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Brimar / 6V6GTY/CV511-BRIMAR SINGLE
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All prices contained on this page are exclusive of VAT. This is currently charged at 20% and is payable by the UK only.
All prices contained on this page are exclusive of VAT. This is currently charged at 20% and is payable by the UK only.
Brimar was part of STC group and founded in 1933 to manufacture American pattern valves for the British market. Valves were produced in the UK in various locations such as Foots Cray.
In 1960 Thorn Electrical Industries acquired the Brimar cathode ray tubes and valve business from STC and in 1961 Brimar became part of the joint venture between Thorn and AEI to manufacture and sell valves and cathode ray tubes. Brimar valves were produced and sourced from various factories across the world in later years.
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The Brimar 6V6GTY was specially designed for long life in military application and was generally supplied under the Nato contract number CV511. These are one of the best balanced and fattest sounding 6V6 valves I have ever come across.
The valve come in the original government boxes with the production dates from the early 1970s.The brown base is made from micanol due to its low loss. The grey or dark glass on the 6V6GTY is RF shielding which was sprayed on inside the glass. So the GTY was generally specified for Military and communication applications. 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 tight, deep and well extended. Midrange was detailed and silky smooth with excellent harmonic content .The treble was also very smooth with no spikes even when switching to finger style playing.
In overdriven mode the Brimar really did set the pace as when the volume and gain were cranked up you got no fizz or flabbiness, no early compression to suck all the tone out of your sound and they supplied great rock guitar sounds.
Power chords has a nice punchy attack with solo lines having a beautiful rich sustain, especially the sweet child riff. In our last tests this valve had killer woman tone, the best of any 6V6GT tested. In this department this valve won the day again and if you like this sound you cannot better this valve.
The Brimar 6V6GTY displays a sweet smooth break up similar to the Mullard EL34. Remember Mullard did not produce a 6V6GT anywhere near as goods at this which is why Brimar had the Nato Contract for this type. We have in the valves matched on plate current and output gain in matched pairs or quads. We also have singles for the classic Fender champs
Here is a recent review from the USA- Thank you Frank
"Dig these tubes. Played out last night using a Carr Mercury V with the Brimars in place and after trying Mazda, and Visseaux 6V6s, believe that these are the best power tubes for that amp.
Great sense of depth around notes (3D thing) and high end remains sweet when cranked.
Need a backup pair".
Frank King
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