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In Reply to: RE: Note to Kevin Deal - Why Don't You Protect the World from This Guy? posted by baileyler on June 14, 2015 at 16:09:26
There are many incarnations of this Russian 5Y3 type
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The boxes look like the genuine plain Mullard boxes that can be bought from Langrex . The tubes on the other hand... Any ideas who did all those dodgy reprints ? I believe it was someone in the US about ten years ago . I still see these 'Mullards' on Ebay . Some selling for top dollar
Al
Way back in the 80s when I first started collecting tubes, I saw lots of Russian and Chinese rebranded Mullard, RCA, GE, whatever. It was in that time period when most NOS tube stocks were depleted and the remaining tube dealers like IEC Servicemaster who were probably the worst offenders, would happily sell you Matched quads of Russian or Chinese EL34 Mullards in the correct box but with painted on labeling. They would also cross reference any tube in the substitution book and sell it as the one you wanted. stuff like 5691 or 6188 would be painted on a Sylvania 6sl7 and sold as such.
Getting back to the problem at hand, It is my opinion that during those "lean years" when only Russian and Chinese tubes were available as new, many tubes were rebranded by Mullard and sold as made in UK when it should have said otherwise. I don't imagine they thought they were doing anything bad and thankfully such practices are no longer tolerated. It is unfortunate that these tubes are still rearing their ugly little heads. So, do you due diligence before you hit that "buy" button! cheers, Dak
"So, do you due diligence before you hit that "buy" button!"
Words to live by!
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Buy Chinese. Bury freedom.
These particular tubes and many fake Mullard prints was handiwork from Hong Kong.
I have seen other Servicemaster International, Russian made, "Made in England" labeled tubes.At $60 each, quite a bit more than you can buy an NOS 5Z4.
Edits: 06/16/15
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