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It had been a while since I spent the day in Hollywood visiting some of my friends and some of the music stores. My thought many times during the day was a lyric by Don McLean in the song American Pie ... the day the music died.
Back in the mid 70s through the early 80s we were treated to Disco. It took time (way too long from my personal point of view) for Disco to die.
I talk about the state of vacuum tubes and how there has been a steady decline over the last decades. Today there are more "types" than ever and the offerings are worse than they have ever been. As sad as I have been over the state of vacuum tubes the state of guitar amplifiers seems even worse.
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