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    Quote Originally Posted by Muzza View Post
    I'll post a pic of an EL84 tommorow, unless someone beats me to it. I THINK one of my Orange amps has EL84's.
    Sorry, they're EL34 tubes in both.
    I've heard that the Orange Rocker 30 was based on a Vox AC30, so I assumed it had EL84's in them.

    EL34 on the left from Orange Rocker 30, EL34BHT on the right from Orange Rockerverb 50 mkII on the right. (I have no idea what the difference is!)

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    [edit:] here's some EL84's courtesy of Dr Internet...
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    Last edited by Muzza; 20-09-2016 at 01:25 PM.
    first build PRS-1TS in progress...
    http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=4937

    second build PRS-1Q in progress...
    http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=4956

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muzza View Post
    Sorry, they're EL34 tubes in both.
    I've heard that the Orange Rocker 30 was based on a Vox AC30, so I assumed it had EL84's in them.

    EL34 on the left from Orange Rocker 30, EL34BHT on the right from Orange Rockerverb 50 mkII on the right.

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    That's alright mate, it's good to include some more examples of EL34 Valves anyway, cheers for that.



    With those Lamington amp kits that are powered by a 12V plugpack adaptor, there'll most likely some circuitry included to convert 12V AC (I'm assuming) up to a suitable high-voltage to run the Valves properly, I might have a look at these Lamington kits cause they sound pretty interesting.
    Last edited by DrNomis_44; 20-09-2016 at 11:35 AM.

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