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12ax7 Tube Family Substitution Chart

Here is a chart I made in response to a question about direct 12ax7 substitutions. There are more than most people realize. The RCA manual designates the pinout as "9A", so I've included all "9A" pinout tubes here.

I've included all the industrial and military designations of these tubes also (where applicable), and arranged them in order of amplification factor. I did not include European designations like ECC83, etc. Hope this helps someone with their experimentation. As for which of these will work in certain applications, you'll have to do more research and conduct your own experiments. Generally, if a 12ax7 is called for in a certain position in one of your amps, probably any of these tubes will work as a drop-in substitute. The lower the amp factor, the less gain you'll get from that stage, which might be desirable. If the stage is a cathode follower and calls for a 12AT7 or 12AU7, subbing a 12AX7 or another of these tubes might create issues. I encourage you to experiment. This would actually make for a nice video comparing as many of these as possible. I think I have most of them in my tube collection already. If you'd like to see a video like that, let me know.

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