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
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
I used to import mine from Tubedepot.com, kept them a bit more reasonable But hey, you pay for the toneIronbird13 wrote:
geez and i thought the JJ KT-88's were bad enough
and the stupidly loud volume
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
and I thought that 300B prices were unbelievable.
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Re: When Vintage Tube Prices go BAD!
$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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