This thread is funny.
Does buying a tube amp always cause a person to suddenly become obsessed with collecting as many tubes as possible?
I bought a Woo6 about 2-3 weeks ago and now find myself constantly scouring ebay and on-line tube shops for more tubes. The amp was just over $600, including 4 tubes (1 Chinese 5AR4, 1 Svetlana 5U4G ST and 2 GE 6DE7 driver tubes). Since buying the amp, I've spent almost half the cost of the amp again on tubes. Over the course of the last two weeks I've amassed a total of:
- 6 5U4G coke bottles (GE, Raytheon (x2), Svetlana, RCA, Stromberg-Carlson)
- One RCA 5U4GB
- 3 5AR4/GZ34 (Japanese, marked GE, Philips Miniwatt, Chinese)
- 5 Pairs of 6DE7s (RCA, Amperex, Dumont, GE (x3))
I know it's not a lot, but I need to be stopped. Now.