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Back to the future - new vacuum tube production
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Bassman59:

--- Quote from: PaulAm on March 25, 2022, 04:12:20 pm ---Western Electric seems to be exploring expanding vacuum tube production.  They currently manufacture the 300b, a $700 four pin triode (introduced in 1938) but they're also looking at making other types for audio and guitar amp use, possibly at a somewhat lower price point..


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It's worth noting that this "Western Electric" company is not the old Bell Telephone equipment manufacturing arm. They bought the rights to use the name.

That said, there will always be a demand for vacuum tubes for musical instrument use. That demand isn't small, either. I'd love to see a US-based manufacturer of the standard tubes found in guitar amps. I have an Ampeg V4 waiting for new power tubes (7027A) and my knowledgable friends say the current offerings (JJ) all kinda suck.
Bud:

--- Quote from: PartialDischarge on March 25, 2022, 04:32:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: PaulAm on March 25, 2022, 04:12:20 pm ---What's next?  Shag carpeting?

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Taking pictures with film and wasting the time and money to develop them

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It was a lot of fun and was educational. I'd do it again with a blink of an eye.
3roomlab:
this guy is still around  >:D
PartialDischarge:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 26, 2022, 06:38:39 pm ---It was a lot of fun and was educational. I'd do it again with a blink of an eye.

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Yep, actually I’m going back to onionskin and FeCl3 to manufacture my own PCBs, so fun and educational
james_s:

--- Quote from: PartialDischarge on March 26, 2022, 10:44:27 pm ---Yep, actually I’m going back to onionskin and FeCl3 to manufacture my own PCBs, so fun and educational

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I still etch my own PCBs now and then, it is fun, and when I need something simple like an adapter or quick prototype I can have it in an hour instead of a couple of weeks. I develop my own B&W film occasionally too, this summer I'm planning on building a darkroom for my brother in his basement, he's much more into photography than I am. I also baked a loaf of bread the other day, despite the fact that there's a whole shelf of it down the street at the supermarket.
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