Tube score!

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:43 pm

Me and a buddy just went to a guy that's liquidating all his vintage stereo stuff. We got 8 Mullards and 8 GE and Sylvania 12AX7s. We did a quicky test on the tube tester and they all measured over 100 so I think they're okay. A lot of the Mullards are the shielded variety while the others are Sherwood by Mullard. We got the whole lot for $100. I also picked up a really cool vintage radio consel for $25 and I peeked in the back and saw a couple more mullards.

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:50 pm

Also got a Tung Sol 12ax7. How are those?

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:20 pm

Fantastic scores!

George

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:42 pm

Here's the count:

(2) Sherwood by Mullard
(2) Shield Mullards
(2) Mullard text but no shield
(1) Mullard labled with gold pins "master 10M series"

(1) CBS Hytron
(2) Red label RCA
(1) White label RCA
(1) Tung Sol
(1) Tungsram
(2) GE
(1) Sylvania

I'll take the back off of the radio tonight but I definitely saw at least one Mullard in there.

I feel like a kid at halloween with his candy spread out on the table. I'll post some pics tonight. I can finally say I have a story about raiding some guys stash of old tubes.