Building Tube Guitar Amplifiers Book (Vol 1)

"Building Vacuum Tube Guitar and Bass Amplifiers (Volume 1)" book, by Tino Zottola , Copyright 2003.

Ever wanted to build your own tube amplifier from scratch, but did not know how or where to start? This book guides you hole-by-hole and wire-by-wire from start to finish. This book is written with the beginner in mind.

The book has been very well received, check my eBay feedback. Below is an email from eBayer "rickey999".

"I really just have a comment to make about it. If you're really serious about building your own guitar tube amp, and if you want some REAL help doing it, you owe it to yourself to get a copy of this book. I learned more in a about 1 month from this book than I had in months of self-study. If you have the real desire, you will build your first working guitar tube amp. I've done two so far. This book is my best resource to-date. GET ONE!"

This 120 page spiral bound book contains the following construction data:

• Chassis construction techniques
• Secrets to successful soldering
• Troubleshooting non-working amplifiers, fixing unwanted distortion and removing excessive hum
• Minimize building costs by recycling electronic components
• Identifying and testing power transformers
• Identifying and testing audio output transformers
• Resistor & capacitors identification tables
• Vacuum Tube data

and detailed plans for the following five vacuum tube amplifiers

• Sonic (MA1): 3 watts; 12AX7, 50L6 tubes and solid-state rectifier
• All American Four: 4 watts; 2 x 12AV6, 50C5 and 35W4 tubes
• Champ (AA764): 8 watts; 12AX7, 6V6GT and 5Y3 tubes
• Deluxe (5C3): 15 watts; 2 x 6SC7, 2 x 6V6GT and 5Y3 tubes
• Bassman (5B6): 30 watts; 6SC7, 6SL7, 2 x 6L6GA and 5U4G tubes

The construction of these amplifiers is described in full detail with parts list, chassis drilling guide, component installation details, wire-by-wire hook-up, voltage charts and schematic.

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