Buying NOS/Vintage Tubes off Ebay

[Dino 939]

Yep, they play the odds… how many of their buyers have tube testing equipment?
If they have to deal with just 5% of the ‘educated’ buyers, at least they can still rip 95%.
The biggest thing for new rookies to watch for is the ads that say for instance…
“Mullard 12AX7 NOS tested 100%+
So, you might think you are getting actual brand new NOS tubes, but you’re really getting well used tubes that still measure great on a tube tester.
But, like RacerX said, if you get a good testing Mullard, even if it’s 60 years old, it will likely still outlast any of the crap being made today and have way better tone, no comparison at all.
I’ve been buying tubes for 30 years and if I see any European tubes that are true NOS at a decent price, I buy ‘em,
Mullard England, Telefunken Germany, Tungsram Hungary, Amperex / Bugle Boy Heerlen Holland, Siemens Germany, Valvo Germany, RFT, Lorenz, Brimar, etc

EXACTLY.
HOLY SH*T, what is this the 80’s ScFi gore flick Scanner’s or something?
Took the letters right off my fingertips!
Good stuff here buddy!


PS-for those that know that legendary movie, -Scanner’s.., I bet after you thought about that movie for less then 5 seconds after reading what I typed and suddenly the infamous television anchors head exploding on
national television scene ring a bell?
Imagine if you could have ‘scanned’
Donald Trump when he goes completely unhinged if you ask him a challenging question.
Like a massive f’n pumpkin sized tomato exploding.
(Trump is actually in worse troubles).