Is This The Most Important Tube In Rock History?

At Woodstock in 1969, Jimi Hendrix played through a Marshall Super Lead. Inside the amp were four glass power tubes called EL34s. They came from Philips, a Dutch company known for light bulbs and radios, and were designed for radios, PA systems and hi-fi at a time when rock music barely existed. This is the story of the 1926 Philips pentode patent and the British workaround that became the American 6L6, Mullard's huge valve factory in Blackburn, the Dynaco Stereo 70, Pete Townshend's demand for 100 watts, the Marshall Plexi and the stack, the British versus American sound, and why so many new EL34s now come from Russia, Slovakia and China. Watch the 12AX7 story, the small tube that feeds the EL34: https://youtu.be/CtTuwJBRiD0?si=6RYtrSPilxNA2EWs Are you an EL34 player or a 6L6 player? Marshall or Fender? Tell me in the comments. And if I got a date, a number or a name wrong, tell me there too. I read every comment and I pin corrections. Parts That Changed History tells the stories behind the chips, machines and parts that shaped the modern world, and the people who built them. Subscribe for a new story every day. SOURCES Wikipedia: EL34, Pentode, Beam tetrode, 6L6, KT66, 6550, Mullard, Marshall Super Lead, Marshall JCM800, Dynaco Radiomuseum.org, EL34 tube page Vox AC100 history site (voxac100.org.uk), Mullard EL34s Universal Audio, "Know Your Marshalls" AmpBooks, Fender Bassman 5F6-A Andertons, "British vs. American Amps – What's The Difference?" #EL34 #VacuumTube #TubeAmp #Marshall #GuitarAmp #Mullard #Philips #6L6 #BritishRock #ElectronicsHistory #TechHistory #Documentary #PartsThatChangedHistory