The Amp Garage

That should be ....6V6 and EL 84....OOOps

COngratulations Lou it works as you say and should have the bias connected on the transformer side of the switch. This bias circuit was discarded by almost every amplifier manufacturer , both Hi Fi and guitar, that I know of because it is very hard on the electrolytics and its failure could allow fu...

The crystals and the cables prove there aARE suckers born every minute.

No I am not trying to pick a fight or irritate anyone. (Probably will though) I am trying to get an education. So far from the responses I have deduced that (1) when building a guitar amp one should not attempt to amplify what the pickup (acoustic, coil or microphone) is producing with any degree of...

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Very interesting responses (thanks all) yet the application is not uniform accross the industry. I have seen everything from shielded to a length of grounded wire wrapped around a signal wire to no shielding at all. It appears that more of the expensive ones use proper shielding than not . Now what ...

I've been around audio since the 50s and built, not copied, a few amps but now, due to a friends interest I am now looking at guitar Amps. I'd like to ask why it seems there is every attempt to leave component leads as long as possible and not use any shielded cable even when a control grid lead is ...

Could I as what tube you intend to supply?