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Sep 02, 20 roy blakenship, a legend in guitar amplifier repair, design and manufacturing, takes us through the steps of repairing different kinds of antique, classic and contemporary tube amplifiers. Over 40 years later, weve grown into one of the worlds most respected sellers of. Try not to learn electronics from a guitar amp point of view, instead, learn electronics from a general point of view, and youll be able to pick out the mojo bs from the legit practices. Guitar amplifier repair training and education program. The internet is filled with lots of information on amp repair, but it is sometimes difficult to discern those who know from those who think they know. How guitar amps work and what you can do to start tweaking. Guitar amp repair pro audio service accutech audio ct.
Amplifier restoration and repair parts is parts guitar. From the string vibrating causing an electromagnet field that gets turned into a dc current by the pick ups into the first resister of the pre amp circuit and through ever following capacitor, tube, etc,and finally as a sound pressure wave from the speaker. Oct, 2008 one of our amps came in for warranty repair. The book grew out of dans popular guitar player magazine columns.
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A well organized and easytounderstand approach to guitar amplifier repair covering basic electronics, reading schematics, understanding tubes and transformers, tube biasing and use of test equipment. The book begins with the fundamentals of electronics and vacuum tubes. Best amp buildingmoddingrepair books telecaster guitar forum. How to service your own tube amp, a complete guide antique. Look around, youll find lots of new things for your guitar and amp that you cant find. Of the dozen or so books i have read from cover to cover this is by far my favorite, and its because it starts with the most very basics of electronics.
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A non technical visual guide for identifying bad parts and making repairs to your amplifier james bingham 3. Founded in 1972, elderly instruments started as a small store with a handful of instruments. The truth about vintage amps skip simmons amp repair. Customers tend to keep these cards as a record of the repair for yearsbetter than a business card. Stewmax members receive 50% off the price of select books, plans and dvds for the life. A well organized and easytounderstand approach to guitar amplifier repair covering. The other half has nearly 800 schematics for common amplifiers for research. Dales instrument repair and services, jacksonville, fl. You can find audio and video samples of many of our products on our site, or you can check out our youtube channel to see what else weve cooked up. One thing ive learned in the last 5 years of building repair is to take absolutely everything you hear from gurus with a massive grain of salt. We specialize in the repair and tone resurrection of vintage and modern tubetype guitar amps, bass amps, pa amps, analog mixing consoles, echoplex, space echo, and tube hifi amps. Some tube valve amp related tips to make your repair faster. Whether you play classical folk or modern metal, it doesnt matter.
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I have read mine over and over, gotten more troubleshooting technique from it than i picked up in the first 5 years of vintage amp service i was doing. Youll find those guitar amplifiers and more here at musician s friend. I read many popular books about tube amplifier repair. These unique amp designs have features that are suitable for different situations. Since 1989, providing professional repair, restoration, upgrade, maintenance and modification of tube amplifiersmusical instrument and hifi as well as studio gear, vintage or modern, using the finest materials. The science of electric guitars and guitar electronics. Catalog parts is parts guitar parts, amplifier parts. The truth about vintage amps skip simmons amp repair loma rica, ca, usa.
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