All of our tapes are guaranteed working. All have
been played and serviced with whatever was necessary to make them
play well to our ears. That might include new foil splices, new pads,
and occasional other improvements. We do not have "musicians ears" so
there may be slight unnoticed sound degradation as tapes have aged over
50 years.
We do not automatically replace
splices and pads --
only when
they fail to play well through a track change. We play each
tape through at least one track change to our satisfaction. That said, buyers of 45-50 year old 8-track tapes are a
small bunch, and we all know that tapes may need to be repaired at any
time. You are welcome to return any tape that fails within 30 days and we will repair, exchange, or replace it for free.