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This one is from Exp. Those of you waiting for the "big" version....just grab one of these.
Just got a call from my Sweetwater rep and he said the MT15 got pushed out again to late July.
I would imagine "the initial shipment" has made its was to the PRS Maryland facility, and not all existing orders will be fulfilled immediately. So your dealer may have to wait for wave 2 or 3.Yeah my dealer (In Europe) told me the expected date was pushed to early August (when it used to be June).
I don’t understand the messages saying they arrived at PRS – or will it take a month to check them?
Anyway, I can wait. Just excited to get it.
I would imagine "the initial shipment" has made its was to the PRS Maryland facility, and not all existing orders will be fulfilled immediately. So your dealer may have to wait for wave 2 or 3.
So how about a lunchbox size MT50 with the bigger transformer and then a full size MT100 with a quad of 6L6’s. Then Mark can ditch his Mesa amps live and run the big boy MT amp...
These amps require the EL84M to run reliably, which is a Soviet 6P14P-EV. The 6P14P-EV is a MIL-SPEC version of the 6P14P. The 6P14P is the Soviet equivalent of the EL84/6BQ5. The 6P14P-EV is the Soviet equivalent of the 7189.
The DG30 also uses the 6P14P-EV (EL84M, 7189).
Someone told me that certain of the old Magnatones used them as well, but I have no personal info on this, it’s purely hearsay.
I use 1980s vintage Soviet tubes in my DG30. They’re supposedly rugged enough to last 50,000 hours, which is quite long for an EL84 type tube. The ones in my DG30 still sound great after over 3 years.
Someone told me that certain of the old Magnatones used them as well, but I have no personal info on this, it’s purely hearsay.
Best get some in stock as you and I plan on living into our bi-centennial!
I run the amp no more than 3 hours per week; 156 hours per year. If the tubes Live up to their spec of 50,000 hours of use, I should have 320 years and six months per set. And I have a spare set of NOS.
So, deducting the three years of use I’ve already gotten, I figure I have 638 years to go on my power tubes for that amp. I suppose a wise and well-prepared person would acquire several more backup sets in case immortality sets in, factoring in the likelihood that after 1000 years or so, modeling technology may finally catch up to sounding like tube amps.
Of course, I’m justifiably worried about the 12AX7s, and the EL34s and 6L6s for the other amps, not to mention rectifier tubes for the Lone Star. I do snap up a few NOS preamp tubes whenever I can find good prices, as well as NOS EL34s (I’ve got three spare sets of Siemens), so I’ve got a little stash going, but it won’t last more than 10-20 years.
I’d better get busy!
“Les, the rest of the components on the amps won’t go all that long, you know.”
“Hmmm. It’s very possible I don’t want to be immortal, then. Hey, anyone know whether keeping the amps under vacuum seal when they’re not in use will keep the components from deteriorating through oxidation?”
I have a copy of the Detroit Times (now a defunct newspaper, went out of business in the 70s) with the headline, “Kennedy Shot” that I wrapped in Saran Wrap in 1963 when I was a little kid. It hasn’t yellowed, and shows no signs of age. For real. Maybe I could wrap my amps and guitars in Saran Wrap and save them from the ravages of time?
“Les, you are truly out of your mind.”
“And that’s, like, a new discovery for you?”