Have you seen Verde, he seems to have a few big tubes too.
http://verdeaudio.com/index.php?page=synthesizer --- In tubesynthdiy@yahoogroups.com, nick huwar <nhuwar@...> wrote:
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> Hi Andrew,
> Yep this will be my first synth, and I have already bought some
> tube to start my putting together vco.
> I figured this stuff will be easier since I'm use to working with big
> tube and these are little. Just to give you an idea I'm building a
> tube stereo amp and the output tube is about 10 inches tall and almost
> 5 inches in diameter. But I do have a monster thyratron that I'm
> thinking about making a vco out of just for fun, it's 15 inches tall.
> Since as Eric from Metasonix says you can use any thyratron. The only
> thing is it will be a space heater as the filament pulls 29 amps.
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> Should be fun and impractical, which is my middle name when it comes
> to tube.
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> Nick
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> On Aug 24, 2008, at 12:10 AM, bbluthang wrote:
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> > Hi Nick
> > Welcome
> > will this be your first synth?
> > maybe the hardest job is accumulating the components, but if you are
> > already into tubes you should have a good head start
> >
> > cheers
> > Andrew
> >
> > --- In tubesynthdiy@yahoogroups.com, "nickhuwar" <nhuwar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi My names Nick I just joined the group. I'v been wanting to build
> > a synth for awhile and I'm
> > > just getting around to it. I'm into tube audio and I'm a tubophile.
> > >
> > > I'm starting my synth experience with the articles by Eric from
> > Metasonix.
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm an aspiring Electrical engineer and my major experience in tube
> > is in the rf field. So I
> > > don't know a whole lot and I will ask a lot of questions, hope you
> > don't mind.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
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