Many of the chapters are on the actual fabrication of the amp - and he explains how you can go from nothing, to a completed amp with only hand-tools and a messy apartment. Moreso about hifi than guitar amps, so some of it doesn't *really* apply, but the writings on transformers, and layouts alone are worth twice the price of the book. and if you're a canadian player, you should probably just get it anywayīuilding Valve Amplifiers by Morgan Jones, is phenomenal. The test-bench projects he recommends for testing values etc.
#The tube amp book mod#
Learn the truth about tube preamp design and modification see how tube power amps work and can be made more reliable see how reverbs and effects loops work and better ways to configure them learn why some amp brands are easier to service and to mod than others see how. he gives you a lot of non-traditional ways of doing things, and explains why. This is the book that jump-started the boutique tube guitar amp business.
#The tube amp book mods#
Maybe like Gar! He'll go from explaining a component in the pre-amp, to jumping to gain mods and then the next chapter is something like power scaling? I found it really hard to follow!īut if you can get passed that, there is a lot of info in it. Will save you tons of time and money in your trial. I love Garnet amps, but the book is alll over the place. This book is a must have for seasoned amp lovers and newcomers in the field. Loads of great info, just hard to chisel it out of the paragraphs and make them stick in my mind.Īlso have Gar Gilles "The How and Why as Gar Sees it". Other than this, I have Kevin' O'Connor's The Ultimate Tone, which is great but a little too heavy for me to read at this juncture (and I'm an engineer).
Would definitely recommend "All About." over it. I have his other book " Tube Amp talk for Guitarist and Tech" and while there are a few gems of info in it, I didn't find it as well organized or useful as this book. One of the most important things being that he explains the terminology as well - because not everyone knows what a Cathode Follower means right off the bat, or a 'long tailed pair'.Īlthough he seems to have just discovered 'eddy currents', because he takes every opportunity to bring up rusty transformers and their off-chance of having them. What I DID really like is that he goes through the pre-amp, and other parts of the amp and explains for a (general) circuit, why all of the components are there, and what changing them will do to the circuit, and does it it in fairly plain english.
but sometimes I just don't feel like it's a complete answer. While often Gerald Weber's writing doesn't give the scientific reasoning for something (he'll say doing something will, get rid of 'sizzle'), being a player I generally know what he's getting at. I recently received " All about Vaccuum Tube Guitar Amplifiers" for Christmas and have been enjoying reading it.
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