13-12-2011, 12:57 PM
I tend to agree.. It looks like it would either be very immediate pre war, say late 1938 early 39, or immediately post war. Valve lineup screams "military surplus stock" to me.
Styling is rather 30's but I'm going to plump for the "just post war" camp as well. Certain things suggest this such as the IF can screening which looks like rather shoddy tinplate rather than the quality stuff they would have used in the 30's.
I had a wartime build Vortexion amp which had an amazing assortment of "whatever they could get their hands on" valves inside. Only time I have ever seen an EF6, ECC32 and an L63 in the same cabinet, with 2xFW4-500's , a 6Q7G and a pair of 807's - interstage transformer driven.. no phase splitter, grid bias provided by small mains tx windings using a pair of EA50's!!! Why not cathode self bias or use a power double rectifier??.. I will never know (march '44).. Untouched underneath so I can only assume they built it like that.. All very strange, but it was LOUD, Knocked spots off my Sound City Bass 60!!!
Styling is rather 30's but I'm going to plump for the "just post war" camp as well. Certain things suggest this such as the IF can screening which looks like rather shoddy tinplate rather than the quality stuff they would have used in the 30's.
I had a wartime build Vortexion amp which had an amazing assortment of "whatever they could get their hands on" valves inside. Only time I have ever seen an EF6, ECC32 and an L63 in the same cabinet, with 2xFW4-500's , a 6Q7G and a pair of 807's - interstage transformer driven.. no phase splitter, grid bias provided by small mains tx windings using a pair of EA50's!!! Why not cathode self bias or use a power double rectifier??.. I will never know (march '44).. Untouched underneath so I can only assume they built it like that.. All very strange, but it was LOUD, Knocked spots off my Sound City Bass 60!!!
