Vox AC30
Well-Known Member
I got 2 Burman amps w/ GEC KT77's. Quad in one duo in the other. I asked a long gone amp builder/repair dude what was the best unknown amp he's ever worked on, he said Burman. Got one from Glasgow, Scotland the other from Frankfurt, Germany. All 17mm tubes are my fav n RCA Blackplates in the tweeds, brown and BF's. For years I was getting 17mm military pulls from an old airbase 150 @ $10 ea, after about 15 years they ran out. When guys came over with their dodgy amps, after they were fixed I said I got these used 12ax7's in and their $20 a piece. I'd plug em in while they were playing and no one ever turned them down. Only one, so far as I know have ever gone down. I liked this guy a lot, he was pretty funny so I sent him a replacement on the house. The EL37's are Mullards offering of a 6L6 but they sound somewhat British in a Fender...
But you can't find them anymore as they now go for the same as GEC KT88's. But the few times I take them out I get a lot of questions about how I got that tone. I'd like to lie and say my fingers but I show them the back of whatever I felt like putting them in that night and explain. Twice women came up, and I'd like to lie and say they came up for me, but they wanted to know about the tone. They were both really excellent guitar players!
But you can't find them anymore as they now go for the same as GEC KT88's. But the few times I take them out I get a lot of questions about how I got that tone. I'd like to lie and say my fingers but I show them the back of whatever I felt like putting them in that night and explain. Twice women came up, and I'd like to lie and say they came up for me, but they wanted to know about the tone. They were both really excellent guitar players!
