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rhodges:

--- Quote from: jmelson on October 19, 2023, 07:34:27 pm ---On my door at work I have an ANCIENT eBay listing for a pair of USED oil-paper capacitors for $172.  The keyword is "Les Paul".

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He was famous for his guitars, so spending his time rolling capacitors was probably not profitable for him. So I assume his hand-rolled capacitors might be rare items.

I don't know, but I think that the original Leyden jars might have some special value as collector pieces. Maybe an enterprising seller could combine the Leyden jars and the Les Paul cap into a superbly retro component.
nightfire:
This is the same story as with all collectibles that need repairs sometimes, like vintage cars.
Of course you could put in new headlights in a Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing" that have been manufactured recently from a reputable manufacturer (and maybe frome the same OM manufacturer that probably manufactured them also back in the days..), but as this is no genuine part the value of that item will depreciate.
And therefore those old genuine parts have a value to someone, especially when it comes to the exact sound a guitar or amp needs to have.

Fun fact: Steve Vai (for those that not know: Famous guitarist) also had an incident where his guitar tech swapped the bridge pickup on one of his guitars because it seemed defective and tossed it in the trash, replaced it. Steve was freaking out and made the crew search the trash to find it, because of beaing afraid that the guitar would not sound the same anymore because of all the slight tolerances the ears can still hear.
SiliconWizard:
Currently overpriced stuff is almost everything and they say it's just the beginning. :-//
nigelwright7557:
Sometimes there is a happy medium.
Not so cheap it doesnt work well.
Not so expensive it is over priced.
I bought a very cheap DMM and its accuracy wasnt good.
I found one for twice the price about £20 that was very good.
A lot of pro's insist on Fluke but I have found I dont need to spend that much to get an acceptable product.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 21, 2023, 07:29:04 pm ---Currently overpriced stuff is almost everything and they say it's just the beginning. :-//

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If people are buying stuff, then by definition that stuff cannot be overpriced.

Expensive or too expensive, yes. But not overpriced.
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