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With all of the shortages and pointless sanctions going on, I at least hoped my amps would have been unaffected.

With all of the shortages and pointless sanctions going on, I at least hoped my amps would have been unaffected.

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Thanks for the heads up. Luckily I threw new TungSols in a few months ago.

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This all occurred right after I placed the order for a Gold Lion KT-66... One of them shipped but I doubt I'm going to get the other one. Time to build that solid state amp I've had on the back burner for awhile, I guess.

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Damn. You thinking of just a headphone amp or something bigger? I once built an amp using parts laying around but RF interference was a bit of a problem; I'll leave amp building to the pros. Don't let me discourage you though! I'm just sharing.

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I have a few designs for guitar amps that I'm fleshing out and I was about to start a business after they matured, but it looks like I will be altering my short term strategy or holding off until the market is more favorable towards small businesses (HA!). I've considered building something in the Hi-Fi market but I really am out of my element in that market.

Due to overwhelming positive response from the music community, Western Electric is to start manufacturing tubes here in the US.

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Well hot damn! Just sent them a message and filled out the survey. I was hoping this would drive manufacturing back to the states.

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I have a handful of tubes I need to get at hamfests this summer. Mostly 6C6 and a few type 80, that should last me the rest of my life.

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Yeah I'm making an inventory of what I have on hand. I inherited a plethora of radio and TV tubes from my grandpa but I haven't tested any of them so who knows if they are good or not. Fine time to try and start a tube amp build/repair business but at least the amp I'm building currently allows for a multitude of octal power tubes to be used.

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In for the rash of blown up amps due to tubes from wish.com. This attempted canceling of Russia is the dumbest fukken thing ever.