Agreed. I bought an old tube tester off eBay for $50. I use that to test for shorts and other issues. But it tests at like 30V, so although it gives an indication of tube life, I don’t really trust the data as being representative of functionality in an amp. The VT1000 is enticing, just too expensi...

literally a board .... for .... um .... pedals. i wanted to get a few cheap pedals. that got out of hand quick. the donner stuff is better than i expected it to be. and i plan to get a few more donner pedals. though my favorite pedal is the tc elec mimiq. for a stereo setup that thing makes a world...