mesa tubes who makes them???

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know who is making the tubes ( powertubes and preamp tubes) for the new production amps?

thanks

 

[pixy]

shuguang -chinese
sovtek i belive -russian
JJ- non labeled with provenience country

 

[Anonymous]

shuguang -chinese
sovtek i belive -russian
JJ- non labeled with provenience country

thanks for the replied... so the shuguang- Chinese = ruby's ? in the power tubes and the russian could be the SPAX7 preamp tubes and the jj could be the regular preamp tubes? that make sense :wink:

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

I reckon the STR440s are Rubies. As for the preamps, I think they are Sovteks or EHs, but hey, both brands are made in the same factory anyway. Specwise, could be slightly different between the two. Also, I think Mesa could always special request some of their valves. After all, the regular preamps seem to be Sovtek 12AX7-A designs, which are predecessors to the B and C designs...

 

[Anonymous]

I reckon the STR440s are Rubies. As for the preamps, I think they are Sovteks or EHs, but hey, both brands are made in the same factory anyway. Specwise, could be slightly different between the two. Also, I think Mesa could always special request some of their valves. After all, the regular preamps seem to be Sovtek 12AX7-A designs, which are predecessors to the B and C designs...

thanks for the info

 

[domct203]

12AX7
Russian = JJ
Russian-1 = Sovtek
Russian-2 = Electro Harmonix
Chinese = Shuguang

6L6
STR-430 = Sovtek
STR-440 = Ruby

Not too sure about the rest.

Dom

 

[droptrd]

I know the chinese ax7 is the shuguang 8th or 9th generation

Check this link out. check out the 6L6GCR
http://www.srs-webstore.com/pages/shuguang.html

 

[Anonymous]

I know the chinese ax7 is the shuguang 8th or 9th generation

Check this link out. check out the 6L6GCR
http://www.srs-webstore.com/pages/shuguang.html

excellent information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

Btw, are Mesa still selling them Russian 2s still? Everyone these days are talking about them Chinese 12AX7s instead...

 

[soundchaser59]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovtek

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tubes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung-Sol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_(company)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12AX7



Look what happens with these last three links:

http://www.newsensor.com/

http://www.svetlana.com/

http://www.sovtek.com/

 

[Anonymous]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovtek

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tubes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung-Sol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_(company)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12AX7



Look what happens with these last three links:

http://www.newsensor.com/

http://www.svetlana.com/

http://www.sovtek.com/

lots of relabelling going on :?

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

Seems like Mesa doesn't offer them Russian 2s no more, dang...

 

[Anonymous]

i started replacing some preamp tubes on my Mark V and to my surprise the stock V1 looks excactly like JJ's :?: so may be there is a new supplier for mesa tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'll be comparing the power tubes which i replaced with TAD 6L6GC STR's :!:

 

[domct203]

i started replacing some preamp tubes on my Mark V and to my surprise the stock V1 looks excactly like JJ's :?: so may be there is a new supplier for mesa tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'll be comparing the power tubes which i replaced with TAD 6L6GC STR's :!:

The new Mesa Russian 12AX7 is indeed the JJ ECC83S.

Dom

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

ROFL! That's weird, cause the JJ preamps in some of the Mesas I've tried aren't bright enough I've found. Maybe this one is different to the regular ones maybe??? :?