Quote: Originally Posted by
scott_fx 
also, if you were to use that one in an automotive environment you'd probably want to solder the tube to the board. a major factor of tube failure are tubes that aren't seated properly.
And shock mount it somehow, anything you do how however, the tube will always have some distortion and from the second you turn it on it begins to deteriorate. Tubes sound great in a guitar amp, but they aren't exactly (at least mathematically) good at reproducing a sound accurately.
-jeffrey