Pinnacle 12ax7

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:36 am

What tubes did Pinnacle rebrand? I've just got one from ebay (same seller as the Tungsram labelled Mullard), based on these pics:

I suspect it's a Phillips manufactured tube, but where?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:23 am

Bainzy, SB/Paul here, can't log on, got any codes etched on the glass?

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:11 am

I can't see from the pic - the item hasn't arrived yet so I'm only going by these pictures.

shakti · Post by **shakti** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:02 pm

I have one which is a Mullard, FWIW.

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:49 pm

Hmm...

...the pictures don't show any codes, but I can't make my mind up whether that glass shape is more like my Mullard or Valvo's.

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:16 pm

Ok this arrived today, it's definately not a Mullard. Looks very very close to my Valvo, but has absolutely no etched codes on it. Sounds a lot like the Valvo too. Interesting...

killertone · Post by **killertone** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:40 pm

I have a Pinnacle made by Mullard as well.

tubemonger · Post by **tubemonger** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:27 pm

Bainzy wrote:Ok this arrived today, it's definately not a Mullard. Looks very very close to my Valvo, but has absolutely no etched codes on it. Sounds a lot like the Valvo too. Interesting...

Quite possibly BEL India tube. See pic of relabeled BEL Tubes:

http://www.tubemonger.com/tube%20pics/3 ... ERMANY.jpg

Often BEL codes are faint and only 2 letters.