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u/Pontil · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

Thanks!

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I got the tolex from www.fabricempire.com. It's actually not Tolex but a thicker vinyl material. Very cool, but hard to get corners perfect so I put the corner brackets on. Before this amp I always use sbrush on Tolex adhesive. The white stuff that looks like Elmer's glue. But I hate that stuff. This time I tried this stuff and LOVE it. More expensive but so much cleaner, neater and less hassle.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076575WYT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have my plates made by www.precisiondesignin.com

Sandy the woman who runs it is awesome. Her turnaround time is super fast and she is very easy to work with. Highly recommended!

u/burkholderia · 2 pointsr/ToobAmps

My most used meter is this cheap $15 GE box. I have some nice ones, and if you're only going to have one get one that does >500V, but this one is compact and reads well enough that I tend to use it the most. I have a couple nice meters which also do caps, diodes, transistors, auto ranging, up to 1000V reads, etc. They're very handy.

Get some bias probes. The kind that plug into your meter are good and inexpensive, if you want to go spendy the eurotubes box that reads out plate voltage and current directly is a nice piece of gear. Get a soldering iron with adjustable range and replaceable tips. I had one of the cheaper weller irons, it eventually shorted the pot so it's on full all the time (something I could fix but haven't) so I used that as an excuse to get a nicer iron. If you plan to do any solid state something ESD safe if a good idea.

u/buefordwilson · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

Just posted clip/description in comments. I will definitely read up on Merlin Blencowe, thanks for the heads up! I'd gotten started with a fantastic book with a great overview/insight on amps and circuits. It's the Guitar Amp Handbook by Dave Hunter and he does a great job with conveying his vast knowledge into easy to understand explanations. Link for those interested: http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Amplifier-Handbook-Understanding-Amplifiers/dp/087930863X

u/Retrovertigo1 · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

I went to a community college and studied Electrical Engineering Technology and learned enough to get me started on learning about amps. I also found a job in manufacturing which pays well but wish i had gone for regular EE because of the stability of those job and ease of finding new work.

This series of videos will unlock the mystery of tube based guitar amps. It's Uncle Doug and he's the best on youtube for this. He starts with the basics and explains it all so well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SSKX74DKg

But they don't teach anything at all about Tube electronics anymore. You are still on your own to figure that stuff out. You could very easily learn about the basics of electronics online. after that buy this to get in depth. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0956154522/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

u/m0nk_3y_gw · 3 pointsr/ToobAmps

> Recently the speaker has become noticeably blown when I'm hitting lower notes so I figured it's time for an upgrade

> but I loved playing on my buddy's tube amp

> am getting ready to record an album

When recording you don't need to match the drummers volume.

One option is to replace the speaker and keep using the amp you know, and borrow your buddy's amp when recording and play through both with

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Z36F06/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/SmooveTaste · 2 pointsr/ToobAmps

I read in Van Halen Rising that on their first arena tour, EVH was using a Variac and going through a set of power tubes every night. That was in the '70s when tubes were plentiful and cheap.

I've never compared Variac to a power soak/attenuator, but pretty sure the latter would save you on tubes.

u/MojoMonster · 5 pointsr/ToobAmps

The Dave Hunter book Guitar Amplifier Handbook.

I built the Princeton/Champ-inspired amp, he calls it the Two-Stroke, in the back of the book as a head and used the dual power tube configuration.

Weber sourced most of the kit I got from Dave at that point.
Last I saw he'd moved over to Victoria.

AX84.com is a great place to start reading.

You might want to look into the Weber and Ceriatone kits, too.

Good luck.

u/LarsonLE · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

I've actually never used TAD tubes but I do know that Electro Harmonix surprisingly makes a good 6V6 (the 6V6GT).

u/scramblor · 3 pointsr/ToobAmps

Are you properly grounding the amp and is your house properly grounded?

You can get something like this on amazon for pretty cheap to test your outlets.

u/dagaboy · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

I remember you. A man after my own heart. You can also use a cheap nibbler to make any cutouts you need. But I generally avoid them and use standup transformers and hard mounted power cords with strain relief.

u/jkz0-19510 · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

Electro-Harmonix has a headphone amp which might be right up your alley.

u/better_information · 2 pointsr/ToobAmps

JJ makes them. They're dirt cheap.

You can also use 6l6GC's, or KT66's, kt88's, etc.

u/JMF9x · 1 pointr/ToobAmps

Lots of good information here, I appreciate it.

I'll check outside tomorrow and see if i can find anything leading to the ground. The only thing I saw last time was two metal cables which were bolted down to the pipe system near the water heater/furnace, and that's in the basement, but I didn't look outside.

The isolation transformer I've been using is this Tripp Lite IS250. It did literally nothing, or if it is, it's not discernible to me.

I've tried plugging just the amp, sans cables/pedals/guitars into the power outlets and it still makes the noise. It's relative to the master/gain/volume switches, so when you turn them up the noise gets worse. And worse again on the dirty channel. Strangely enough I did attempt to lift the ground just to test it on one of the amps and it made a slight difference, the other two it made no difference.