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Title: Bought a Set of Mullard RI's - They lasted less than a week Post by: Nairbr on September 01, 2011, 12:32:06 AM I bought 2 Mullard 12AX7 RI's online from a store in Sydney a few weeks ago and the shop took forever to post them.
They sounded great when they were working but half way through a set on their 1st outing I started to get volume drops. First I thought it was a dodgy lead and struggled through the rest of the night, got the amp home fired it up and nothing but a very week signal so I swapped out V1 and full glorious sound again, so its back to JJ's in V1 & V2. I won't be buying another set :'( Title: Re: Bought a Set of Mullard RI's - They lasted less than a week Post by: mr fabulous on September 01, 2011, 07:33:26 AM sorry to hear that.... i have installed many sets of them in various amps and had nothing but great sound and not a single problem. guess you were just unlucky this time. shops usually give some warranty on valves...2 months as i recall.
maybe they can replace it? Title: Re: Bought a Set of Mullard RI's - They lasted less than a week Post by: SoundPerf on September 01, 2011, 06:26:04 PM Also, did both go bad or just one? Just one premature failure on one tube might not be reason to dismiss them all together.
Though I do feel your pain. Having a tube go out while playing a gig is very upsetting. Title: Re: Bought a Set of Mullard RI's - They lasted less than a week Post by: Nairbr on September 01, 2011, 11:59:33 PM As far as I can work out only 1 has failed and it was the clean side of V1 and it was with a band I mainly play in the clean channel only.
I will get in touch with the shop and see if they will replace it. Pity they sound great |