Guitar Amps!


1974 Fender Twin Reverb - How I restored this amp to tip-top condition.

1986 100 watt Seymour Duncan Convertible - Most comprehensive site on the web.

60 watt Seymour Duncan Convertible - Some general info. The only online schematic can be found at this page.

Build an Amp Stand - One idea on building an amp stand. My idea anyway.

Build A FireFly Tube Amp - A picture essay on building a 1.5 watt Class A tube amp with a great tone.

Build An Octal Fatness Tube Amp - A picture essay on building a 5-7 watt Class A tube amp with a great tone.

Build An Octal Madness Tube Amp - Build the Octal Fatness' big brother. Hosting schematic only (at this point) for David Jones, the designer of the circuit.

Build A Little Gem Practice Amp - A picture essay on building a 1/2 watt LM386 based practice amp.

Build A Line Out Box For Your Tube Amp - An easy way to get line out capability for your amp.

Calculating Output Transformer Loads - Technical paper on how changing your speaker load can affect your output transformer.

DIY Tube Coolers - How I made tube coolers for my power tubes.

DIY Speaker Cabinet - How I made a speaker cabinet for one my amps.

Gregory "Mark X" Tube Amp - Some general info on this obscure but good sounding 10 watt tube amp from the 60's and my restoration of it.

Gregory Amps Page - The only page with some general info on these obscure tube amps from the 60's.

Hot Rod DeVille - Adding a Cooling Fan and some technical info.

How To Bias Power Tubes - Information on how to properly bias cathode biased and fixed biased tube amps.

Lab Series L5 Guitar Amp - Some technical info on the secret weapon amp of Allan Holdsworth and Ty Tabor.

Marshall 9005 Power Amp - Some technical info on a cool two channel 50 watt rack mount power amp.

My Matchless Spitfire Clone - A picture essay on building a 15 watt Class AB tube amp with a great tone.

Power Tube Bias Charts - Recommended bias currents for some common power tubes at specific plate voltages and amp class.

Power Tube Plate Dissipation Calculator - MS Excel based calculator for Cathode Biased power tubes.

Replacing A Blown Filter Cap - How I went about replacing a blown filter cap and building a light bulb current limiting device.

Silver Wiring In Guitar Amps?! - My argument against such a silly idea.

Star Ground Conversion - A case study with amazing results in terms of hum reduction.



Links to Other Sites:

Aiken Amps - Aiken's site. Check out the technical section for good info on biasing, amp classes and much more.

Ampage Guitar Amp Forum - A good place to get help when repairing, modding a tube amp or tracking down a schematic.

Ampwares.com - Home of the Fender Amp Field Guide.

Antique Electronic Supply - Source for Hammond transformers, tube sockets and other stuff.

AX84.com - A cool DIY tube amp site with tube amps projects waiting to be built.

Blackface vs. Silverface - Just what are the differences? Find out here.

BlueGuitar.org - Great source for guitar amp schematics and mods.

Electron Tubes - Vacuum tube site by Dennis R. Grimwood with some very interesting information about screen grids, ultra-linear design, etc.

GEOFEX.com Tube Amp Troubleshooting - How to fix that pesky tube amp....

HoffmanAmps.com - Great place for tube amp parts with great service.

How Vacuum Tubes Work - What are all those parts inside?

Let's Talk Speakers - Answers to all your questions about speakers.

PartsExpress.com - An on-line source for speakers, tubes, handles, and lot more for building amps and speaker cabinets.

Tone-Lizard.com - A cool site with info on tube amps and how to mod virtually any amp.

TheTubeStore.com - An on-line source for NOS and new vacuum tubes.

Transformer Supply & Design Co. - Guitar amp transformer manufacturing company, owned by Bob Wood, the son of the designer of the original Matchless amp transformers.

WestLabs.com - Source for really nice 15 and 30 watt transformers, as well as other guitar amp parts.