Reading Material on Steroids!

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Andy Le Blanc
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Reading Material on Steroids!

Post by Andy Le Blanc »

The one thing that I find the forum lacks, is that in the forum files there
should be a basic tube electronics file with informational resources and
small projects for those who want to begin.

You shouldn't feel like your jumping into the water, not knowing whether or not
you can swim at all.

The problem with the information age is the lack of information. The are plenty of PDF books that are in the public domain.
Why isn't there at least a file of links.....
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I think you have found a calling! :wink: Make a list of links and I'll make it a sticky!
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Very good..... I'm nearly done with work this week, I should be able to get on it tomorrow Am.
I'm also very sure there are many links common to forum participants, so please jump in.

It seems also that a couple three very basic projects that can be achieved
with a soldering iron, multimeter, a calculator, and a hand full of parts,
should find a place too. Simple and CHEAP, I know there are many who
have gone with kits very successfully, but you have to consider those who really want to,
but for who even the investment of $100 would be a significant
barrier. It seems we're back to the 40's.

Here's a few links off the bat.

https://schematicheaven.net

www.pmillett.com

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media_in ... 13&start=0

www.aikenamps.com/

www.audioxpress.com/

store.triodestore.com/

www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/audio/index.html

mhuss.com

https://hiwatt.org/

http://www.valvewizard.co.uk/


I know this just scratches the surface and I do know that some are more
accessible or appropriate, but its a start.

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

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Getting started...

Post by ER »

I took the long "peeling the onion" route, and I still have a lot to learn but this article made a lot of things click for me;

http://boozhoundlabs.com/

And for guitar amp stuff, mods, and general tube knowledge Mr. Fishers "Trainwreck pages" is still one of the best;

https://robrobinette.com/The_Trainwreck_Pages.htm

And this book seems to follow me around the house, my favorite tube amp book;

http://www.tgpwebzine.com/?page_id=784

This is the first amp I built, fun, cheap and sounds good;

http://www.the-planet.org (site up, no longer has the tube amp schematic)

Actually I take that back...it sounds terrible, don't try and find any 6em7 tubes they're really expensive and sound really really bad (but if you do find any you can send them to me).

In fact this is a terrible hobby and not very fun or rewarding... :wink: Oh yeah and it's dangerous too!

-Erik

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

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Here's the old out-of-print Jack Darr Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook in PDF by chapter:

Mod edit, old site gone, here's an amazon link if interested: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jack+darr+el ... q3oub21o_b
Mod Edit, thanks for restoring it!: https://ampgarage.com/forum/download/file.php?id=58930


Good tome.
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Post by Chad »

How about all the great cab dimension that Mark and others so generously posted here http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... sc&start=0
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Post by tubeswell »

Starting with the 'new' ampage site

http://music-electronics-forum.com

AX84 - a must for DIYers

http://ax84.com/


Merlin Blencowe's site:

http://www.valvewizard.co.uk

Fender vintage amp info

http://www.thevintagesound.com/ffg/


And another schematic site (with good info on Marshall schemes and a few more tube datasheets:

http://www.drtube.com/marshall.htm


Hoffman's site:

http://www.el34world.com/schematics.htm


The SLO Clone forum:

http://www.slocloneforums.com/index.php

(Where I got the idea for this: http://music-electronics-forum.com/t9416/ )


Steve Ahola's excellent resource:

http://www.blueguitar.org/


R.G. Keen's most excellent site (also lots of stuff on guitar FX:

http://www.geofex.com/


Another great FX forum:

http://freestompboxes.org/index.php


Adam's Tone Stack Page:

http://amps.zugster.net/articles/tone-stacks


Tone Lizard:

http://www.tone-lizard.com


John Broskie's (for nerdy techs):

http://www.tubecad.com/


UK Electronics Club - great theory of power supplies etc:

https://electronicsclub.info/

An even nerdier Neets site

http://www.tpub.com/content/neets/14178/index.htm


Ditto: (excellent eduction material)

http://mysite.du.edu/%7Eetuttle/electron/elecindx.htm


Leading to the Radiotron Designers Handbook 4th Edition download mirror

http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/RDH4.pdf

handy quick tutorial on Output Transformers and reflected loads

http://www.radioremembered.org/outimp.htm


Pete Millet's excellent tube datasheet resource

http://www.pmillett.com/tube_data.htm


And this UK site - a back-catalogue of almost every vintage tube ever made

http://www.r-type.org/


Frank's (awesome) tube data site

https://frank.pocnet.net/

The Jack Darr book Chapters 1-8 (excellent intro to guitar amps - SS and tube)

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DCh ... EAE&adurl=

And this guy's page

home.pi.be/~pin00958/amp_links.htm - dead link


Sorry if I repeated something

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

Post by Structo »

You should re-title the thread now to reflect what it contains. :wink:
Tom

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

Post by Alex R »

Can I add this?

http://www.duncanamps.com/

The tone stack calculator saves a whole lot of time and maths, a quick easy way to learn which part does what in a tone stack. Much other good stuff here too.
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books?

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How about starting a book list?
I am reading Gerald Webers book, Plan to purchase the TUT books and read a white spiral book with a strange character on the cover that looks like he is being electrocuted...
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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

Post by Ears »

I've posted these along with others in the past, I know some members here have found them interesting.

Australian Tube Hi Fi site, very good on diy transformer winding techniques amongst other things:
http://www.turneraudio.com.au/

Interesting library of general audio system information :
http://www.rane.com/library.html


Another Australian site with some original research
webace.com.au/~electron/tubes/ - dead link

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

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Here's a new link to the excellent Jack Darr stuff:

diyguitarist.com/Misc/J_Darr.htm - dead link

M.

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Re: Reading Material on Steroids!

Post by gearhead »

NEETS is a great resource. It's designed to train anyone previously unfamiliar with electricity and electronics. Here is a linkie where you can download the entire series for free:

http://www.phy.davidson.edu/instrumentation/NEETS.htm

Module 6 is the one on tubes, especially preamp triodes. Highly recommended.

If your not familiar with electronic principles, start at Module 1.
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gearhead wrote:NEETS is a great resource. It's designed to train anyone previoulsy unfamiliar with electricity and electronics. Here is a linkie where you can download the entire series for free...
Wow, there's some superb info there alright. That should keep me busy for a while! Thanks very much!

M :D
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