A new power tube alternative

[PinkMohawk]

Some of you may remember Verellen Amplifiers, the guy who made the Meatsmoke, and other such good and tasty valve amps. Well, seems like he's not been idle since shuttering Verellen Amps and has formed Verellen Devices, which just popped up on my Instagram feed with this post: 

 

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Introducing a creation called Octal by new company, Verellen Devices.

For the last two years I’ve been banging my head against this idea partnered with some heavyweight electrical engineers.

Octal is a reliable and readily available alternative to the power vacuum tube, delivering a cleaner tone and a boost to the available output power of your tube amplifier.

Please see website link in bio for more info and to sign up to be amongst the first to try out this technology.

Patent pending. All rights reserved. Suckers get served. 👊💥

 

Given his past work, I'm inclined to think this might actually be quite an interesting item, at least for those of us who are still running valve heads and feeling the sting of the constantly shrinking availability of said valves. 

[VTypeV4]

Very interesting..

[Dood]

I remember solid-state plug-and-play valve alternatives advertised in guitar magazines back in the 80's. For the life of me I can't remember the brands behind them. BK Butler, or Seymour Duncan or someone! I wonder if this new product is a variation like those by AMZ or Soundsmith? 

 

**EDIT - Yellow Jackets! Such as a 6L6 / EL34 alternative, my brain cell came up with the goods today!