NOTE: After spending $$$$ on tooling and various prototypes, we have fitted Special Grade Flying Leads tubes with Custom Bakelite Bases developed in-house. It is a multi-step, labor intensive process. Each lead is straightened and cleaned to ensure perfect fusion with the base pins in the soldering bath. Process is painstakingly slow, so we will be adding a few tubes at a time to the inventory.

Tubes are Plug & Play, Ready to Use,  fitted with our Custom made Bakelite Bases (INTL Patent Application in Process).

Similar the Item 2043M, these tubes have IMPERFECT TEST SCORES (either one triode is lower than average or twin triodes are not a close match). Brand New, MINT NOS NIB Rare 1958 BRIMAR CV4033 3-MICA Black Plate Halo Getter, Copper Grid Post Military tubes. Factory tested and serialized*.  CV4033 Flying Lead is a Premium Grade, High Reliability Long Life version of CV4024/ECC81/12AT7 valves (Click Here). 3-Mica CV4033 premium grade version of the 1950s Black Plate CV455/12AT7WA/CV4024/6060 is one of the best from Brimar in the ECC81 types. STC Footscray Plant Etched Date Codes. Made in England. In our top 3 list of ECC81/12AT7 type tube. Labels are fragile as expected of tubes from that era.

*Each tube came with two factory stickers (click Larger Photo). A hand written individual serial number, and a handwritten number PM25525-1. Tube boxes also have a sticker with printed number PM25525-1. Tubes were factory tested and serialized for some qualification (PM25525-1), except we don't have specific details of the qualification.

Tested and matched on Hickok 752, just recently calibrated and modified by Hickok expert to all Solid State to eliminate drift. However, on average 12AT7 measures lower on this 752 than it should.

For comparison, 12AT7 measuring 4400-4400 on calibrated Hickok 600 measures 3300-3300 mmhos on this 752. Average new 12AT7 on Hickok 600 is 4000 mmhos. In other words, actual test scores are higher than what we have noted on the tube boxes.

Single Tube = $50. Sold only as Singles.