Help Identifying Tubes

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Can anybody identify these tubes? No writing anywhere on them. Just wondering if they’re anything cool. Pics one and two are one tube, three and four are the other.
 
I was recently looking at buying a Tesla pre and that looks like one of the tubes I saw..they do have gold pins like this tube. But can't say for sure. The tube also had that same raised disc, then getter above. But I also read that there are many faked Tesla 12ax7s out there.

So I'm probably not much help!
 
I can't tell if the plates are just grey or silver in the first two pics, but it looks like a Sovtek WA/B/C.

Last two look like JJ ECC83S's.
 
Rex Rocker":3b1va8mm said:
I can't tell if the plates are just grey or silver in the first two pics, but it looks like a Sovtek WA/B/C.

Last two look like JJ ECC83S's.

First one looks Russian...the mica spacers, some of the welds, but the plate structure looks a bit different to determine what it exactly is. The glass reads 7025.

The other two are JJ.
 
Thanks guys, appreciate it. Although, I was hoping they were something a little sexier. :lol: :LOL:
 
psychodave":2v0ka18o said:
Rex Rocker":2v0ka18o said:
I can't tell if the plates are just grey or silver in the first two pics, but it looks like a Sovtek WA/B/C.

Last two look like JJ ECC83S's.

First one looks Russian...the mica spacers, some of the welds, but the plate structure looks a bit different to determine what it exactly is. The glass reads 7025.

The other two are JJ.
Dave, what tubes do you like in your Mark IV?
 
i would say its possible that the first ones arent even 12ax7
 
Chinese and JJ. Nothing special. If it was early frame grid Tesla it would have two support rods on the disc getter
 
glip22":1knvo8fh said:
Chinese and JJ. Nothing special. If it was early frame grid Tesla it would have two support rods on the disc getter
Cool, thank you.
 
BeZo":1iqcgr1v said:
This is a fun game!

Too bad I lost.
I was hoping they were something much cooler. Looks like I lost too. :lol: :LOL:
 
Beyond Black":mg9v0xo5 said:
BeZo":mg9v0xo5 said:
This is a fun game!

Too bad I lost.
I was hoping they were something much cooler. Looks like I lost too. :lol: :LOL:
I told you they weren’t worth 100 bucks each
 
Beyond Black":3cqbq68w said:
psychodave":3cqbq68w said:
Rex Rocker":3cqbq68w said:
I can't tell if the plates are just grey or silver in the first two pics, but it looks like a Sovtek WA/B/C.

Last two look like JJ ECC83S's.

First one looks Russian...the mica spacers, some of the welds, but the plate structure looks a bit different to determine what it exactly is. The glass reads 7025.

The other two are JJ.
Dave, what tubes do you like in your Mark IV?

I like Chinese, but they are prone to make Boogie amps hum, so you have to tinker. I’m a very big fan of the Ei 12AX7/ECC83. Also, American tubes sound good in it... RCA and Sylvania. I know I didn’t give you much to work with...Boogie amps are temperamental.
 
psychodave":74yx31ud said:
Beyond Black":74yx31ud said:
psychodave":74yx31ud said:
Rex Rocker":74yx31ud said:
I can't tell if the plates are just grey or silver in the first two pics, but it looks like a Sovtek WA/B/C.

Last two look like JJ ECC83S's.

First one looks Russian...the mica spacers, some of the welds, but the plate structure looks a bit different to determine what it exactly is. The glass reads 7025.

The other two are JJ.
Dave, what tubes do you like in your Mark IV?

I like Chinese, but they are prone to make Boogie amps hum, so you have to tinker. I’m a very big fan of the Ei 12AX7/ECC83. Also, American tubes sound good in it... RCA and Sylvania. I know I didn’t give you much to work with...Boogie amps are temperamental.
Thank you! I just replaced a JJ in the PI with a Telefunken, and it made quite a difference. A tad less gain, but tighter and much more focused. Got a Tung Sol for V1 and Shuguang Foil Getters for 2,3, and 4 on the way. I’m not very expert with rolling pres, so we’ll see what happens.
 

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