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Tubes becoming hard to get?

An article in today’s WSJ talks about tubes for both guitar amps and stereo gear becoming scarce due to Far East and Ukraine/Russian tensions saying most tubes originate from China, Slovakia, & Russia.  As such, people are beginning to Hoard and retailers are beginning to limit purchases. 
 

 

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immatthewj
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@rsf507 

Another company taking advantage of the situation

Uncle Kevin says it is only to discourage hoarding.  LOL. 

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russ69
3,579 posts
 

Another company taking advantage of the situation

Or just responding to market conditions based on future supply issues and increased costs....just like gasoline. 

petg60
1,486 posts
 

A perfect world.

Always keep spares. Ebay sellers are not worried and are happy.

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mulveling
2,247 posts
 

Another company taking advantage of the situation

That’s a joke. A 25% increase is way WAY below market demands right now. Upscale has had to limit customers to 4 power tubes each 180 DAYS to keep from selling out instantly. They’re trying to help spread the tubes out to more amps.

Even a 100% price increase right now will sell out in many cases for the more popular types. Viva tubes increased prices a lot more than Upscale, and even they're running low on stock and having to limit customers now. 

I’d happily a healthy premium on Gold Lion KT88 if I could find them. It’s been a bad time to change my favorite power tube from KT120.

nglazer
857 posts
 

Look at the front page article in today's Wall Street Journal. Guitarists and audiophiles are raiding and hoarding the good tubes. Neal

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