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1n34a risk of fakes?

Started by wolfingsworth, January 13, 2013, 05:52:39 AM

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Gristlepig

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Are all glass bodied do-7 diodes super fragile?
I just bought 10 NOS TDK 1n34a from pedalhacker on ebay. A little pricey, but at least I feel confident they're the real deal.
I hope they're not as fragile as the all tayda ones i've busted up in the past.

...or maybe I should just be more careful bending leads???

Guitarmageddon

Well glass is only as strong as glass, but I've found some NOS one's to be unusually brittle, so much so that bending the leads was enough to break the glass instead. This isn't
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