Hal leonard tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech book. Bruce egnaters tech talk learn all you need to know about finding the perfect tone. Warm up your sound by choosing a nonlinear option under output stage. Tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech weber, gerald on. This uk book is one of a series on the technique of sound reproduction. Youll find those guitar amplifiers and more here at musicians friend. Play and practice with millions of songs and access over 10,000 tones powered by our awardwinning bias tone engine. Valve amplifiers can be used for applications such as guitar amplifiers, satellite transponders such as. It is intended as a companion to design and construction of guitar and bass speaker systems. If you talk to any guitarist you will undoubtably hear the world valve or tube thrown around. Unlike guitar amps, which dont require nearly the same amount of power, when considering gigging bass amps.
The smart amp and app that jam along with you using intelligent technology. Some of them are long out of print, and can only be obtained from used book sellers, although they are occasionally seen for sale on the internet. How one simple toggle can keep your tube amp in running order. Oct 12, 2019 associates degree programs in electrical engineering technology can teach students the technical skills involved. Tube amps can make your ears ring just the same as ss. Youre setting up your gear and something is wrong with your. Great book for a reasonably short introduction to tube amp design for the nonengineer. Tube tone talk guitar amp tubes el34 kt77 kt66, 6l6, genalex. Tube amp schematics, tube amp information, tube amp projects. Boy has a similar tube hybrid amp for his computer monitor and we would find your tube swapping findings most interesting. A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal. Most guitar players have heard that operating a tube type guitar amp without a speaker plugged in can cause problems, but few understand why. However my tone is just not there lack of warmth and clarity, a bit distant sounding, and ive been checking out some tube amps, and have a few that i like.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies. Valve technology was predominately found in televisions and radios from the mid to the late 20 th century. It can also be used to simulate a large space and make your guitar huge sounding for ambient effects. Go behind the scenes with the megadeth stage techs and get a first hand look at the gear the band is using on the rust in peace 20th anniversary tour. For this followup to his popular a desktop reference of hip vintage guitar amps, gerald weber has compiled his articles and ask gerald columns that have appeared in vintage guitar from 1993 to 1996. As a special bonus, ken fischers trainwreck pages from vintage guitar are also included. For example, a 30watt tube amplifier can be perceived by the listener to be as loud as a 100watt solid state amplifier, particularly when both are driven into maximum distortion.
In a way, an amp purchase is a much tougher decision than an electric guitar. Bruce egnaters tech talk and tips on finding your tone. Here youll find a huge selection of exclusive videos from guitarist magazine featuring indepth demos of the best gear, and guitar lessons from pro guita. Looking for a stage amp that wont break your back and the budget. For recent recordings ive been using plugins like eleven, and my line 6 spider amp. Some of the top guitar amp brands are fender, bogner, marshall, vox, orange, and many more. Its a good practical guide to the design of amplifiers, with many example schematics using the gec and mullard valves of the time.
Try running the effect completely wet with a long reverb time to. In can fill in space between notes to thicken playing or just make you feel more comfortable in a dry room. Following is a list of must have books for the serious tube amplifier designer. With with a good tube amp, you can typically play the guitar with the volume all the way up, heins said. Amp talk is a blog related to valves and repairs in musical instrument, hifi amps, and jukeboxes. Now, i realize that just about any amplifier could be set to get this type of tone, but, if an experienced jazz guitarist were to seek out a specific tube amplifier, what characteristics would they typically be looking for, in terms of.
Gjika 10n guitar amp high gain aaron cowan amp tone. Whether you play classical folk or modern metal, it doesnt matter. My tube amplifier and guitar help forum amplifier service technicians listing tube amp schematics and layout diagrams everything from acoustic to wurlitzer pdf tube amp books that you can. There is a guitar amplifier to suit the needs of your music and your bandmates. I toured with a nightclub group back in the early 70s and used my 1966 fender bassman 50watt tube amp that i bought new in 66 for the first year of touring. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. I am an avid builder of altec speakers and love their horn sound, i have a pair i built in my bedroom with a fisher x101b amp. I read your article with great interest, i am crazy about my fisher tube amps and receivers. I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the netherlands.
