Books, Guides, and Other Materials on Tube amps

shuphrk88 · Tadpole Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 19

I'm wanting to know how and where the heck did you guys go to learn about amps and how they work? Were there any books you guys read that were helpful? I'm wanting to learn more so I can maintain amps myself and also be able to biase them myself. Really, I'm just curious as to how you tube amp repair guys learned your trade.

Herb · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:21 am Post subject:

You might find this interesting:

http://www.jklutherie.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=27
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shuphrk88 · Tadpole Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 19

Wow, thanks. That's a LOT of material though. Is there anything that you would recommend specifically? I already have the Guitar Amp Handbook. They all look really informative, I'm just a little unsure of which ones to pick.

tw001_tw · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

There are bounds of info on line and in book form.

As far as books go, 2 of the more popular ones seem to be:
Kevin O'Connor - The Ultimate Tone (start with ver.1)
Dan Torres - Inside Tube Amps

And there are bounds good websites.
Here is a list at ax84:
http://ax84.com/dp.php?pg=7
Check Aiken out for sure - lots of great theory.

BoutiqueMusic · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

Check out cedistribution

They have a lot of books. The stuff by Tino Zolatta is very good.

Remember, be careful. There are lethal voltages present in those tube amps.