Bogen PA B+ Voltage

[Jeru]

It isn't so much the voltage that kills a power tube, it is the dissipation. The Bassman didn't NEED 480v for its 50 watts, but 480v is just about average for many 100 watt 6L6 amps, 480-500v really. Set the bias so the tubes are not melting and they work just fine at 480v.

And while we are not talking 6V6 right now, Fender for decades ran 6V6s at 100v over the book maximum, and things like a Deluxe are not known as tube eaters,

THIS is what I needed to hear. I know how to bias and control the dissipation, was just worried about running the plates at
those voltages -- didn't even occur to me to look at schematics of higher-wattage amps in the same Fender family.

Much appreciated, all. This is gonna be great.