I am about to order a matched quartet of el34's but the company I am ordering them from, the tubestore.com, needs to now the bias of the tubes that are in my amp. And because I never asked about my amps bias after I had It serviced about two years ago in the famous Hollywood CA, the quickest thing for me to do is mail the tubes that are in my amp to the company so they can match them. My question is, can I simply pull the old tubes out of their sockets without damaging myself or my amp? I've read that there are parts inside tube amps that carry a very powerful electric shock even with the power off. Once they are taken out I can put in new tubes that are matched to my old ones without re-biasing my amp right?
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I am about to order a matched quartet of el34's but the company I am ordering them from, the tubestore.com, needs to now the bias of the tubes that are in my amp. And because I never asked about my amps bias after I had It serviced about two years ago in the famous Hollywood CA, the quickest thing for me to do is mail the tubes that are in my amp to the company so they can match them. My question is, can I simply pull the old tubes out of their sockets without damaging myself or my amp? I've read that there are parts inside tube amps that carry a very powerful electric shock even with the power off. Once they are taken out I can put in new tubes that are matched to my old ones without re-biasing my amp right?
I am about to order a matched quartet of el34's but the company I am ordering them from, the tubestore.com, needs to now the bias of the tubes that are in my amp. And because I never asked about my amps bias after I had It serviced about two years ago in the famous Hollywood CA, the quickest thing for me to do is mail the tubes that are in my amp to the company so they can match them. My question is, can I simply pull the old tubes out of their sockets without damaging myself or my amp? I've read that there are parts inside tube amps that carry a very powerful electric shock even with the power off. Once they are taken out I can put in new tubes that are matched to my old ones without re-biasing my amp right?