🔥 Vintage Parts… Worth It or Dumpster Ready? 🔥

We can all agree vintage gear is awesome 🤘

But what about vintage parts?

Would you go out of your way to buy NOS (new old stock)… or stick with newly manufactured components?

I’ve got a local gold mine where I can find some really solid NOS, and honestly—I think it’s worth it. Not saying I don’t use modern parts too… but there’s something about digging through old stock that just makes building more fun.

That said… which one are you?

Side note: 👇 working with some of that stash right now but I’ve got a CopperSound breadboard on the way and I’m about to mess with an LPB-1 and a 3-band EQ cir-kit… so I might actually put this to the test soon 👇

Team Vintage: Vintage parts = superior tone, hunting for parts is worth it! 🎸

Team Modern: modern parts sound just as good. Give me tight tolerances and reliability. 🔬

Team Hybrid: Mix of both (best of both worlds).modern for utility, vintage for the mojo/mojo-sensitive parts. ⚡

Tram CHAOS – I don’t think it really matters, I’ll use whatever’s in the parts bin 😅

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