leftrightout
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Sometimes I pretend to be normal and then it becomes boring..............
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Post by leftrightout on Mar 8, 2022 3:29:37 GMT -5
Because if you play nickel guitar strings i reckon they are going up.......................
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Post by Leftee on Mar 8, 2022 7:41:13 GMT -5
Yeah, it’s going to get ugly.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 8, 2022 7:46:53 GMT -5
Egg-zaklee! Anything with nickel, chromium, cobalt, and other heavy metals will greatly increase in cost. Neodymium mags will also dramatically increase in cost too, I suspect.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 8, 2022 9:29:43 GMT -5
I think this graph pretty much represents everything and anything. Cost of fertilizer is about to triple which will be passed on to the farmers and then to us.
That said I put in another order to Musicians Friend through their Ebay auction for a buy 10 get 12 EB Slinkys for $40. 😄
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Post by ninworks on Mar 8, 2022 11:18:20 GMT -5
I'm stocked up on guitar strings already. I ordered a set of flat wound bass strings yesterday from Sweetwater and they were $44. Ouch. Glad I don't have to do that very often.
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Post by Leftee on Mar 8, 2022 14:23:57 GMT -5
StewMac has 15% off strings and free shipping for StewMax members.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Mar 8, 2022 15:35:24 GMT -5
They're still inexpensive on Amazon.
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Post by reverendrob on Mar 8, 2022 16:28:30 GMT -5
Welcome to what happens when debt passes GDP and the ratio increases by 50% in a year!
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Ayns
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Post by Ayns on Mar 8, 2022 17:01:23 GMT -5
I’ve just bought 3 sets of Super Slinkys on Amazon for £15. I probably should’ve bought 30.  |
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Post by cedarchoper58 on Mar 8, 2022 19:54:05 GMT -5
i got 3 sets and change every few years so im good for 10 years or so  |
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Post by rdr on Mar 9, 2022 14:06:34 GMT -5
Hmmm, I should check to see if I have any spare tubes. Only 3 countries make quantities of vacuum tubes- Russia, Slovakia, and China. Possible supply problems may emerge.
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Peppy
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Guitar gear guru at Milano Music Center
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Post by Peppy on Mar 10, 2022 22:19:51 GMT -5
Hmmm, I should check to see if I have any spare tubes. Only 3 countries make quantities of vacuum tubes- Russia, Slovakia, and China. Possible supply problems may emerge. Only two countries now make guitar amp tubes. Russia and Slovakia. China hasn't made any in about three years. "Possible supply problems?" Here. Will get worse soon. (See my recent post in the amp section.) I sell guitar gear at the largest music store in my state. We are almost out of tubes. Most big tube vendors are running out. I ordered from a vendor eleven days ago. The same tubes are up in price today by about 30%. I bought one of our last 12AX7s at the store today. That leaves 4. Plus we have two pairs of EL34s and one pair of 6L6s. Tube up if you can. Immediately if you can. |
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Post by LeftyMeister on Mar 11, 2022 7:28:50 GMT -5
^^^ Thanks for the heads-up.
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Peppy
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Guitar gear guru at Milano Music Center
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Post by Peppy on Mar 11, 2022 19:15:31 GMT -5
EH president Mike Matthews just announced today that no more tubes are coming. At least until next calendar year...if that. So, no more EH, Tung-Sol, Sovtek, Gold Lion, Genalex, etc.
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Post by reverendrob on Mar 12, 2022 1:04:19 GMT -5
Yea, they're going to be in short supply for quite a while, I suspect.
The JJ market is much smaller (and personally, I don't like the way they sound in my amps).
Very glad I have backups right now (and bagged a couple Mullard and Tung Sol AX7s to hold me over just in case)
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 12, 2022 8:30:57 GMT -5
I've gotten along with JJ EL84s but not their 6V6s. I have a pair of Tung Dol reissues in my PRII that are probably 10 years old now with low mileage. Looking online it appears 6v6s are already looking a little thin. I should probably just off all of my amps anyway. The guitars too, but maybe I'll keep 'em for firewood.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 12, 2022 9:45:52 GMT -5
I like JJ lol gold pins just fine. Now $140 a set for my HRDx.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 12, 2022 16:20:07 GMT -5
Bought 3 sets for acoustic and 3 for the electrics. Reasonable price, free shipping.
Hope spare tubes will get me thru.
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