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gear-related sections at Music Books Plus:
guitar electronics - http://www.musicbooksplus.com/grepair.htm
music audio electronics - http://www.musicbooksplus.com/audio.htm
Harmony Central: Other Topics: Tube Amps and Electronics
Different Types of Tubes and Distortion - By Guilherme Mello.
Tube amplifier design information - audiophile tube amp design, kits, etc.
A brief explanation of "Class A" amps - Audio Brothers.
Tubes vs. Transistors -- Is There an Audible Difference?
Tube Talk at CrateAmps.com - about tubes.
The Cool Sound of Tubes - A technical discussion from the electrical engineering journal, IEEE Spectrum.
Tube Sound? (PAiA) - In sound systems from the golden age, every link in the chain had distinct "squashing" non-linearities.
How Tubes Work (PAiA) - Starving tubes with low plate voltages and currents produces tube amp warmth.
LarrySB: The Blue Glow in Tubes FAQ
Tips on Amplifier Lead Dress, by Gil Ayan
Guitar Amplifier Simulation by jorman at aol.com
Guitar Amp Evolution - A look at how amps (primarily the preamp sections) have changed over the last 30 or 40 years. By Keenan.
Tube Amp Building, Maintaining and Modifying FAQ - Building a tube amp, where to get parts, biasing, modifications, and extending tube life.
Guitar Amplifiers - History of guitar amps, tubes vs. solid state, and distortion, including some circuit diagrams.
Guitar Amp Circuitry - A tone control circuit simulator/analysis tool for Windows. (Dave Cigna)
image: submini tubes for old, portable radios
Tri-State Loudspeaker - speaker re-coning. (724) 375-9203.
The Speaker Building Page -- The Speaker Building Page
Practical Speaker Tips - by Craig Anderton.
Effects Resources page at Harmony Central - Main effects page at Harmony Central. Includes effects processing software links.
Nuuj's Effects Links - Links for effects and related eletronics.
Useful Pedal Information - Simple descriptions of how common effects work, along with some opinions of good and bad pedals that implement those effects.
alt.guitar.effects newsgroup.
DSP Resources: Computers and Music - the Audio Programming section covers DSP resources, including source code for flanging, chorus, and pitch shifting.
Audio Effects FAQ v1.0 - This FAQ is aimed at the programmer and covers some of the simple DSP techniques.
Digital Home Recording - Sound Card Survival With Windows 95 by Craig Anderton. "More and more musicians are building digital "desktop" studios by sticking cards in their PCs and loading in software that provides not just MIDI sequencing, but hard disk audio recording. ...like a 90s version of the cassette-based multitrack... all PC-based sound setups have certain limitations..."
The Recording Website - Tips and tricks on getting the best results.
The "Science" of Distortion - What distortion does to sounds and how various types of distortion differ. [currently requires a password]
SustainPunch - Specializes in Big Muff Pi convertions to the original 69' for great smooth sound with more sustain; Tube Screamer including the "Fullclone" mod, Electro-Harmonix "Hot Tubes" mod for "stack" emulation overdrive, Fuzz Face mods. Repairs, refurbishes, trades, and consigns guitar effects pedals. paradiddle7 at usa.net
Prosoniq Products Time/Pitch Scaling FAQ Page - An overview of some of the techniques used in these effects.
Manual Manor - Sells owner's/service manuals and schematics for lots of synthesizers and effects processors.
At 07:58 AM 8/15/99 -0500, Tom Lanik wrote:
>Hi -
>Nice site & resource. Please consider adding us to your effects and wah upgrade/repair links.
>Roger Mayer's Type 9090A wah kit is available for serious amateurs and techs to directly retrofit into any common "crybaby", VOX, or Thomas Organ pedal. We sell both the kit or can custom install into the above pedals. We also sell it as a finished off-the-shelf new wah.
>Thanks,
>Tom Lanik
>North Star Audio (authorized importer & distributor)
>Chicago >Roger Mayer Effects
LXH2 Web Page - includes extremely low-power EL84 tube power amp project, amp and speaker simulator schematics, analog tape compression circuit description, spatialization circuit, analog tape compression circuit.
