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I used my Barbaric 251 (CT12, AMI 14/1) on acoustic guitar for the first time recently. Sounded good, but noisy as hell. Had to use a copious amount of noise-reduction to save my ass (really though, I had 2 other close mics and a pair of other mics further away). Guess I ought to try a different 6072 in it I suppose. Think I have another “good” one around besides another “bad” one and the one with a “bad” triode.
 

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I used my Barbaric 251 (CT12, AMI 14/1) on acoustic guitar for the first time recently. Sounded good, but noisy as hell. Had to use a copious amount of noise-reduction to save my ass (really though, I had 2 other close mics and a pair of other mics further away). Guess I ought to try a different 6072 in it I suppose. Think I have another “good” one around besides another “bad” one and the one with a “bad” triode.
If you can't find a quiet GE6072 I would recommend the EH6072. The one in my FLEA is quiet and sounds as good as my 5 star GEs
 
IIRC and just fyi, there was an EH-6922 in my former Innertube MagMic. The tube was quiet and sounded good. I'm not sure it was the original tube that Stayne put in (probably not, based upon the wording of the sale when I bought it 2nd hand), but it worked well in that circuit. Just a little experience with another Electro-Harmonix tube type.
 
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