Suggestions for bright sounding 12ax7's please

[recto-robbie]

Hello all, I'm hoping some of you can offer some suggestions for bright sounding current production tubes.
Any thoughts??? thanks

 

[elvis]

Your two choices for current production are Chinese (bright) and Czech (dark).

 

[thunda1216]

Sovtek made Tung-Sol reissues are pretty bright. Not good in cathode follower positions, will die a quick death. Great in V1 to brighten up a dark amp...

 

[dodger916]

Tubes made in the Herleen, Holland plant. Bright, but not harsh. Love them in V1 of my Marks.

 

[mesa metal]

some of the brightest tubes are 1961 sylvania 12ax7.. some are labeled baldwin as they came in those organs back then.....i have several and going to sell most of them cause i found the right tube combination for my mark 5..........the tubes are very bright and chimey in the clean channel....almost too bright in channel 3 distortion.......there are lots of nos tubes that sound bright if that is what ur after... i currently have an rca black plate 1958 tube in v1 and so far it sounds great..i also have a few tungsram...jan ge,,jhs and jan sylvania,,,raytheon black plate tubes,,,all are pretty bright tubes with a warm tone as well....the prices on some of these tubes are about what new current tubes cost..

 

[dodger916]

some of the brightest tubes are 1961 sylvania 12ax7.. some are labeled baldwin as they came in those organs back then.....i have several and going to sell most of them cause i found the right tube combination for my mark 5..........the tubes are very bright and chimey in the clean channel....almost too bright in channel 3 distortion.......there are lots of nos tubes that sound bright if that is what ur after... i currently have an rca black plate 1958 tube in v1 and so far it sounds great..i also have a few tungsram...jan ge,,jhs and jan sylvania,,,raytheon black plate tubes,,,all are pretty bright tubes with a warm tone as well....the prices on some of these tubes are about what new current tubes cost..

Let us know when you sell them. I would be interested in trying a Tungsram.

 

[mesa metal]

i will definately do that,,,ill get a list together of what im selling and post them,,,,,,can i do that here?? id like to see the tubes go to my fellow boogie heads!!
i think i have two of the tungsram left,,,,those are great tubes...

 

[Don]

Sovtek made Tung-Sol reissues are pretty bright. Not good in cathode follower positions, will die a quick death. Great in V1 to brighten up a dark amp...

I found these to be noticeably brighter than the JJs that I had in a Princeton Reverb clone.

 

[dodger916]

i will definately do that,,,ill get a list together of what im selling and post them,,,,,,can i do that here?? id like to see the tubes go to my fellow boogie heads!!
i think i have two of the tungsram left,,,,those are great tubes...

You can post them here for us tube "aficionados" :wink:

 

[swbo101]

Sovtek made Tung-Sol reissues are pretty bright. Not good in cathode follower positions, will die a quick death. Great in V1 to brighten up a dark amp...

+1

 

[Jackie]

Sovtek made Tung-Sol reissues are pretty bright. Not good in cathode follower positions, will die a quick death. Great in V1 to brighten up a dark amp...

+1

+1, did wonders for cleaning up my Lead 1 Red mode in my TriAxis.

 

[boogieman60]

Had my v1 go bad on my V, only had groove tube available..happy accident, actually had to turn up My treble and pres. control. For those who complain the V is to Icepicky..Try it.,

 

[psychodave]

I've always felt the GE 12AX7's were bright and track fast.

 

[TremoJem]

I have a TOV.

I just placed Tung-Sol in V1, V2 and V3...is there a problem with that.

I checked the manual and did not see what position was the "cathode follower".

I have not powered up the amp yet.

Thanks.