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In Reply to: RE: Sylvania 6SN7 "Badboys" posted by Not Yet There on April 28, 2010 at 09:25:54
Any idea where the BadBoys label came from? I've had Sylvania 6SN7s of all types, but I've never heard bottom getters referred to as BB. Just curious.
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Yep. Definitely Robert (when he was still here and not off his rocker :P) He got some Sylvania 6SN7GT from Nevel (sp?) in Australia which were quite special. Further investigation from other AA members found out the special quality is found in Sylvania 6SN7GT (t plate, bottom getter, copper wiring/rods) from late 1951 to early 1953 ... the very last months this particular type of Sylvania 6SN7 was manufacturered.
He's still around and far from "off his rocker", but I do recall that he moved about 5 years ago and had a pair of newborn twins and doesn't hang online anymore as a result.
Robert is a thief and nutcase. See:
As you wish, however, being somewhat local, I have much more first hand knowledge.
Please share with us this "first hand knowledge". Expain why he ripped people off! Also explain what attempt he has made to make amends. Lets see if you are just talking shit or if you really have something to say.
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Len, didn't you have a picture comparing construction of the true bad boy versus the bottom getter Sylvania GT (VT231)?
I think this is a result of an ad for "Bad Boys" on another site. T plate 3 rivet tubes but with a top getter and significant flashing. These are clearly not Bad Boys but possibily the early GT or perhaps more likely the early style GTA given the date codes he mentions. He doesn't show the top etching. I wrote to him and he has ammended his ad.
In any event I too prefer this style of tube for it's clarit, imagery and speed.
That is how I got mine. They still show up but my tube collecting has come to an abrupt halt.
Ya. Here's the pic. I actually have dissected pics of every major 6SN7, but I've been too lazy to write a webpage about it ;)
So are you saying that these two examples are the same tube???
Yes, this post was a result of an ad posted on "another" site that listed the tubes as "bad boys". They had the three rivet hole black T plates but with a top getter flashing. I could not find the original ad today, or it has been amended.
Every so often a bad boy comes up on Ebay and the seller doesn't know what he has and the buyers are asleep or something. I've gotten 7 of them that way over the last 3-4 years, but the most recent was not recently.
"What did the Romans ever do for us?"
I think it was Robert Hutton.Len_ would probably know ;-)
Edits: 04/29/10
It was indeed Robert who put the name to them. Back in 2000 or 2001, Robert got hooked up with a gentleman from Australia who'd unearthed a substantial cache of the 1952 Syls and was selling them on ebay for, are you ready, $60/pair. In a post back then, Robert was describing their sound and dropped the bad-boy name on them and it has stuck ... with very good reason IMO. They are an amazing tube.
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