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RussB, so your SED EL34's don't rattle? Did I just happen to get two out of three bad pairs? I usually buy tubes for my other amps at The Tube Store. I've always had good luck with them, I like the JJ tubes a lot. (I'm a bit of an amp collector, so I've had quite a bit of experience with...

I just bought a new lonestar with a flame maple cab - killer looking and sounding amp. I prefer EL34 tubes and bought two pair of the STR-447 tubes and put them in. They rattle so badly that I can't reasonably play the amp at low volumes. Just the hum of a single coil pickup cause one of the...

I would avoid the Mesa STR-447 EL34's. I have bought three pairs in the last two days and they are nearly worthless tubes. They rattle terribly. At low volumes the rattle is louder than the notes! Besides making low volume playing impossible, I'm sure they will have a very short lifespan...