Blackburn. The song was originally banned by the BBC.

[Andrew4566]

Thanks Phil!

-Andy