I cannot verify this, but if this cheap hybrid amp is like most of the others, the tubes are only used 1 for show and 2 to actually color the sound before it enters the mosfet finals. A bibliography of must have tube electronics books. Headroom is a term used to denote and describe how much power your amp can provide before the sound starts to break up. Low to medium power valve amplifiers for frequencies below the microwaves were largely replaced by solid state amplifiers in the 1960s and 1970s. Bass tube amps are another animal though simply because you need so much more power than a guitar amp to produce the frequencies you need at enough volume to keep up with the guitar amps. Amp talk is a great info source on valves for amps.
Have your amp repaired by a guitarist who has used and repaired vintage gear for over 40 years. In hamburg i can suggest guitar village, which is a small shop where there is a very good luthier and a great tech jochen, a very gentle and thorough person since the first repair was not 100% successful he came all the way on a rainy sunday to my rehearsal room to hear my rig in the typical context. Tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech by gerald weber 1997, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Although this is not an actual guitar, still the electronic rock guitar shirt features its own mini amplifier, and the wearer can strum the shirt using a special magnetic pick to produce distortedsounding of an electric guitar. When its set for distortion, not metal distortion but rock distortion, and you roll back your volume knob, you can get the amp to clean up. This solid amp emulator recreates the magic of legendary amps with ridiculous gain such as the engl e645 and mesa boogie dual rectifier. Hey there folks, i was wondering what amplifier would be best at achieving a traditional hollow body, warm, clean jazz guitar tone. Ace amp another shattered glass audio creationis based on classic 1950s style tube amps. Is guitar technology catching up with the rest of the gear in a modern studio. Nowhere is the pseudoscientific babble more fetid and fertile than in the world of tube guitar amps, where players have long sought mythical ingredients that will make their own rigs just a little more magical than those of the guys wholl be up on. Its no secret that tube amps require regular tlc to sound their best.
Were in the middle of an amp tech generational change. There are essentially two common types of loops on guitar amps, series and parallel. The sound of a valve amp cranked nice and loud is synonymous with rock and guitar heritage. Glowing bottle tube amp forum telecaster guitar forum. In the sixth installment of the peavey papers, hartley peavey takes an indepth look at the guitar amplifier standby switch and reveals its surprising true purpose. All in all, lepou amp suite is an incredible sounding amp simulator for shredders and metal aficionados with rich high gain sounds under. Guitar amplifier repair training and education program information. Written for musicians, amp builders, and tube audio enthusiasts, design and construction of tube guitar amplifiers provides a complete yet easytounderstand explanation of how to design, modify, construct, and test tube amps. Lots and lots of helpful people can be found on my amp forum. This is a basic overview of some of the components of a tube guitar amp and how they work, without getting too technical. We offer professional service, repair, and restoration of tube and solid state guitar and bass amps. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. A talk box is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds in the same way as singing onto the sounds of the instrument.
Guitar amplifier repair training and education program. Then later it states peak output of tube amplifiers is heard as being up to three times louder than similar rated solid state guitar amps. This page is discuss guitar tube amp tone particularly hot rodded amp mods, high gain amps, classic marshall. Guitar command takes a look at some of the innovations available to todays guitarist guitar technology. Have guitarists never had it so good, or are manufacturers trying to fix something that isnt broken. Guitar technology gear and innovations for a modern. Your preference here can help lead you to your ideal amp.
Hes compiled his articles and ask gerald columns that have appeared in vintage guitar from 1993 to 1996. The spark amp and app work together to learn your style and feel, and then generate authentic bass and drums to accompany you. I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on youtube. Tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech is a followup to gerald webers popular a desktop reference of hip vintage guitar amps. Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musicians mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to their vocal microphone. Versatile, affordable, and all the flavor of what we love about marshall, the dsl series is simply one of the bestvalue guitar amp purchases on the market. Glowing bottle tube amp forum a special place for special amps the forum for tube amp lovers and you. The user has the possibility to download mixes from recording software. Tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech by gerald weber. Sparksmart practice guitar amp and apppositive grid. Both the head and combo versions are excellent on nearly every measurable quality marker.