Looking for a deal, I proceeded to the Radio Shack website hoping to see if the local Radio Shack Store carried them. Seeing that their website didn't list anything else besides flashlight bubs, didn't discourage me from trying to get one at a local store.
I went to the Fender website and it said that Good Guys Inc Pro Audio in St Paul on Grand Ave was the closest place who sold their parts. I wasn't about to make a special trip there, so I figured that it would probably be a while before I'd get there. I then looked up the info for Schmidt's Music in Burnsville MN. Z suggest we go shopping for some groceries in Apple Valley. Since Radio Shack was in the same mall as the grocery store, I suggested we try to get the bulb at "the shack".
After the clerk and I compared the old bulb with about a dozen of the ones they had we finally found the exact one. They sold a pair for $2. WOW!
I had heard some rumors of Radio Shack:
RadioShack looking for a buyer, possibly Best Buy March 26, 2010
10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011 Thursday July 8, 2010
Forbes.com (January 24, 2010) states in an article, "Radio Shack announced that CEO Julian Day will retired as chairman and CEO effective May 16; he’ll be succeeded by CFO Jim Gooch, who becomes president of the company effective immediately, and will take the CEO slot once Day departs. The company named Daniel Feehan, now the presiding director and a board member since 2003, as non-executive chairman."
Z and I came home after our errands and I installed the bulb and it worked perfectly. Radio Shack offers tons of small electronic components, and I wouldn't like at all if they went out of business or totally abandon the geeky project customer base.
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