The AX84 Project - A collective project to design a simple tube guitar amp.
Jamie Heilman - The Leper's Schematics -- Schematics for commercial and homebrew amps & effects. Links to amp & effect sites and documents.
AMPAGE - By tboy - Amp schematics, and links to more schematics, resources, services, and manufacturers.
Jason Nieh - Guitar Notes -- Comprehensive links & info about guitar. Includes amp section and effects section.
Dave Cigna - Vacuum Tube Audio -- includes guitar amps and schematics.
Duncan's Amp Pages -- Amp info and links to schematics and products and other related information. Comprehensive tube data search engine. Articles.
PAiA Electronics Inc. -- guitar audio kits.
Digital Music Zone -- Effects schematics.
Aron Nelson's Stompbox Page - Effects schematics, sound examples, and lots of tips on construction and reading the schematics.
Swap-Site for Guitar Effect PCBs - A site for distributing PCB layouts for building your own effects.
Justin's World of Guitar Effects - A few schematics and articles about building your own effects.
Effects FAQ v3.00 - Covers the basics of building your own effects, like where to get parts and how to package your projects. Also explains how common effects work.
Keen's Guitar Effects Oriented Web Page -- Tube amp FAQ, guitar effects FAQ, tube amp debugging, building your own gear.
Jack Orman - Digital Music Zone -- Design, construction and use of tube and digital music electronics. Schematics and links.
Guitar-related Circuits (Dan Charrois)
Music Machines: Do-It-Yourself Schematics
Analog Man Effects -- Vintage Guitar Effects sales, info, links
Valves, Tubes, and Audio -- FTP Downloading Site
Yahoo: Music instrument parts and accessories companies
Mojo Musical Supply -- homebrew amp supplies. Odd tubes, how-to books, on-line catalog. Amp backs & baffles, amp covers, books, cabinets (incl. vintage replacement), capacitors, chasses, chemicals, fiber boards, fuses, grill cloth & coverings, handles & knobs, hardware, IC's, jacks, logos, misc. Fender, Marshall & Vox parts, potentiometers, power cords, Real McCoy wah pedals, resistors, reverb tanks, roc pot, speakers, switches, The Bullet, transformers, transistors, tube accessories, tubes - NOS jan tubes & odd tubes, vintage catalog reproductions, wire.
Antique Electronic Supply -- Tubes, books, transformers, sockets, capacitors, resistors, literature, cabinet restoration materials, wire, grill cloth, gifts, tools, information, online catalog.
STF Electronics -- Tubes, chasses, transformers and components, plus kits and books. Pat Bunn's store in South Carolina.
Torres Engineering -- Tube amp mod kits, amp parts
Vibroman Home Page - Magnatone amps and parts, cabinet coverings, amp hardware. Zack Engineering.
Angel Instruments - Sells lots of tube amp parts.
Magic Parts - Distributors of Ruby Tubes and a full line of amp parts, accessories, tools and publications.
Tubes to Go - site about audio and RF tubes. Mascot - Mister Valve.
http://www.primenet.com/~rfwatts/tubes1.html - Mr. Valve's Favorite Links
Clark Parts - Sells a wide variety of tube amp parts.
Apollo Amplifiers - Sells tubes, speakers, and other amp parts.
Switchcraft Products -- The best 1/4 inch phone and XLR connectors for guitars, amps and PA.
Pick-Up -- Spain. Vacuum tubes, capacitors, transformers, and amplifier accessories. Books and literature. (Spanish-language.)
The Parts Connection - Electronic parts for audio hobbyists. ST300B SE 7 watt tube power amp kit: without 300B power tubes, $699. ST-40 tube amp kit. Free catalog.
JK Lutherie -- Guitar-related books, reprints, magazines, videos, CDs, hard-to-find vintage guitar parts.
Armadillo Amp Works Will Dyke. Makes amp cabinetry, including reproductions.
Tektronix Inc. - Testing equipment.
