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Description: This handy reference book brings together under one cover an incredible variety of information useful to designers, technicians and students who work behind the scenes in live concerts, theater, film and television. Its sturdy leatherette binding will stand up to years of constant use. The third edition updates this popular reference book with new terminology and materials, and adds dozens of new illustrations of grip hardware, film lighting equipment and painting tools. Backstage Handbook: Illustrated Almanac of Technical Info includes chapters on: tools, hardware, materials, electrics, shop math, architecture and theater. There are hundreds of illustrations, tables and charts which cover everything from the stock sizes and specs of wood screws, to safe working loads for several kinds of rope, to illustrations of 22 types of standard lamp bases (with names and standard abbreviations of course). 320 pages. |
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Description: This book/CD pack is designed for drummers of all styles and levels, as well as drum technicians, recording engineers and producers. It contains step-by-step instructions along with over 35 professional photos that allow you to see the tools and tuning techniques up close. The 29-track companion CD contains demos for listening, so you can read and hear the differences in sounds. Covers: preparation; drumhead basics; drum construction and head properties; tom-toms; snare drum; bass drum; the drum set as one instrument; drum sounds and tuning over the years; when to change heads; and more. ©2002, 64 pages. Book & CD. |
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Description: 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. 512 pages. |
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Description: This book takes a giant step towards redressing the balance, providing the first overall view of amp-com, including: how amps work, profiles of the major manufacturers, "transistor dinosaurs" and their place in amp history, reissues vs. vintage amps and troubleshooting. Terms are defined in the margin as they are introduced and plenty of photos and diagrams illuminate the text. |
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Description: Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound tells the tale of this extraordinary company on its 50th Anniversary, weaving together the American success story of the company founder, the role of key inventors and inventions, and the development of innovative music equipment products -- all against the backgrounds of American pop music and corporate competition in the music industry. Many Ampeg endorsers are profiled, including: Johnny Smith, James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Gary Karr, Victor Wooten, Bill Wyman, Jason Newsted, Michael Anthony and more. The results provides something of interest to musicians, collectors, and those who lived part of the history. Includes more than 200 photos and a 32-page color section. ©1999, 288 pages. |
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Description: In this more advanced follow-up video to "Tube Amp Basics for the Guitarist" (HL689), amp expert Gerald Weber spends an hour and a half inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing and even playing the tube guitar amp! He covers: the basics of servicing and overhauling; the tools needed; the wiring mistake made on 50% of all amps and how to correct it; the best way to straighten preamp tube pins; how to perform a cap job correctly; proper servicing of potentiometers, jacks, sockets and tubes; and much more. ©1999, 90 minutes. VHS Video. |
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Description: Now over 75% larger than the second edition, the Blue Book of Guitar Amplifiers is the definitive reference book on the subject! More than 400 individual trademarks are included, including many of the newer boutique amplifier companies. Company histories are also included. Thousands of individual makes and models are listed with technical descriptions, including images whenever possible, to make identification easier. As always, pricing is included in several stages, based on the condition of the amp. Pricing - especially vintage pricing, on the popular 50's & 60's amps - has been completely updated. A revised 16-page color Photo Grading System includes sample shots and descriptions of excellent, average and poor condition amps (including amps that may appear in excellent condition but have actually been re-covered;) close-up photos of dozens of amp coverings and grille cloths; and even interior chassis photos! This update includes expanded sections on Peavey, Marshall, Epiphone, Gibson, Harmony, Kay, Peavey, Fender, Kustom, and others. Plus, an all-new Trademark Index lists contact information for every current amplifier company, including websites. ©2007, 608 pages. |
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Description: Looking for guitar amplifier values and information? The 3rd Edition of Blue Book of Guitar Amplifiers on CD-ROM contains all the information from the Blue Book of Guitar Amplifiers, 3rd Edition on one easy-to-use CD-ROM. In addition to all the information from both books, over 1,500 color images are included to further aid in easy guitar amplifier identification! This CD-ROM operates in any Internet web browser program for easy navigation. Other features include amp dating tools and a Trademark Index that lists all current contact information for manufacturers. This unique and valuable compilation of information is not available anywhere else at any price! CD-ROM. |
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Description: For many novice players the amp is the boring, functional part of their first set-up. This guide explains how it can be as exciting, inspirational and important as their guitar. Viewing the amp as an instrument in its own right, this book defines both the fundamental and subtle differences between many types of amplifiers, while offering valuable info on "tone-tweaking" every kind to suit different styles. Learn how to adjust your amp for a whole range of different tones and how to use its functions for maximum effect. The text also explains how to choose the right products within your price range and requirements, and how to maintain amplifier equipment for safe and reliable use. By taking an objective and comprehensive view of available guitar amps, this book offers the best bang-for-buck advice to getting killer tones easily and affordably. If you want to get your guitar cooking, then make sure it has the right ingredients with this invaluable guide. ©2000, 80 pages. |
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Description: Building Valve Amplifiers is a unique hands-on guide for anyone working with tube audio equipment - as an electronics experimenter, audiophile or audio engineer. Particular attention has been paid to answering questions commonly asked by newcomers to the world of the vacuum tube, whether audio enthusiasts tackling their first build, or more experienced amplifier designers seeking to learn the ropes of working with valves. The practical side of this book is reinforced by numerous clear illustrations throughout. As well as the design and build of new valve amplifiers, complete with constructional projects, Morgan Jones introduces the modification, fault-finding and repair of new and classic equipment. The companion volume to Building Valve Amplifiers, Morgan Jones's Valve Amplifiers, Third Edition, has been widely recognized as the most complete guide to valve amplifier design written for over 30 years. It introduces the art of valve electronics to the newcomer and provides ready-made practical circuits that will be of great value to enthusiasts and professional audio designers alike. ©2004, 368 pages. |
