RE: FAKE ? GE 6550

Posted by Steve O (A) on March 6, 2019 at 09:22:30

In Reply to: RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 posted by Akolegov88 on March 6, 2019 at 00:28:10:

The tubes in your pics are the =C= Svetlana 6550B-3, a transition between the 6550B and 6550C. What's really unique about the B-3 version is that they use a dual "pill" getter instead of the nearly universal flash type getter. The B-3 was an improvement over the B but apparently few made it to the US market so they're fairly rare. IIRC, Svetlana also made a pill getter version of the EL34 that is even more rare than the 6550B-3.

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Topic - FAKE ? GE 6550 - torres1016 05:51:46 03/03/19 (20)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Akolegov88 00:18:44 03/06/19 (4)

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RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Steve O 09:22:30 03/06/19 (0)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - FlaCharlie 09:20:26 03/06/19 (1)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Akolegov88 10:11:01 03/06/19 (0)

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RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Jim McShane 13:10:00 03/03/19 (1)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - FenderLover 17:29:02 03/03/19 (0)

They are Russkie tubes - DAK 08:33:27 03/03/19 (0)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - torres1016 08:06:13 03/03/19 (3)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - The Dill 09:35:43 03/03/19 (2)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - The Dill 11:27:57 03/03/19 (1)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Akolegov88 10:07:34 03/06/19 (0)

Never thought I'd see the day when faking a GE 6550 would be worth the effort.... - Steve O 07:47:21 03/03/19 (0)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - The Dill 07:41:12 03/03/19 (0)

Looks like Svetlana (SED/St. Petersburg). NT - DeKay 07:29:38 03/03/19 (0)

Never seen one with those type of getter cups. - FenderLover 07:14:40 03/03/19 (1)

RE: Never seen one with those type of getter cups. - Sondek 09:58:50 03/04/19 (0)

RE: FAKE ? GE 6550 - Sondek 07:02:41 03/03/19 (0)

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