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12AX7 preamp tube failure last night
Thanks Mcintech. That makes good sense and I have broken those rules on occasion with this amp :-)Still waiting for the replacement tube to arrive and anxious to find out if it was the tube............or something else like a capacity, resistor, o... 
12AX7 preamp tube failure last night
Thanks for all of the responses. I am awaiting a replacement tube (12ax7) and hopefully that will cure the problem. The amp lives in my car a lot and does bump around. That probably explains a lot of the wear........ I have received a lot of feedb... 
Tube failure -- what would happen in worst case?
I was playing a gig last night with my Vox AD50VT amp which has one 12AX7 preamp tube. Suddenly I lost all sound. Is that a normal failure mode for a tube? Is that uncommon? I bought this amp new almost 7 years ago and love the sound of it. I have...