Mouser Electronics - Electronic components. catalog at mouser.com. (800) 992-9943.
Parts Express - electronics components and more. Chemicals, test equipment, wire/cable, connectors, semiconductors, transformers, electronic kits, amplifier kits, project boxes, loudspeaker drivers, breadboarding accessories. sales at parts-express.com. (800) 338-0531. Free printed catalog. No URL?
Brian Carling's tube source list
VacuumTubes.com - NOS tube source
KCA NOS Tubes & Amp repair -- Mike Kropotkin.
Kropotkin Classic Amplification - Sells NOS tubes.
Electron Valve - Sells a variety of tubes.
Tube Data - Information on Amperex tubes (information may be quite old).
VTDATA (Vacuum Tube Data) - PC program for searching by data, types, or substitutions.
Brent Jesse Recording - long tube list
NavigatoR Ltd - A Russian company, specializes
in trading Russian vacuum tubes used for air and marine navigation, radar as
well as in broadcasting, amateur radio, Hi-Fi audio, meteorology,
communication, medical applications and industry. All tubes are engineered and
manufactured in Russia. Tube types include Broadcasting Tubes, Magnetrons,
Travelling Wave Tubes (TWT), CWT, Transmitting Tubes, Klystrons, Amateur Radio
Tubes, Hi-Fi Audio Tubes, Industrial Tubes, Transmitting Pulse Tubes, Modulator
Tubes, Modulator Pulse Tubes, Control Tubes, High-Voltage High-Vacuum Rectifier
Tubes, Cathode Ray Tubes, Ceramic Tubes, Diodes, Display Tubes, Electron Tubes,
Hydrogen Thyratrons, Ignitrons, Noise Source Tubes, Nuvistor Tubes, Pencil
Tubes, Pentodes, Photodiodes, Readout Tubes, RF Amplifier Tubes, Receiving
Tubes, Rectifiers, Vacuum Relays, Spark Gap Tubes, Subminiature Tubes, Surplus
Tubes, Tetrodes, Thyratrons, Vacuum Capacitors, Vidicons, Voltage Reference
Tubes, X-Ray Tubes, and Glass Tubes. Russian vacuum tubes have a worldwide
reputation for being highly reliable and unique. A repair facility is available
for all Russian vacuum tubes and for a wide range of equipment manufactured by
other companies.
Andrey Bodunov
P.O. Box 78, Moscow, 115446, Russia.
Phone/Fax +7-095-1124422
contact at tubes.ru
Electron Tubes, Ltd. Link updated 10/98
Halfin S.A. -- Electron Tubes Online Shopping Halfin, S.A.
Siemens vacuum tubes Siemens AG
Analog Bros. - custom manufacturing and modification of tube guitar amplifiers.
Apollo Amplifiers - manufacture tube guitar amplifiers and sell tubes, parts, strings, effects pedals, and pickups.
Audio Brothers - manufacturers of Hiwatt and Booker Valve Dynamics handmade guitar amplifiers. Also repairs and supplies spares for most British valve amplifiers.
Fender. Fender World Guitars, basses and amplifiers.
Frederic Custom Amplifiers - for guitar.
Hoffman Amplifiers - hand built tube guitar amps.
Kendrick kendrick at inetport.com
Lee Jackson Amplifiers - custom amp modifications. or alt url
London Power/Power Press - manufactures, customizes and repairs guitar amplifiers.
NW Guitar Links - Links to stores and manufacturers in the Pacific North West.
All Electronics Corp. Free parts catalog.
The Vacuum Tube Audio Homepage
Triode Electronics - Hi-fi and reference site
Yahoo: Guitar Repair shops - includes links for guitar parts, guitar electronics, and supplies.
Yahoo: Music Instruments and Equipment Companies
Harmony central: Pickup database (think of pickups as pre-distortion EQ)
Vacuum Tube Valley - A journal about tubes. [online, paper, or both?]
Fishman Transducers - acoustic amplification products. \
THD - Hot Plate and other gear
Amptone.com ultra gear-search page
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