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The three-channel 50W monster is a super lightweight combo that is easy on your back while showing no quarter with its high-gain tone, and EVH Gear says its faithful to the original tube amp When you ...

This Design Idea is a reprint of an earlier one that contained errors in graphics (Reference 1). Even though 6L6 beam-power tubes have been around for 66 years, they are still quite popular for use in ...

Though best known for its iconic electric guitars, Gibson also produced its own amplifiers from the mid 1930s until the late '60s. A couple of years ago,company CEO Cesar Gueikian hinted at its return ...

A conventional tube amplifier has a circuit whose fundamentals were well in place around a hundred years ago, so there are few surprises to be found in building one today. Nevertheless, building one ...

A 7-pin plastic base with cylindrical metal shell. Stamped on shell: “6L6 / Licensed / as stated / on carton”. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the General Electric Company in the early ...