[Tony V]

I had one of those tubes in a similar vintage Silvertone i own. It had alot of hours on it and needless to say the tube was shot. I had no choice but to do a conversion on mine with an all glass tube when i couldnt locate an exact replacement. So for those of you that are in the same situation as i was..it is possible to do this. The only drawback was i had to let the focus coil dangle underneath until i can figure a way to by-pass it or locate the proper tube. I did it in such a way that everything is totally reversable. After two years it still plays like new. Luckily Chad didnt have to result to doing this.
-Tony