Help!!! Seeking Some Tubular Understanding!

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j.d.hall

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Hey folks! I am definitely not a tube expert - it would be more appropriate to refer to me as a tube noob...in fact, it wasn't until I read through the owner's manual for my Dual Rectifier Roadster that there was such a thing as bias settings and so forth. I'd like to know the following:

1) Do preamplifier tubes require any type of "biasing", or are they pretty much plug-and-play, right across the board, so long as the same tube number is used?

2) With an amplifier that uses a non-adjustable bias setting, such as the Mesa/Boogies, what would happen typically if the "Mesa" tubes were replaced with ones from another company, such as JJ or Tung Sol?
 
1) No. Yes. Experiment.
2) When buying non-Mesa tubes, inform the seller which amp you have. The seller should be able to match their tubes to your amp, regardless of brand. If they can't, move on.
 
MrMarkIII said:
1) No. Yes. Experiment.
2) When buying non-Mesa tubes, inform the seller which amp you have. The seller should be able to match their tubes to your amp, regardless of brand. If they can't, move on.

+1
 
MrMarkIII said:
1) No. Yes. Experiment.
2) When buying non-Mesa tubes, inform the seller which amp you have. The seller should be able to match their tubes to your amp, regardless of brand. If they can't, move on.

Amen...
 

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