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Rich at Mesa Boogie was kind enough to send me a new set of EL84s and one 12AX7 to put in the V1 slot. So far so good, I've used it for two weeks now and it hasn't cut out on me yet (touch wood). This would be my third set of EL84s, so it MIGHT have been the 12AX7 in the V1 slot, I'm not sure...

Any amp with 84s is going to have that problem. Espcially a $450 Chinese vox...if you want more reliable 84s, you can spend more money on NOS tubes, but EL84s are designed to be pushed hard and as a result they have always been the shortest lived of the guitar amp power tubes. If you're gigging...

I can't believe that the tubes that Mesa choose to use on the Transatlantic are so unreliable. I have had my Transatlantic for 7 weeks now, I've had the same problems as everyone else. Power cuts to a low distortion which seems to recover after a quick turn off. I was told by Mesa to try...

I can't believe that the tubes that Mesa choose to use on the Transatlantic are so unreliable. I have had my Transatlantic for 7 weeks now, I've had the same problems as everyone else. Power cuts to a low distortion which seems to recover after a quick turn off. I was told by Mesa to try...