Getting started building tube amps - looking for resources
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Getting started building tube amps - looking for resources
Hi all, I’m just looking to get started building tube amps and would love to find the resources that you all would recommend. I haven’t studied anything with electronics since I was in high school and that was a long time ago so I would need to start with the basics. After brushing up on that, i’m thinking of starting with a champ build. I recently found the uncle Doug videos on YouTube which seem to be great source of information.
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Just searched a bit more and found the reading resources thread - need to dig through those links now...
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This one is good for starters:
https://www.diystompboxes.com/pedals/tubedummy.html
Merlin Blencowe's Valve Wizard site is indispensable:
http://www.valvewizard.co.uk
Richard Kuehnel's amp-books site has handy calculators (like this cathode bypass calculator)
https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/amplifi ... capacitor/
R.G. Keen's site is full of tube amp building FAQs:
http://www.geofex.com
Frank Philipse's site is handy source for many tube data sheets:
http://tubedata.milbert.com/index.html
Pete MiIlet's site has heaps of tube book links:
http://www.pmillett.com
Jack Darr's book is a classic
https://awacinser.firebaseapp.com/bs403 ... 208482.pdf
https://www.diystompboxes.com/pedals/tubedummy.html
Merlin Blencowe's Valve Wizard site is indispensable:
http://www.valvewizard.co.uk
Richard Kuehnel's amp-books site has handy calculators (like this cathode bypass calculator)
https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/amplifi ... capacitor/
R.G. Keen's site is full of tube amp building FAQs:
http://www.geofex.com
Frank Philipse's site is handy source for many tube data sheets:
http://tubedata.milbert.com/index.html
Pete MiIlet's site has heaps of tube book links:
http://www.pmillett.com
Jack Darr's book is a classic
https://awacinser.firebaseapp.com/bs403 ... 208482.pdf
He who dies with the most tubes... wins
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Plus if you'r building a champ, I've done one on video where I had my wife build it. To show that even someone new to amps can build a champ, they're great fun, fast, and easy to build:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 8jtn33BhHu
~Phil
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Take a look at this http://www.ax84.com/p1.html Look at the documents listed under "Current Materials"
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Basic fundementals of electronics is a must. I recommend taking a first semester basic electronics course (i.e. electronics 101) at your local community college; audit it but buy the books. Invaluable.
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+1labb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:59 pm Take a look at this http://www.ax84.com/p1.html Look at the documents listed under "Current Materials"
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Thanks everyone - haven't been on here in a while, but looking to get started this fall!
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+2.arjepsen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:28 pm+1labb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:59 pm Take a look at this http://www.ax84.com/p1.html Look at the documents listed under "Current Materials"
The P1eX Theory Document is an excellent first read. It walks your through a schematic of a fantastic "first build" and describes what each component does and why the values are what they are. Even if it is not your first build it is a fantastic primer.
Kevin O'Connor at London Power also has a book called "Ready Set Go" which is intended as a basic introduction to the electronics required for tube amp stuff.
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Phil, the video is great! I have to get Wendy (my wife) to assemble the board on my new MetroAmp 1969 100 watt. Your wife is talented!pompeiisneaks wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:07 pm Plus if you'r building a champ, I've done one on video where I had my wife build it. To show that even someone new to amps can build a champ, they're great fun, fast, and easy to build:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 8jtn33BhHu
~Phil
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Glad you liked it! She's always up for anything new and challenging. Plus I've had to have her solder a few other things for me as well, my vision's getting pretty bad, as are my fingers, so fine work becomes harder for mewpaulvogel wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:49 pmPhil, the video is great! I have to get Wendy (my wife) to assemble the board on my new MetroAmp 1969 100 watt. Your wife is talented!pompeiisneaks wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:07 pm Plus if you'r building a champ, I've done one on video where I had my wife build it. To show that even someone new to amps can build a champ, they're great fun, fast, and easy to build:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 8jtn33BhHu
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I’m not far behind you. I’ve worn glasses since I was a kid. I’m near sighted and here lately I have to raise my glasses when looking at smaller stuff. I’m getting old.