Video of the Mullard Factory (Historic)

MajorNut1967 · 10-29-2009, 11:25 AM

Hey Brother's,

Here's kind of a cool video for us Valve & Tube guys!

mullard tubes : mullardtubes.com

MajorNut1967 · 10-29-2009, 05:49 PM

I hope you guys are getting some use out of this. It is a bit old but you can see where Mullard excelled in the processing.

Buggs.Crosby · 10-29-2009, 07:12 PM

i watched it earlier today...gives a great insight to how they were made
i'll tell you one thing...i doubt that machinery would be used today with all the safety concerns and osha (occupational saftey &health administration) as its called here in the states....shame they kept expanding at that rate only to have valves go damn near extinct in such a short period of time
now i know what a getter is and what it does
but it leaves me with one question...do all these "double o getter" valves i see on ebay have any tone benefits? or was it just an additional precaution at the factory to ensure the quality of the tube or life expectancy?

MajorNut1967 · 10-30-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buggs.Crosby

i watched it earlier today...gives a great insight to how they were made
i'll tell you one thing...i doubt that machinery would be used today with all the safety concerns and osha (occupational saftey &health administration) as its called here in the states....shame they kept expanding at that rate only to have valves go damn near extinct in such a short period of time
now i know what a getter is and what it does
but it leaves me with one question...do all these "double o getter" valves i see on ebay have any tone benefits? or was it just an additional precaution at the factory to ensure the quality of the tube or life expectancy?

You know I heard some Chinese company bought a bunch of the original Mullard Machinery!

On the Dual & triple getter thing technically it just better stray gas containment. But I guess if you have a purer environment in the bulb the tube runs better, so therefore may sound better. MartyStrat 54 would know for sure.

10-29-2009, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
MajorNut1967 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Pacific Posts: 710	Video of the Mullard Factory (Historic) Hey Brother's, Here's kind of a cool video for us Valve & Tube guys! mullard tubes : mullardtubes.com __________________ MJN1967 aka BA (Bad Attitude) 1968 model 1987 50watt. A Baby Major (Half-Power) I built from the ground up. JTM 45 Clone combo Ground up build. JCM 800 Clone Ground up build. Custom Built Warmoth Strat 75' Fender Tele-Deluxe '70 style strat custom build w/Custom Shop 69's PU's

10-29-2009, 05:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
MajorNut1967 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Pacific Posts: 710	Re: Video of the Mullard Factory (Historic) I hope you guys are getting some use out of this. It is a bit old but you can see where Mullard excelled in the processing. __________________ MJN1967 aka BA (Bad Attitude) 1968 model 1987 50watt. A Baby Major (Half-Power) I built from the ground up. JTM 45 Clone combo Ground up build. JCM 800 Clone Ground up build. Custom Built Warmoth Strat 75' Fender Tele-Deluxe '70 style strat custom build w/Custom Shop 69's PU's

10-29-2009, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Buggs.Crosby Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 90	Re: Video of the Mullard Factory (Historic) i watched it earlier today...gives a great insight to how they were made i'll tell you one thing...i doubt that machinery would be used today with all the safety concerns and osha (occupational saftey &health administration) as its called here in the states....shame they kept expanding at that rate only to have valves go damn near extinct in such a short period of time now i know what a getter is and what it does but it leaves me with one question...do all these "double o getter" valves i see on ebay have any tone benefits? or was it just an additional precaution at the factory to ensure the quality of the tube or life expectancy?

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