shhhhhhGarth wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:06 pm Makes me wonder if there is a way to do drop-in solid state replacements for preamp and power amp tubes as well. If so, I would think this might be an opportunity for some company.
I .. also play bass through a 100w 2xKT88 (bassman esque circuit?) and it's the bestDr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:10 am Ha. My bass amp is a 100W 2xKT88 guy that I built. I might be a bit worried as the tubes in there have been going for awhile, but not long ago a buddy that used to play all kinds of doom rock gave me like 4 pairs of used but matched KT88s. Every time he had a tube fail in a Model T or Hiwatt 200, he replaced the quad and kept the others. I should be good for a while and if nothing else i'll switch to an Acoustic 370 or something.
Mesa Mark 1s came with a little JFET based device plugged into the first preamp tube socket. Supposedly it sounded like shit and everyone just swapped them out for regular 12AX7s. Proof of concept, though.Garth wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:06 pm One other thing to keep in mind is that rectifier tubes for example have some solid state replacements. Yes it changes the sound, but that's at least one less tube to be concerned with.
Makes me wonder if there is a way to do drop-in solid state replacements for preamp and power amp tubes as well. If so, I would think this might be an opportunity for some company.
I have one of these kicking around.Garth wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:06 pm Makes me wonder if there is a way to do drop-in solid state replacements for preamp and power amp tubes as well. If so, I would think this might be an opportunity for some company.
Tell me where and maybe I'll join you by buying less than 10 tubes.DaveA wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:24 pm Tell me I'm not the only half-geezer here who...sorta panic-bought some back-up tubes in the past 24 hours.
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