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Tube failure

All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
edited April 2011 in Musicians and Gearheads
Here is a picture of a bizarre tube failure. The glass split right at the base. Yes it split, it did not just separate from the base. Amp just started to distort on my buddies hand wired Peavey Masterpiece 50. I actually thought it was distortion in the mixer. Turned out it was the tube.

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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Well, there's your problem right there... "R - U - B - Y".
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    Well, there's your problem right there... "R - U - B - Y".

    Probably the tubes that where shippped with it.
    E. Lansing-98 Columbus-00,03,10 Detroit-00,03 (1&2),06, 14 Cleveland-03,06,10 Toledo-04, Grand Rapids-04,06 London-05, Toronto-05, Indianapolis 10, East Troy (1&2) 11, Chicago 13, Detroit 14

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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    It looks like 6L6 tubes. Put in a set of Electro-Harmonix and have the thing biased, make sure the grid wasn't running way hot or anything.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    It looks like 6L6 tubes. Put in a set of Electro-Harmonix and have the thing biased, make sure the grid wasn't running way hot or anything.

    Yea it's already been up and running since then. It's all good to go. The difference between my buddy (the owner of the amp) and I is I tend to pull the tubes the day I bring a amp home. I tend to be nit picky. He is more laid back and doesn't get as anal as I do.
    E. Lansing-98 Columbus-00,03,10 Detroit-00,03 (1&2),06, 14 Cleveland-03,06,10 Toledo-04, Grand Rapids-04,06 London-05, Toronto-05, Indianapolis 10, East Troy (1&2) 11, Chicago 13, Detroit 14

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