(70 customer reviews)

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Sovtek EL84 6BQ5

Description

New Sovtek EL84 / 6BQ5 Power Pentode. This Russian EL84 is extremely reliable and good sounding. Amplifier manufacturers like Mesa Boogie, Fender, Crate and Peavey have used these in their production. It has exceptionally sturdy construction so they withstand a combo amp well. When pushed hard in a guitar amp it can produce a pleasing warm, smooth distortion but are crystal clear in Hi-Fi use. Excellent replacements in vintage VOX AC-30’s.

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Additional information

Weight 2 oz
Dimensions 3 × 1 × 1 in
Single Tube or Matched Set >

Matched Pair, Matched Quad, Single Tube

70 reviews for EL84 | 6BQ5 by Sovtek

  1. rwtaylor2056 (verified owner)

    Beautiful NOS double matched tubes at the best price by far.
    These are highly rated and Nesstone service and products are top notch.

  2. albert angers (verified owner)

  3. Robert Taylor (verified owner)

    Nice lil tubes! I’ll have to buy more!

  4. Pierre Sabourin (verified owner)

    Ultra fast service recommended to anyone very good price and product ????

  5. Ross (verified owner)

    This company did me right, a nice match on a quad of 2012 Sovtek EL84s. In my AC30TB they sound great, guieter at idle than my old quad of 6P14P Saratovs. The price here is unbeatable anywhere, a great deal! Thank you!

  6. Tom (verified owner)

    Great prices and fast shipping. My amp. sounds great! Thank You!

  7. Michael Z. (verified owner)

    Great sound! Transaction was perfect start to finish.

  8. Scott M. (verified owner)

    The tubes are very well matched and work great. Excellent packaging and very fast shipping. I highly recommended Ness Tone.

  9. Anonymous (verified owner)

  10. Rico W. (verified owner)

    Great job!

  11. Jose Urman (verified owner)

  12. Thomas P. (verified owner)

  13. Jose Luis Britez (verified owner)

    Excellent tubes at a fair price. Fast shipping

  14. David F. (verified owner)

  15. David M. (verified owner)

    Best Price; fast shipping. These were same brand as originals on my Peavy Delta Blues, but these sound brighter. I’m very happy with them.

  16. Gwen (verified owner)

    Very pleased with my order, just wish there was more selection and description. Will always be my goto however!!!!

  17. Michael Reid (verified owner)

    Plugged these matched tubes into my Carvin X60A 60 watt amp. Fired it up and was pleased to hear that crunchy sound of overdriven sound. Very happy with the service and great products at a reasonable price. Have already placed another order for some Preamp tubes this time. Thank you for getting my amp up and working.

  18. michaelreidl9h (verified owner)

    My reviews got mixed up although I am still very satisfied with my matched EL84 tunes for my Peavey Bravo amplifier. Looking forward to the next order when I can swap out the preamp tubes to check them out in my Bravo combo amplifier. Thank you kindly.

  19. Vito Mauro (verified owner)

  20. Gordon (verified owner)

    Super quick service and great prices!!

  21. Venkat Reddy (verified owner)

  22. vsrwiz (verified owner)

    Thanks Craig for packing the tube’s well and delivered quickly.
    It took around 10hours to break in.
    I am using Sovtek EL84s on my Leben integrated amplifier for the output/power tube’s. It’s really fantastic, the sound stage is bigger & also to mention the distortion is not noticed.

    Really enjoying

    Thanks,
    Venkat

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  28. Van R. (verified owner)

    Great price. Great tubes. Fast shipping.

  29. Rick Calhoun (verified owner)

    Sound great in my Vox AC15C1. It really help tame the highs in that amp.

  30. Adam Dinschel (verified owner)

  31. Matthew B. (verified owner)

    Unfortunately My Amp has other issues besides tubes. So I did not get a chance to put them to the full power test. Pretty evenly matched only one slightly different.

  32. John K. (verified owner)

  33. Jared (verified owner)

    Great sounding set of tubes. They deliver that el84 tone perfectly.

  34. Anonymous (verified owner)

    Product worked as expected

  35. David RUSSELL (verified owner)

    Bought a quad of these for a modded crate v32 palomino at first I didnt care for them , they broke up to early for me. But after a few hours on them they burned in and woke up. Now they have a nice warm fat tone , not to bright and enough head room now. Ordered another set.

  36. Robert L. (verified owner)

    First rate seller of good merch priced right.

  37. Dillon Turner (verified owner)

  38. David F. (verified owner)

    best price for excellent el-84 tubes anywhere

  39. wallace buttrick (verified owner)

    Sound great

  40. Anonymous (verified owner)

    Excellent tubes

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  44. Bob Lipet (verified owner)

    Fine tubes at low cost.I’ve used quite a few of these.

  45. Peter Stroupe (verified owner)

    Ok, let me explain this rating just for people who order these tubes. Most amps that I have tan across that use these tubes are fixed unadjustable bias amps. These tubes may not be the best for those amps without tweaking the bias. I bought these to go in 2 peavey bravo amps. Each amp calls for a matched pair. After 5 mins the 1st amp red plated. Now is this because of the tube or the amp. The old tubes don’t red plate even after a hr of hard playing. I do not feel this is a issue with these tubes but every new production el84. Same amp with new jj tubes did the same thing. I’m going to convert it to an adjustable bias and dial it in. If the sovtek isnt damaged by a few secs of red playing ill use them. If it is ill use the other pair to get the bias right and chalk this one up for a loss but this isn’t a reflection of nesstone in anyway. Its more a reflection of amp makers pushing el84s to the edge and any small variance causes red plating

  46. Dean Z. (verified owner)

    Prompt shipping – Item as described.

  47. Dean (verified owner)

    Great product, fair price.

  48. Joe (verified owner)

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  55. John S. (verified owner)

    Have not actually put them in my amp, however they look and feel like they should. I just wanted to have 1 complete set to retube both my amps. NessTone delivered!

  56. Richard C. (verified owner)

  57. john (verified owner)

    bought these as backups. Hopefully they sound as great as they look.

  58. Keith M. (verified owner)

    Great tubes!

  59. Bryan C. (verified owner)

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  61. Matt (verified owner)

    High quality recent production power tubes.

  62. Dudley Owens (verified owner)

  63. Ken (verified owner)

    This matched pair perform well in my hot-rodded Vox (originally 1965 tube Pathfinder) 18 watt gain monster.

  64. Tom W. (verified owner)

    Great price, solid product.

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  66. Joseph (verified owner)

    Look good not bought as back up so can’t speak to sound

  67. James R. (verified owner)

    Excellent tube, reasonable price….

  68. Clint F. (verified owner)

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  70. Steve T. (verified owner)

    Love the tone in my Monoprice!

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