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> I started thinking about replacing the tubes in my ’83 Fender Super Champ
> but there’s a mystery tube in there. There’s the 2 x 6V6’s on one side &
> the 12AT7 & 12AX7A on the other side, but there’s a stubby short tube in
> between the sets…does anybody have any idea what this tube is and what it
> does?

It is a 6C10 tube, which is three triodes in the same bottle, all of
which have the same characteristics as the two triodes in a 12AX7.
Think of it as a 12AX7 with three triodes instead of two.

Steve

 

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