New JJ Tesla tubes

For the price that you will pay for those, you can get some nice NOS tubes. Maybe not Tele smooth plates, but some excellent GEs.

It seems that the current small signal tubes have not really come that far, but the power tubes are quite excellent.

I agree with the few who have said that the JJ 12ax7 don't sound very good. I much more enjoy both the early Siemens 12ax7(Ecc83) with the dual support on the getter and the infamous Mullard late 50's with the "D" getter. However, the new JJ EL84 power tube is very good in the right amp. There is more input on the tube asylum from other users of the JJ 12ax7:

http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/search.mpl?forum=tubes&searchtext=JJ+12ax7

Thank you all,
I appreciate the suggestions!
Bennett

Agree with Undertow on the new manufacture TungSol 12AX7s. Great tubes. Also their EL34s are what I am running in my Marshall Plexi 100W head and these provide that classic sound.

Using their EL34's as well in a Bogner amp. Holding up well there.