Vacuum Tube Accessories

Tube retainer for EL84. for use with guitar amps and applications where the tube is suspended upside down in the chassis. Supports a maximum tube height of 2.8 inches

Plastic octal tube socket commonly used for power tubes in many amps.

• Chassis hole: 1 ⅛"
• Mounting Centers: 1 ½"
• Bottom mount

1-7/8" x 1-7/8" x 5-3/8"
Heavy plain white boxes with dividers to cushion tube. Minimum order of 10 per size.

9-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Bottom mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

Ceramic 7-pin socket with center shield and mounting bracket.

• Convenient top or bottom mounting capabilities
• 5/8” chassis hole required
• 7/8” mounting centers

2-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 6-1/8"
Heavy plain white boxes with dividers to cushion tube. Minimum order of 10 per size.

(Belton) Micalex, 9 pin miniature socket with PC pins, stand off mounting. Fits 3/4" chassis hole diameter (bottom mount). Applicable for use with all types of electric and electronic equipment using vacuum tubes. Features:

• Paddle saddle mounting
• Phosphorous bronze pin terminal with tin plating
• Glassfiber fileld PPS Insulating material
• Easy mount with collar attached socket

Used for octal plug or coil form. 1-¼" dia. x 7/8" high.

Retainer (Belton). for use with EL84 tubes, mounts to chassis. Steel plate with nickel plating and natural coil spring.
Note: these retainers are for specialized socket below chassis mounting. (See mounting drawing below.) The springs are too short for standard sockets mounted level with the chassis surface.

8-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes. Great replacement for Fender, Marshall and others.

• Convenient top or bottom mount capabilities
• Includes mounting bracket
• Spade type pins
• 1-1/16” to 1-1/8” chassis hole required
• 1-7/16” oblong mounting centers

9-pin ceramic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• PC mount
• 13/16” tail diameter
• Available with standard or gold pins

8-pin phenolic tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes.

• Top mount
• 1” to 1-1/8” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers

9-pin tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes (without shield)

• Top mount
• 1-15/16” shield height
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers
• Includes shield

9-pin plastic tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes

• Top mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/8” mounting centers

Please note: This socket will not work with tube retainer S-H144

Mounting Centers = 1", Overall Height = 2.2". Keeps common preamp tubes in place while dampening vibrations to reduce microphonics. Supports a maximum tube height of 2.1 inches

8-pin ceramic stand-off tube socket commonly used for octal based power, preamp, and rectifier tubes.

• PC mount
• 1” tail diameter
• Available with standard or gold pins

9 pin miniature socket saver. Commonly used in tube testers. Socket savers absorb the main wear and tear from many tube insertions and removals. It's much easier to replace a worn out socket saver than to replace the original socket.

Rubber ring for retainer S-H141 fits EL34/5881 and 6L6GC tubes.
Outer Diameter: 1.38"
Inner Diameter: 1.00"
Thickness: 0.16"

The YJS is a specialized, current-limiting/voltage-conditioning adapter for use in most 20 to 100 watt amps that use 6L6, EL34, 6550 or 6V6 output tubes. The YJS is for amps with fixed bias power tubes. (Fixed bias tubes have their cathode connected directly to ground and a negative DC voltage applied to their control grid). All Yellow Jackets® converters come with JJ Brand EL84/6BQ5 vacuum tubes.

Vacuum tube base clip. Grips tube base with teeth to securely hold tube in place. For use with octal sockets with 1-½" mounting centers.

For use with guitar amps and applications where KT88/6550 is suspended upside down in the chassis.

Black plastic 8-pin plug. This is the bottom portion of an octal tube base including all 8 pins and guide key between pins 1 and 8.

9-pin Micalex tube socket commonly used for preamp tubes or EL84 power tubes. Applicable for use with all types of electronic equipment using vacuum tubes.

• Top mount
• 3/4” chassis hole required
• 1” mounting centers

4-pin ceramic tube socket.

• Bottom mount
• 1-1/4” chassis hole required
• 1-1/2” mounting centers