Re: SACRILEGE! NOS Bull*** Debunked...


Lord Valve wrote:
> Lord Valve Speaketh:

> An interesting side note: it was recently reported on
> AGA that the base on the Reflektor/Svetlana 6L6GC was
> too small to fit correctly into Fender-style beartrap
> clamps. This is nonsense. This tube's base is in fact
> 1/32" greater in diameter than the JJ 6L6GC's, and no
> reports of JJs not fitting into Fender clamps have been
> seen. The Reflektor/Svet's base is the same size as that
> used on the Reflektor/Tung-Sol 5881, which is slightly
> larger in diameter than the original Tung-Sol 5881's -
> which also fit comfortably into standard Fender clamps.
> ALL of the bases discussed above were originally built
> for EL34s, as they are exactly the same size as the bases
> used on the respective companies' EL34 tubes. Which,
> BTW, *also* fit into Fender clamps with no difficulty.

Lord Valve said:
1/20/2004
"I got ten pieces of the new Reflektor-production Svetlana
6L6s last week - burned 'em in and matched 'em. All ten
made it through the burn and QC. They're built in the
same bottles as the Electro-Harmonix 6CA7-EH, the ones
with the flat tops. They have the same brown bases used
on the Reflektor-production Svetlana EL34s. (This means
that some of the beartrap-type clamps may not fit them
well, since the EL34-size base is smaller than a standard
6L6 base.)"
4/1/2004
"I have a bitch about the
6L6s, though...they used the same small-diameter base as the EH
6CA7, which means that some of the beartrap clamps (used in
Fenders and whatnot) may have trouble gripping them."

1)Have they changed these bases since
they were initially released?
2)There are different types of
bear trap clamps- even on Fenders.
Some work better with these tubes
than others.

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