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Posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:03:24
lakerfan
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 Is the Western Electric 300B available again, new at this time from the factory ?

RE: Western, posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:59:54
h00hbt
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 Yup! and 20$ the dozen.......

Just jokinī

No, but a bird said that maybe next year!????

/H


/H
RE: Western, posted on November 8, 2009 at 10:21:52
paskinn@hotmail.com
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Location: UK
Joined: October 24, 2009
 An awkward thought. I have heard suggestions that the brand name 'wstern electric' has been sold, and that any new stuff will not be 'genuine'....it will be one of those brands like 'mullard' that use Russian valves in a cynical branding exercise. Hope that is untrue, but I am not optimistic......

RE: Western, posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:42:01
Tre'
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 "I have heard suggestions that the brand name 'western electric' has been sold,"

Do you mean again?

The last Western Electric 300B's made by the original Western Electric company were made in 1988.

The WE tubes that we all know, from then on, are some of the same people and some of the same tooling but it has not been the same company, only in name.

Tre'
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