Martin Myers, our go-to tube connoisseur, returns with news from a vacuum-tube world that is anything but finished. Demand is climbing, familiar favorites including 12AX7s, 6V6s, EL84s, EL34s and 6L6s remain firmly in play, and vintage glass continues to hold its appeal. Martin shares what he is seeing and selling, why he believes tubes still deliver something modelers cannot fully reproduce, and the encouraging possibility that high-quality American-made tubes may once again become part of the guitarist’s landscape.
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