Good luck finding tubes right now...

[misterwhizzy]

I went to Tube Depot and Doug's Tubes last night to try to get a few to roll into my new amp whenever it finally gets off back order, and there is nothin' doin'. Tung-Sol? Out of stock. Mullard? Out of stock. Long-plate JJ? Out of stock. Sovtek LPS? Out of stock. I went to look at power tubes not because I need them but because I was curious, and it looks the same there.

 

[dave74]

Going to get worse before it gets better!

 

[JMP/HBE]

Thats why ive had a tube stash for 20 years.
DT & TD are two places i would never use anyway.
Tubes are available you gotta know where.
Doug has been out of the good tubes for 15 years & tube depot prices are ridiculous.

 

[ErikH]

Antique Electronic Supply

 

[NegativeEase]

I will break open my tube stash once tubes are nowhere to be found ...bwahahaha

 

[misterwhizzy]

Thats why ive had a tube stash for 20 years.
DT & TD are two places i would never use anyway.
Tubes are available you gotta know where.
Doug has been out of the good tubes for 15 years & tube depot prices are ridiculous.

Thanks for your help.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Thanks for your help.

Its not help, just a statement, its a forum.

 

[LLL]

Its not help, just a statement, its a forum.

Maybe you could help a brudda out? You know, share the wealth.

 

[beaubrummels]

Antique Electronic Supply

Thanks for your help.

Maybe start here:
https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/vacuum-tubes-4

If the Add To Cart button works, it's in stock.

 

[Mincer]

I went to Tube Depot and Doug's Tubes last night to try to get a few to roll into my new amp whenever it finally gets off back order, and there is nothin' doin'. Tung-Sol? Out of stock. Mullard? Out of stock. Long-plate JJ? Out of stock. Sovtek LPS? Out of stock. I went to look at power tubes not because I need them but because I was curious, and it looks the same there.

I am curious...are you talking about buying new tubes for an amp you don't have yet?

 

[dave74]

Just a couple years ago I would have said there's never been a better time to be getting into guitar gear, now it's about the dead opposite.

 

[GuitarStv]

I was wondering if that was going to be a problem in early 2021 and expected supply chain shortages - so luckily stockpiled some new pre and poweramp tubes then.

 

[Mincer]

Anything wrong with planning ahead?

No, but you might want to know your amp a little better, so when replacements are needed, you have choices.

 

[misterwhizzy]

No, but you might want to know your amp a little better, so when replacements are needed, you have choices.

Well, that was kind of the point. How do I know which tubes the amp likes unless I try a variety? And if it sounds great out of the box, I have some spares.

 

[Securb]

I have backups so I am not worried. I also have 3 solid-state heads that are more than serviceable if I had to wait months for a tube delivery.

 

[JMP/HBE]

There are 100's of types of vacuum tubes.
Are you looking for power tubes ?
If so what type ? EL-34/6550/6L6/EL-84 ect ?
Preamp tubes same thing : 12AX7/12AT7/5751 ?
China stop making tubes last year but there are still plenty in circulation.
Ebay is your friend. Plenty of reputable vendors there w/o the markup like DT & TD.

 

[NegativeEase]

Sweetwater has plenty of Power tubes in stock EL84, EL34, 6L6, 6550 -you name it -they have it right now.

 

[chadd]

I still have a box full of spares sitting around and I sold my Road King a year ago.

 

[dave74]

I still have a box full of spares sitting around and I sold my Road King a year ago.

That Road King could have held them all!

 

[Hank-]

China stop making tubes last year but there are still plenty in circulation.

Damn!

What about New Sensor & JJ, looking by the shortage, are these gonna close down next too?