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In Reply to: Do All Telefunken 12AX7 Tubes Have the Diamond on the Bottom? posted by The Dill on July 12, 2012 at 06:03:57:
There are some counterfeits that do not, though. They look identical to the Tele smooth plate, but have no diamond.
Another giveaway is the lettering. On a true Tele, the lettering rubs off easily. The counterfeits do not.
The counterfeits sound great, though. They were made by EI and relabeled.
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Follow Ups
- Yes. - Alpha Al 06:59:46 07/12/12 (22)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - tango4@telia.com 11:32:02 07/12/12 (17)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - tango4@telia.com 05:31:44 07/13/12 (2)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - tango4@telia.com 05:33:15 07/13/12 (1)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - tango4@telia.com 05:34:31 07/13/12 (0)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - Alpha Al 12:34:18 07/12/12 (13)
- RE: Not absolutely true. - Frihed89 15:11:47 07/12/12 (0)
- Not absolutely true ? - Interstage Tranny 13:17:56 07/12/12 (11)
- RE: Not absolutely true ? - The Dill 13:44:06 07/12/12 (10)
- RE: Not absolutely true ? - Tre' 14:09:58 07/12/12 (9)
- The code (factory) you circled looks to be Chelmsford... - DeKay 17:11:18 07/12/12 (3)
- RE: The code (factory) you circled looks to be Chelmsford... - Tre' 18:30:32 07/12/12 (1)
- Yup, I see right side up now. NT - DeKay 20:55:00 07/12/12 (0)
- RE: The code (factory) you circled looks to be Chelmsford... - Joe Appierto 17:26:33 07/12/12 (0)
- Relabelled and sold by Telef ? - Interstage Tranny 14:52:28 07/12/12 (4)
- RE: Relabelled and sold by Telef ? - Tre' 15:14:25 07/12/12 (3)
- Relabelled and sold by Telef ? - Interstage Tranny 08:00:37 07/13/12 (2)
- RE: Relabelled and sold by Telef ? - Tre' 09:32:56 07/13/12 (1)
- Of course we agree... - Interstage Tranny 10:29:06 07/13/12 (0)
- RE: Yes. - Tre' 10:35:04 07/12/12 (0)
- No Diamond on Bottom = Counterfeit or Bootleg... - Interstage Tranny 08:56:53 07/12/12 (0)
- RE: Yes. - Nunki 08:54:11 07/12/12 (0)
- I have the EI and the Telefunken and . . - John PA 08:53:26 07/12/12 (0)