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Old 09-09-2009, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by David Roper View Post
I picked up a 48-460 in Lansing in July. Same cabinet, different chassis. Did they originally have backs? Mine didn't and I can't recall seeing one that did on any net searches. I take it the tube compliment was rather fluid through the production run. Yours is the second 46-420 I've seen posted about that had a miniature output tube (50B5?) whereas the nostalgia air schematic shows a 50L6 octal.
Retro-Tronics has a back for this model. I don't see any screw holes. Maybe friction keeps it in place?

Yep, 50B5.
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