The original 6V6 was an American metal can valve from the mid 1930s, and one of the first valves on an IO base. The valves were capable of push pull use but the normal environment was as a single end output stage.

The 6V6 is a beam-power tetrode vacuum tube. The first of this family of tubes to be introduced was the 6V6G by Ken-Rad Tube & Lamp Corporation in late 1936, [1] with the availability by December of both Ken-Rad and Raytheon 6V6G tubes announced. [2] . It is still in use in audio applications, especially electric guitar amplifiers. [3]

Tube 6V6 or Röhre 6V6 ID2114, Beam Power Tube, Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 and Power/Output shown. Radio tubes are valves.

The 6V6 family came in many constructions and were very popular as the final audio stage of broadcast receivers. We have the original American rugged metal valve produced in the mid 1930s and subsequently used for military designs.

The 6V6 valve is not a very powerful valve. It can produce about 5 Watts per valve of continuous power in ‘Class A’. Without getting too technical, a 6V6 in ‘Class A’ would be a single 6V6 valve (I.e. not a pair of 6V6 valves or a quad of 6V6 valves).

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We have the original American metal valve 6V6 produced in the mid 1930s and subsequently used for military designs and a miniature glass tubular version the 6V6GT. The 6V6 shown here is of the large glass type.

These valves will simply blow away all modern day 6V6GT types and are amongst the best sound new old stock valves made. In clean mode the Brimar displayed all the sounds from the Strat, Tele and Les Paul in all the settings perfectly. The bass response was …

Dec 3, 2019 · The 6V6 is a beam-power tetrode dating from 1936, still in production and used in guitar amplifiers. Their original use was as the final audio stage of broadcast radio receivers. 6V6G (G suffix version) Beam Tetrode. The G suffix identifies a …

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