When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
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When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
geez and i thought the JJ KT-88's were bad enough
Hurdy Gurdy.... some how... and I'm not entirely certain how mind you, an instrument that sounds like someone has shoved a nest of angry hornets into a goose with a kazoo bill and is randomly slapping the poor creature with an accordion.... Sounds amazing.
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
I used to import mine from Tubedepot.com, kept them a bit more reasonableIronbird13 wrote:
geez and i thought the JJ KT-88's were bad enough
But hey, you pay for the tone 
and the stupidly loud volume
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
and I thought that 300B prices were unbelievable.Capt. Black wrote:Call me if you're looking for the sound of a sows ear made from a silk purse with a side of hot bitches and alcohol
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$1000 US would go a long way to buying a whole new amp. Thats rediculous.
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
And those are yankee dollas - lucky I can't afford to buy any yankee dollas right now, otherwise I'd be tempted to spend too much money. So anyhoo, what I did find a couple of months back for NZ$10 was a Telefunken ECC83, because I said to the lady in the store, "hey this tube doesn't have a box - I'll give ya 20 bucks for both it and the other one (a Marconi 12AX7) not in a box " and luckily she was the store minder so she agreed. Its got mostly all the original markings and the diamond in the base. (But I can't tell anyone which shop I found it in sorry). I haven't tried out yet, cos I'm savin' it for my next amp. (I just had to share that to piss somebody off).
(Edit - I originally was thinking it cost me $20 for the TF alone, but then I remembered I bought another tube with it for a total price of $20)
(Edit - I originally was thinking it cost me $20 for the TF alone, but then I remembered I bought another tube with it for a total price of $20)
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