michaelwjones Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Please go here and complete the form: https://www.westernelectric.com/expand More info here: https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/russian-vacuum-tube-crisis-us-hifi-brand-western-electric-branching-guitar-tubes/?amp= 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I wrote in 350b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khorn Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Really great tubes. Lookin forward to more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Western Electric in name only like so many other brands. If I were to pick one I'd go 421A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I wish they could lower the prices on New 300B matched tubes , that's what I wrote in the comments . however , the fancy wood boxes they send , are a nice touch with my Havana Cigars , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobob86 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Looking forward to seeing if they come out with a 6L6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Warren Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Then there's the price point. How much would one be willing to spend on a match pair of, say 7591s? 80USD? My guess is the new WE will come in closer to 300USD. So 600USD for your Scott 299C. I was ready to pull the trigger on a new amp build based on the Citation II. That will not happen. Anyone interested in buying a tube amp should think long and hard about that purchase, you might be stuck waiting for 2 or 3 years before your EL34s or KT88s are readily available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolShedAmps Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I asked for 274b, 350b, 437a and 417a............... pipe dream, most of them. My guess is that they will try to fill the "guitar" amp tube vacuum. 12_ _7's and a power tube of some sort, unfortunately, probably not the 350b. Anything would be welcome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 41 minutes ago, ToolShedAmps said: Anything would be welcome. Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 https://guitar-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/guitar.com/features/interviews/exclusive-western-electric-confirms-plans-tube-georgia-factory-crisis/? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Warren Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Going exactly as expected, i.e. nowhere. There's a handful of tubes that can meet the demands of the microscopic tube amp market. What's it take? an $80 pair of EL-34, 6L6, 7591s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, John Warren said: Going exactly as expected, i.e. nowhere. So in your experience it takes only six months to design, build and begin manufacturing of a new tube line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Warren Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, michaelwjones said: So in your experience it takes only six months to design, build and begin manufacturing of a new tube line? No, I don't expect a new tube line manufacturing tubes in 6 months. But I would expect some feedback by now, what are they doing? What's the down-select? What tube or tubes are planned? What's the date of first issue? What's the cost? This isn't hard, J&J has already identified the popular tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Yes if One asks a question and then just go walkabout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, John Warren said: But I would expect some feedback by now, what are they doing? What's the down-select? What tube or tubes are planned? What's the date of first issue? What's the cost? Not that the web is a great place to gather information, but there is some anecdotal posting on Hoffman's forum that WE has some 6SN7s out for beta testing. https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/western-electric-6sn7-and-more-news-update.1150919/ I agree with your comment re: pricing. EAT was getting several hundred dollars per signal tube recently and about $800 for a KT88. At least the post seems to have a new WE amp release correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 There's a tech with a shop on the bottom floor of the WE office building in Rossville. He worked on my Welborne Labs 2a3 amps back when I still had them He had a prototype WE 2A3 SET on a largish PCB. It wasn't in a case... soundex ok but it wasn't in a listening room. The manufacturing is a few blocks away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT88 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 What is the US equivalent of a KT66. The GEC is the benchmark. I would like to see some good ones by WE for my Quad II amps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opnly bafld Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, KT88 said: What is the US equivalent of a KT66. The GEC is the benchmark. I would like to see some good ones by WE for my Quad II amps 6L6 is the closest. Not always a direct replacement since the KT66 draws about 50% more filament current. Have you tried the current production Gold Lion KT66s? Edited October 22, 2022 by 82 Cornwalls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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