[bcowen]

Nah you were right from the beginning..

Please take that back. Go back and look who you were replying to.

 

[Paladin79]

I just happened to receive a Chatham 6as7G, a very nice sounding tube and it was a bargain.

Oh yeah I would remind folks who are talking top or bottom getter, the Tung Sol 5998 is top getter and a very well respected tube.

 

[gibosi]

I just happened to receive a Chatham 6as7G, a very nice sounding tube and it was a bargain.

Oh yeah I would remind folks who are talking top or bottom getter, the Tung Sol 5998 is top getter and a very well respected tube.

But not all 5998's have top getters.

 

[Paladin79]

But not all 5998's have top getters.

True, the Tung Sols I own do, those appear to be Chathams. Chatham was a division of Tung Sol.

The Tung-Sol brand name is now owned by the New Sensor Corporation, the same company that owns the brands Sovtek and Electro-Harmonix.

 

[JKDJedi]

Please take that back. Go back and look who you were replying to

I just happened to receive a Chatham 6as7G, a very nice sounding tube and it was a bargain.

Oh yeah I would remind folks who are talking top or bottom getter, the Tung Sol 5998 is top getter and a very well respected tube.

The lower getter 5998 are reported to be very special.

 

[raindownthunda]

The lower getter 5998 are reported to be very special.

Here is a 5998 I have with a top and bottom O getter:

 

[gibosi]

Here is a 5998 I have with a top and bottom O getter:

Your 5998 with both top and bottom getters, with green print on the base, was manufactured in 1966. And I have two, one manufactured in 1968 and one in 1969, both with green print. However, I'm not sure if all 5998's with green print have both top and bottom getters.

 

[Paladin79]

I only looked at a couple I have laying around, some of mine are loaned out right now.

And I do believe you gentlemen are referring to a side getter as a bottom getter.

 

[gibosi]

I only looked at a couple I have laying around, some of mine are loaned out right now.

And I do believe you gentlemen are referring to a side getter as a bottom getter.

It might be called a side getter, but it is located below the bottom mica spacer, so it seems to me that either description could be considered correct.

 

[Paladin79]

Lol

 

[JKDJedi]

Where you guys get all these fancy 5998's from?

 

[maxpudding]

Your 5998 with both top and bottom getters, with green print on the base, was manufactured in 1966. And I have two, one manufactured in 1968 and one in 1969, both with green print. However, I'm not sure if all 5998's with green print have both top and bottom getters.

Hi Gibosi, two of my 5998’s have top and bottom getters, both have white prints.

 

[gibosi]

Hi Gibosi, two of my 5998’s have top and bottom getters, both have white prints.

Can you tell us the date of manufacture?

 

[maxpudding]

Can you tell us the date of manufacture?

I'll show the photos of one of the tubes, no idea on the manufacturing date, but both have factory codes of 3226824-3

 

[gibosi]

I'll show the photos of one of the tubes, no idea on the manufacturing date, but both have factory codes of 3226824-3

Thank you.

3226824-3

322 = Tung-Sol's EIA number

6824 = Year 1968 week 24

3 = factory

Interesting, while my 1968 tube has green paint, yours has white. So for reasons unknown, these late 1960's 5998s might have either green or white paint.