Yeah, one of those self-answering questions really but is there any guide/advice on which components are ok to buy cheap?
As in, maybe obviously, cheap foot switches (two for £2.50 from ebay) don't feel as good and won't last as long as the decent brands but does that go for stuff like diodes too?
eg. 1N34A diodes, my regular (UK based) supplier has them for about £1 each, Tayda for $.28 or I could get twenty for 99p on ebay... (these aren't NOS I'm talking about incidentally). I'm naturally weary of the too-good-to-be-true ebay prices but would the Tayda ones be sourced from the same place, maybe even the UK ones too...?
So, TL;DR: is it ok to be a tight arse with discrete components (within reason).
Cheers.