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Gaffer Tape: the original BLACK 357, and now some NEON

We all know that gaffer tape holds the world together. Where do you use gaff? Taping down leads on stage at gigs, a little bit on the snare and tom skins, fixing a microphone clip that has broken at precisely the wrong time. Some of us have used it to fix bits of our cars that have broken, temporary window repairs, even as a makeshift guitar strap if the wheels have really fallen off your mojo.

Back in October 2009 (seems like a while ago now), we explained the origins of gaffer tape for our industry, while at the same time getting a little carried away and building our 'Great Tower of Gaffa'. Not much has changed with the original - and easily still the best - Nashua 357 since then. We however have changed.

Now we make sure that not only do we still keep truckloads of BLACK 357 and WHITE 357, but we've recently added SILVER Nashua357S, and for those who demand non-reflective we've got a good supply of NASHUA GAFFA510 matte black now in stock. Bear in mind that the 510 is 48mm (2") like the rest of the NASHUA Gaffer Tape series we keep, but a shorter length at 27.5m. The Nashua 357 variations are all 40m.

For those who like to stand out, we've also seriously upped our stock holding of all things bright and sticky. Still plenty of the traditional coth HAZARD tape, and you'll now find some TUNNEL HAZARD tape. The extra-wide (150mm) tape has a non-stick channel down the centre, so you avoid the sticky mess on your cables at the end of a gig. And for the NEON lovers, we've got both 1" and 2" versions of PINK, YELLOW, ORANGE and GREEN.

Even more? By special request, we have also been getting some other interesting colours in stock. Whatever your tape requirements are - colourful, safety, or the stock standard genuine Nashua357 style gaffer's tape, we have definitely got it covered. Of course, there is no question that it's always going to be at a great price.

Whole lotta Hosa

You know that Factory Sound is well-connected; our huge stocks of Canare and Neutrik are bigger than any other store in Australia. But if your needs are less DIY and more NSN (need something now), our Great Wall of Hosa should get you out of just about any corner you're likely to get painted into.

Not content with keeping a small handful each item, we've stocked up big time. If you lined up each of our Hosa leads end to end... actually, there's no way you'd want to have a go at that.

Just type Hosa into our search bar, and you'll find out what's going on. We've been growing into Australia's biggest Hosa fan for the last few years, and now we've got a seriously fat selection of Hosa leads, adaptors, console lamps - even Hosa labels for your cables. And because we've got our product search sorted now, you can just type the name of the console / converter that you need a lead for (ie; Yamaha, Apogee, Tascam, etc) and the relevant Hosa selections will come up - this is especially handy for a whole bunch of 25-pin D-sub leads that may have different wiring standards according to manufacturer specifications.

Of course, if you still don't find the lead your need, contact us and we'll sort you out.