TheEvan Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I need a preamp set. I remember mention of Bob's tubes, or was it Fred's, Bill's, Greg's, Sam's, Mortimer's? Search did not help. Who's reliably good? Nothing fancy needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Depends on whether your looking for modern production or NOS I'd recommend NOS Brent Jessie http://www.audiotubes.com/bjtubes.htm New Production Doug http://www.dougstubes.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvan Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thank you, Meeester O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 www.Partsexpress.com sells tubes. if you want a large assortment of used tubes found in closed down radio/tv repair shops, gov auctions (military used pulls), etc, the one man operations are a good place to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBryan Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I 2nd Brent Jesse - he's a reputable guy with fair prices and his tubes show up as described. eBay used to be a great place to find nice tubes at good prices but word got out that $ could be made and every Tom, Dick and Harry started selling tubes. Most are just plain ignorant about tubes and you just don't know what will show up. There's always a few sellers that can somehow claim that the box of loose tubes or "pulls" they just picked up are still N(ew) O(ld) S(tock). I used to enjoy going to the area hamfests where I found all the tubes I ever needed and had a great time chatting it up with the fellas but its becoming too competitive out there. The "re-sellers" show up early and pick out the best tubes while the tailgaters are still setting up - pissing most of them off in the process. The TG's finally got online and figured out what the re-sellers were doing and now the tubes are priced accordingly and just as ignorantly. The days of finding metal-base 6SN7's and the occasional 45 in the $1 box are long gone...sniff. Then again, maybe I'm just getting older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I've been pretty satisfied with the Tube Depot, located in Memphis. http://www.tubedepot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I've never baughten tubes but found them at local guitar repair shops, also heres a link i've found just shopping around on line which is located here in omaha,ne www.surplussales.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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