Vintage tubes

[blom]

I just got a collection of unused vintage tubes. Wondering if any of these could be used in guitar amplifiers? Or perhaps mic preamps? Telefunken EF804S was used in V76 V72 I think...?

BILLINGTON GOLD ECC 85 6AQ8
MULLARD EL84 H8G Great Britain KM1 81k5
MULLARD E188 CC
GE JG-12AY7 USA 5639 180-3
SIEMENS EL36 472 113 88H4
SIEMENS EL36 472
TUNGSRAM ECC40
PHILIPS E180CC (= 12AT7)
PHILIPS E180F
TELEFUNKEN EF804S
TELEFUNKEN 6AQ5 (= EL90)
GE 6AQ5 A 6H65
TELEFUNKEN EF800 6AK5W (identical or close: CV5092)
TELEFUNKEN EF802
SIEMENS EZ80 (6V4)

[DF96]

The quick answer is yes. Google will help you.

[MrCurwen]

You can make a good sounding guitar amp from practically any tubes.

[Wavebourn]

Nice tube collection!

Do you have matching collection of audio and power transformers?

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by blom

I just got a collection of unused vintage tubes. Wondering if any of these could be used in guitar amplifiers?

Yes, of course they could be used. But what people forget is that the budget for a small 5W guitar amp is something like this
1) Tubes: $35
2) Transformers: $90
3) Chassis and cabinet hardaware, Tolex: $80
4) small parts, jacks, resistors, .. $25

So having a tube you can use is not such a big deal in a grand scheme of things it reduces your total cost by maybe only 15% Surprisingly tubes are not the major component of a tube amp. If anything is,it's the transformers.

Same applies to a mic preamp. Look at the cost of a new 10:1 Jenson input transformer, The kind inther Mumetal can. Those things are $100 each and brand new pre-amp tubes are about $9.95 each

But again, yes, you can use those tubes.