Don't forget to clean those old dirty tubes...

[Droolbucket]

:Uh oh:

[Knastratt]

it's a joke? Right? http://www.mixerized.com/files/icon_scratchchin.gif

[Brendo]

sounds like dude made a costly mistake and is hoping someone else is dumb enough to bail him out.

[eagan]

This guy could not possibly really be this stupid, could he?


JLE

[blackieC]

Never underestimate the power of stupid.

[gronk]

sounds like dude made a costly mistake and is hoping someone else is dumb enough to bail him out.

That's the lesson that I'm taking from this.....fuck it up? pass it on!

There's not a lot of vacuum left in those tubes though, so might be slightly misleading ad.

[Brendo]

well i'm fairly sure the dude knows he fucked up. note that the tubes "were" NOS until he fucked with them, and they "may still work" which means they don't.

[nobby]

Is it possible that the dude broke a tube and that listing is a joke? How would you "carefully remove" the glass on a vacuum tube?

Anyway, they should work fine in outer space.

The asking price would be too high for those tubes if they were perfectly good to boot.

[touji-za-nai]

FUBAR

[Brendo]

That's the lesson that I'm taking from this.....fuck it up? pass it on!

There's not a lot of vacuum left in those tubes though, so might be slightly misleading ad.

Well, they sure do suck?

[Zoesch]

Well, they sure do suck?

They used to suck before, now they're blown!

[Dave Perry]

The light isn't blocked. Now the light can be free!

GO INTO THE LIIIIGHT!!!

:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_asZ1ez5lMZ8/RoEi_JlxEjI/AAAAAAAAAl0/kZR42WRdjUk/s400/poltergeist+1.jpg

[qharley]

Anyway, they should work fine in outer space.

He could fetch a nice price if he sold them as a deep space modification - To NASA...

[Dave Perry]

The asking price would be too high for those tubes if they were perfectly good to boot.

I thought so too but I googled GE 7591's and a retailer was asking $75 for NOS examples (heh, maybe they should have asked $75.91). Grey plate GE's have never impressed me too much, though I've never heard that particular type.

[Little Green]

That's funny. Even I am not that stupid.


peace
Little Green

[Brendo]

Hmm, on closer inspection, I didn't know Cary lived in NY?

[strangedays]

Wonder if he has an issue with the lighting in his house?

[radeng9805]

7591 is an excellent power tube, used in the well regarded Fisher 400 and 800 stereo receivers of the 60's, as well as a few other home stereo amps of that era. I have never seen them in a musical instrument amp though.

The CL listing must be a joke, could anybody really be that stupid?:icon_eek:

[blackieC]

7591 is an excellent power tube, used in the well regarded Fisher 400 and 800 stereo receivers of the 60's, as well as a few other home stereo amps of that era. I have never seen them in a musical instrument amp though.

The CL listing must be a joke, could anybody really be that stupid?:icon_eek:

I am reasonably certain that my old Sears Silvertone amp used a pair of 7591 power tubes. May have been 7581's. too lazy to dig it out to verify.


And again...

Never underestimate the power of stupid.

[Droolbucket]

I have a very nice-sounding Ampeg Reverb-O-Jet amp at home that uses a pair of 7591's. Mine, unfortunately, still has that dirty filthy glass on the tubes. I have been neglecting my amp housekeeping. :D
Played an outdoor festival years ago, and the guitarist for the band before us had a Mesa Boogie with all the bells and whistles. He spent his entire set tweaking knobs and pushing buttons, and was pretty unhappy when he got off the stage. He watched me walk up with my old Ampeg, adjust both knobs (volume and tone), and be ready to go. The look on his face was priceless!
The next time I saw him play, he had a Fender Deluxe Reverb...:D

[otek]

the guitarist... had a Mesa Boogie with all the bells and whistles. He spent his entire set tweaking knobs and pushing buttons

The Mesa Mk. IV must be the official winner of the "has potential to sound great but no one understands it" award. :lol:

It's not a good thing when the sheer amount of knobs and switches scares the crap out of you.


otek

[Tim Halligan]

The Mesa Mk. IV must be the official winner of the "has potential to sound great but no one understands it" award. :lol:


I have one.

It has certainly taken me years to get to the point where I understand it...almost. :Roll eyes:

I do like the sounds I am able to get from it.

It certainly is daunting at first appearance...and second...and third...and two hundred and fifteenth...


:D


Cheers,
Tim

[B3Nut]

The main amplifiers in the Hammond H-100/H-300 and E-100/E-300 organs used 7591's, too. I remember those Ampeg amps that used them...I kick myself for not buying the one I played at a used music shop many years ago...the thing sounded *gorgeous* and at the time they weren't selling for a whole lot...$200 I think they wanted for it (early 90's).

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[blackieC]

Took a peek into the back of my Everett organ (made by Hammond, not a Hammond) and sure as shit, 7591's.

[GP_Hawk]

I suspect there is something fishy about that craigy post....I mean look at that e-mail address:icon_eek:

[Brendo]

Isn't that how all emails look on CL?

[Slipperman]

What?

All my wires worked a lot better when I scraped that pesky plastic residue off them.

Ahh me.

Ya gotta wonder.

SM.

[Tommy Fobia]

The Mesa Mk. IV must be the official winner of the "has potential to sound great but no one understands it" award. :lol:

It's not a good thing when the sheer amount of knobs and switches scares the crap out of you.


otek

:lol::Thumbsup:

Totally.

You need to be an EE to understand the tone stack on a MKIV (plus everything else on the damn thing), but you also need to have an awesome set of ears to figure out when you've dialed in a great tone. :lol:

Dare you even BREATHE in the same room as the front panel of a MKIV...

Which is why I also like to have a variety of 'one trick pony' amps around... I know how they're gunna fucking sound... :Wink::lol:

[Droolbucket]

:lol::Thumbsup:

Totally.

You need to be an EE to understand the tone stack on a MKIV (plus everything else on the damn thing), but you also need to have an awesome set of ears to figure out when you've dialed in a great tone. :lol:

Dare you even BREATHE in the same room as the front panel of a MKIV...

Which is why I also like to have a variety of 'one trick pony' amps around... I know how they're gunna fucking sound... :Wink::lol:


I don't have the patience. I had a Boogie Mark III when they first came out... struggled with it for about a year and a half. I finally spent an evening with it at home, dialed it in as good as I could get it, and put a strip of masking tape across the top with all the settings written down.
Then, just on a whim, I plugged into my trusty blackface Fender Tremolux head into a single 12" EV cab.
The Boogie was up for sale the next day.

[Holm]

What?

All my wires worked a lot better when I scraped that pesky plastic residue off them.

Hiya there Slippy, this seems like an apt opportunity for you to tell us again the story how you were given the task to clean some microphones at a studio you used to work at once? There might be a bunch of younger readers here that are not familiar with that particular story yet.

BTW you never told us the aftermath.

[jabney]

Anyway, they should work fine in outer space.



You might think so, but maybe not. A couple of years ago I asked (on a fairly tech-knowledgeable forum) about the idea of vacuum tubes performing in outer space.

Turns out there are several impediments involved. I forget the exact reasons, but they sounded reasonably plausible.

best,

john