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12 Mar A window through time – Sylvania’s first radio tube factory

From this small factory at Emporium, Pa. the first Sylvania radio tubes were shipped on Thanksgiving Eve, 1924. It was built in 1906, by Sylvania’s parent company, the Novelty Incandescent Lamp Co.

09 Mar But being as this is a 7550 dual triode, the most powerful subminiature tube in the world…

…and would blow your speaker cones clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? Well, that's exactly what I was asking myself when I purchased a small batch

20 Dec Our Leveling Amplifier is one of “Best Guitar Effects” pedals of the Year!

Our new Leveling Amplifier has been selected by "Best Guitar Effects" as one of their pedals of the year. This is real honour as these guys really do know their stuff when it comes to guitar effects -

16 Dec Merry Christmas!

We'd like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to all the guitarists, sound engineers and musicians that have supported us. Thank you for your trust and belief in us - without you

28 Nov What Makes a Good Tube?

What makes a tube a "good" tube? Gold plated pins? Closely matched sections? Black plates? Cryo-treatment? The short answer is none of the above; these things have little or no effect on the tone of a

27 Nov Blackbird Nominated best Drive Effects Gear of the Year Awards

We're delighted that 'Guitarist' magazine have picked the Blackbird vacuum tube preamp for The Best Drive Effects Category. They said, "It's exceptionally quiet with almost inaudible hiss and hum levels.

22 Nov Five Fast Facts About the PC-2A Compressor

The PC-2A is the 'go-to' compressor for guitarists Adrian Legg and David Gilmour. In fact Adrian and David's tech (the other Phil Taylor) were involved in audio testing the PC-2A in it's early days. You

18 Nov How tubes work… in plain English

The purpose to this short post is to explain how a vacuum tube (electronic valve) works in no nonsense, straightforward terms. Here goes… Now, we all understand how a flashlight works. When it's switched

04 Nov What? Mullard Tubes made in India

Mullard's empire had a long and mighty reach. Not only did they build advanced tube manufacturing facilities in Blackburn, Southport, Mitcham in Great Britain, but also set up tube plants overseas in

28 Oct Project ‘X’ a.k.a. the Ultimate Leveling Amplifier… in a Pedal!

We've secretly been developing a vacuum tube leveling amplifier pedal which is now in production. The driving force behind this project has been customer requests for a four knob version of our legendary

30 Sep Tubes and Guitar Tone – It’s All In The Cathode

The solid-body guitar, magnetic pickup, loudspeaker, output transformer and electron tube are the stuff of rock 'n' roll and rock music—without these cornerstones guitar tone as we know it would not

24 Aug Tubes: The Old Verses the New

As an electric guitarist, it's probably a safe bet to assume you're constantly seeking that edge that will give you the ultimate tone—this kind of OCD seems to go with territory and I wouldn't be exaggerating

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