The Guitar Amp Handbook

Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083554
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their amps tick and how to use them to sound better than ever. It builds on the popular original edition of the book, first published in 2005. Central to the book's success is the way it walks musicians through the significance of each crucial circuit stage and component of a great number of classic and modern tube amp designs, helping guitarists get the most from the amps they already own or choose new amps that are best suited to their needs. The Guitar Amp Handbook reveals many of the tips and tricks used by today's top designers and builders, and it debunks the hype used by the marketing departments at large manufacturers keen on selling specific amps that might not be right for particular players. The book is designed to help guitarists understand what really goes on inside tube amps and where the tone comes from. This new updated and expanded edition adds further knowledge to the foundation, ensuring it continues as the most thorough and authoritative publication on the subject to be found anywhere.

Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook

Author: Jack Darr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description

The Tube Amp Book

Author: Aspen Pittman
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307677
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 428

Book Description
THE TUBE AMP BOOK WITH AUDIO ONLINE ERRATA SHEET ADDED.

Guitar Rigs

Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879308513
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
(Book). The sound of rock, blues, country and jazz is not just the sound of electric guitars. It's the sound of electric guitars through amplifiers. For the first time, Guitar Rigs examines the great guitar/amp combinations that have created more than 50 years of fantastic music. Each section includes a full history of guitar and amps and details the construction, components, performance, qualities and drawbacks of each combination. Guitar Rigs is not just a celebration of the collectable treasures of the guitar and amp world. Along the way it evaluates many more instruments, amps and effects, offering alternatives for those trying to conjure great sounds from less-exalted equipment. And it comes with a CD that demonstrates these and many more combinations so you hear them for yourself.

Design and Construction of Tube Guitar Amplifiers

Author: Robert C. Megantz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615291802
Category : Amplifiers, Vacuum-tube
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
A complete yet easy-to-understand technical description of tube guitar amplifiers, intended for musicians and amplifier designers and builders.

All about Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifiers

Author: Gerald Weber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780964106031
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
(Book). Explores all manufacturers and de-mystifys the inner workings of tube amps. All new material from the amp guru Gerald Weber. Tons of empirical data that de-mystify the inner workings of tube amps to help you get the most from your amps! You will learn how tube amps work, electronic concepts, how different types of tubes work, the anatomy of a gain stage, how to resurrect a dormant tube amp, how to do a cap job correctly, modifications to preserve your amp, how to voice an amp and tune the reverb, how to build an amp, recover a cabinet, re-grill a baffleboard, how to buy a vintage amp; and common wiring mistakes and idiosyncrasies found in vintage amps. And you get a couple of hundred pages of Questions and Answers sectioned off into Fender, Gibson, Marshall, Danelectro/Silvertone, Vox, Other American, Other British and Miscellaneous Topics. You will learn the six dreaded tone killers and how to avoid them, the top ten amp-tone tips, and how to fine-tune your entire amp setup. In short, you will have the knowledge needed to squeeze your amp's performance from lame to insane.

The Guitar Pickup Handbook

Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879309312
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In The Guitar Pick-Ups Handbook guitarist and author Dave Hunter explores the history of the transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, from its beginnings in the early 20th century through to the present day.

A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps

Author: Robert Watkins
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780964106000
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
(Book). If you have questions about guitar amplifiers-how to fix them, how to restore them, or how to hot-rod them-this book has the answer. This book is written for the guitarist or collector who desires a common sense approach to understanding the essence of vintage tube amps and vintage tube tone. Not written for engineers, it does not contain engineering formulas, polar mathematic equations, or abbreviations that are assumed you should know. Gerald Weber, a regular columnist for Vintage Guitar magazine, shares the knowledge he has accumulated over the years of repairing and building his line of Kendrick amps.

Tube Guitar Amplifier Essentials

Author: Gerald Weber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964106024
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
(Book). From the amp guru, and columnist for Vintage Guitar magazine, comes a future classic that features more than 60 easy-reading chapters de-mystifying the complex world of tube amplifiers. Over eight years in the making, it covers the basic knowledge and the practical steps to work on this type of amplifier, the preferred type of amp for millions of guitarists and technicians.

Amped

Author: Dave Hunter
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1610585593
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Guitarists love amps—really love them. Amplifiers may look dull to the rest of the world, but to guitarists they are full of mystique, romance, and rockin' sound. And while there are many strong-selling electric guitar histories available, here's the first illustrated history of the electric guitar’s best friend, the amp. World-famous guitar and amp historian Dave Hunter tells the story of 60 of the greatest amps ever built, including classics from Fender, Marshall, Vox, the bizarre EchoSonic that created Elvis' sound, and the ultimate esoteric $75,000+ Dumble amps. The story is illustrated with hundreds of technical photos, rare machines, catalogs, memorabilia, and the amps of the stars, from Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Eric Clapton. This is a book guitarists will drool over.