Mic Kaczmarczik's TubeInformation - The Blue Guitar

mirrors. Or try:
"It is also available on Web Pages:
>http://www.wwu.edu/~n9343176
>http://www.eecs.umich/~tjs/guitar/effects.hmtl"
The FAQ's contain info on other books pertaining to tube amps.
Maybe a guitar amp mag could help develop the market for these kinds
of publications.
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Vintage Guitar magazine has several people writing for it on the
subject of tube amp electronics. I like some of what David Funk has
written in VG. He covers older amps and modern ones.
Vintage Guitar
Depatment W
P.O. Box 7301
Bismark, ND 58507
tel: (701)-255-1197, fax: (701)-255-0250
Another good source of information on tube amps is the world of
high-end audio. The magazine I'm most familiar with that covers this is
GLASS AUDIO, one of several magainzes published by Audio Amateur
Publications, Inc., P.O. Box 576, 305 Union Street, Peterborough, New
Hampshire, 03458-0576. Tel: 603-924-9464. The magazine is fairly
technical, but it's not all that expensive, and I've noticed more and more
guitar amp articles sneaking in. The publisher is seriously considering
publishing a separate magazine for musicians who use tube amps. Old Colony
Sound Lab, a branch of Audio Amateur sells a lot of the same books on
guitar amps that AES does. See if there are any audiophile associations of
clubs in your area-I bet they'd have a few copies of GLASS AUDIO on hand.
OLDER TEXTS:
1. Tube Recieving Manuals:
These have spec sheets on hundreds of tubes. Given the relatively
small number of tubes used in guitar amps, you may be surprized at the
number of different tube types there are.
These books also have information on setting up tube circuits. A few
companies are reprinting some of these books, like RCA's manuals. But see
if you can track down an old original copy first. It's likely to be
cheaper.
2. THE RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK by Langford & Smith.
This is the CLASSIC text for tube amp designers. Kind of heavy on the
theory, but it's a goldmine of information. It is a radio and audio amp
cookbook that any serious tube amp nut should have. If you can't get an
original copy, I've heard rumours that someone is reprinting this book.
Check the audio mags-they're much more fanatical about tube info than are
most folks into guitar amps.
3. Electronic Radio Engineering
4. Radio Engineering
Both of these are by a guy named Frederick Terman. The same kind of
book as the Radiotron book. In some ways, even more technical. I found my
copies while in Asia of all places. Maybe by the time I'm 90 I'll
understand some of these two books. (Yes, they're in English. )
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There's a lot I've neglected to put in here, I'm sure. Here's hoping
someone takes the idea, and expands on it. And improves it!
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