6L6GC or other 6L6 Types in a 45/100?

[VintageCharlie]

Dear forum members,

i couldn't find the answer in existing threads. I'm about to build a 45/100 and i was wondering if it could also take any 6L6 type tubes. The Marstran power transformer that i'm going to buy for this has also the 490v tap, which i think i'm going to use, rather than the 560v. Could some 6L6 tubes be suited - would they take the voltages? Specifically i'm interested in the winged =C= 6L6GC, as i liked those tubes very much in my jtm-45 clone.
I'd go with KT66's, but matched quads are expensive and i can get the =C= tubes cheaply where i live.

Are there some good current production KT66's made in Russia?

Thanks in advance!

[Flames1950]

For Russian KT66's, I've been quite happy with the set of "Tung-Sol" KT66's that have been in my Super PA. I thought they sounded really nice, and I just changed them out last night -- they'd been in there running at 530VDC on the plates since August 2006. Far more life than I've gotten out of many tubes, and I really only changed them because of how long they'd been in there. I'll keep them as backups.

[Kevin]

I tried a quad of Winged =C= 6L6GCs in my Black Flag for a bit. It was running in the 490s. They're a tough tube and sound good in those circuits.

I had to lower my bias feed resistor to get them in the zone, bias wise, as they drew a lot of current. I also like to lower the bias splitters (220k down to 100k) to roll off some bass and avoid woofiness.

[VintageCharlie]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Aren't the Tung Sol KT66 actually 6L6's in a different disguise? Or was it a different tube that was actually a 6L6 that looks like a KT66?

I wonder if the 45/100 OT would handle 6L6Gc's also that easily?

[Roe]

6L6GCs should work fine as should 7581s. 6l6s are nice for that EJ dirty rhytm sound. tung sol 6l6 STRs sounded good in my 67 100w running at 490v

[FenderBndr]

Dont know about the 45/100Here is a clip of my 1965 JTM50 super pa running 6L6's. Spekers are a Goodmans audiom 12p-d 50watt and 1978 celestion 20watt g12s



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And with just the Audiom wired -

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