The one that got away

OK:

The first version of this “story” goes that I did buy them, but as my amps use 2A3’s I decided to hammer them into little bits and add them to the concrete I was mixing for the back patio - to make is sparkly -w- black specks.

In the second “version” I again purchase tubes only to whack the tops off with a hammer in order to super glue them (jagged side up) to the top of the wall surrounding my compound - to keep the Paparazzi out.

The first version is probably my favorite.

DeKay

Real story:

I once missed out on a thrift shop SME 3012 tonearm by a matter of seconds.

Another phile was in the store and grabbed it before I could make my way over.

It was on a JVC deck mounted in a long base plinth (probably came from a local radio station or perhaps A&M Records which had been donating huge volumes of LP’s  @ the time).

It went for $60, .

DeKay

I would stick with the first version of the 300B story. It was working. You decided to F up a perfectly good story. But that's ok- the SME story is good too 

The “first” version you mention is in reality the “third” version (tailored to fit this specific query).

Though all Three are fictional the first Two have been previously posted to the Internet.

The SME story is non fiction and the purchaser used to post here.

DeKay