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Description: Authorized by Fender Musical Instruments, and researched by industry veterans, this book covers the entire amp lineage from Leo Fender's first K & F amp of 1945 to the Custom Shop line of today. Includes detailed model features and specs, rare catalog reprints, classic advertisement, endorsee promo photos and hundreds of close-up photos of these American beauties. Includes a commissioned 40-page, full-color section showcasing Fender's finest (complete with a two-page pullout group shot of over 60 amps!) and the choicest vintage catalog covers. Also includes sections on how amps work, basic amp maintenance, set-up tips and detailed parts info necessary for dating and restoring Fender amps. 256 pages. |
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Description: Over 50 useful modifications for Fender and Marshall amps and the guitar. Also includes speaker cabinet and equipment tips for the musician who wishes to customize. This book is written for players with Fender, Marshall and other tube amps. This "notebook" is Thompson's attempt to let guitar players and other musicians in on some neat little tricks you can do to your equipment to make it work better than anyone else's. All of the mods described are considered simple mods because they are easy to do -- just about anyone can do them in a few minutes. They are also very inexpensive and you can find the parts easily. This book will teach you some great stuff! ©1996. |
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Description: 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. ©2005, Book & CD, 208 pages. |
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Description: Respected within the music industry and known as designer of some of the best-selling amplifiers ever built, legendary amp guru James Brown takes viewers on a colorful tour through the high volume world of guitar amplification. As guitar amp engineer for Peavey for 17 years and a talented guitarist in his own right, Brown designed such trendsetting amplifiers as the 5150TM for guitar hero Eddie Van Halen. Now, he's prepared to push the envelope even further. Leading the design team at Kustom Amplication since 2004, Brown shows off his critically acclaimed Coupe Series of all-tube, American-built amplifiers. In this special DVD, Brown bridges the gap between electronic theory and finished product in a manner that will fascinate both players and nonmusicians as well. Going a step further into the inner sanctum of tone, Brown visits the actual factory where Kustom tube amplifiers are built, offering a behind-the-scene glimpse that is rarely seen by those outside the industry. If you enjoy the art of the electric guitar and its amplification, this video will provide greater insight into the obsessive thought process that drives this unique field of product development. ©2007, DVD. |
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Description: From the author of Amps! comes an essential survival guide for every guitar player and amp owner. Teaches the secrets of maintenance with straightforward, step-by-step instructions using simple, affordable, readily available tools. Contains over 200 photos and insider information from technicians, engineers and roadies. |
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Description: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds. There's a huge amount of hype and mythology surrounding tube amplifiers in the guitar world. For years, experts have argued over the tiny details of exactly how they do what they do, and how their various components interact. What's undeniable is that, far more than being just a “loudness booster,” the unique combination of tubes, capacitors, resistors, and transformers in these amps can contribute enormously to the quality of sound derived from any electric guitar. In this thorough and authoritative book, Dave Hunter cuts through the marketing hyperbole, and the blind faith, and supplies all the information you need to choose the right amp, and get the best from it. The book also features exclusively conducted, in-depth interviews with leading figures in the tube amp-building world – including Ken Fischer, Mark Sampson, and Michael Zaite – and even provides full instructions on how to construct your own high-quality tube guitar amp from scratch. ©2005, 240 pages. |
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Description: This book explores the British company responsible for that sweet overdrive sound - the company that originated the amp "stack" - tracing the impressive lineage of its valve guitar amps. Michael Doyle is the acknowledged authority on the subject, and here he combines detailed chronologies of the various model and serial numbers, straightforward explanations of their features and construction, and aesthetic evaluation of the results. This book is dotted with the names of rock luminaries and peppered with hundreds of black-and-white photos, plus a 32-page full color appendix that reproduces all of the Marshall catalogs of the sixties. |
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Description: Foreword by Keith Richards From the same “dream team” that created The Fender Stratocaster Chronicles (Vintage Guitar magazine's 2004 Book of the Year) comes this new publication covering the other side of Fender's legacy, the instrument amplifier. Revered as much as one's guitar, the Fender amplifier gets its due in this full-color, richly illustrated book. Features over 400 images, including legendary guitarists such as Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, and Dick Dale, and two CDs featuring over 120 tracks that make terms and topics come alive. HARDCOVER. ©2007, Book & 2 CDs. |
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Description: Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, "The Tube Amp Book" is now even better! This deluxe revised edition contains 40% new material, with a comprehensive A-Z section covering all the great tube amp manufacturers, with histories, photos and information. Brands include Ampeg, Dr. Z, Fender, Gibson, Hiwatt, Marshall, Matchless, Mesa/Boogie, Orange, Vox, Watkins and many others. Features a CD-ROM with 800 available schmatic and layout diagrams, from Ampeg to Western Electric, plus dramatically improved design and page layout. The book's technical tips, in-depth electronic specs and explanations, over 350 schematic diagrams, and full-color plates make it a must-have for the legions of tube-tone fanatics. Hardcover with convenient enclosed spiral binding. ©2003, Book & CD-ROM, 416 pages. |
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Description: Tipbooks are handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guides for players who want to get the most out of their instruments and gear. They are written in collaboration with and proofread by musicians, teachers, technicians and other experts – for beginners, students and advanced players. Features include: lessons, teachers and practicing • all jargon explained • basic background information • price indications • the history and the family of the instrument • and more. The Amps & Effects book covers such topics as purchasing, selecting and using amplifiers and effect devices, helping readers to get the most out of their equipment. ©2005, 224 pages. |
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Description: In this video you'll learn the "plain talk" basics that every guitar player should know. You'll learn common sense troubleshooting techniques that can be done without any special equipment. You'll learn the basic layout of the guitar amp and how to isolate problems so they can be solved. You'll learn the correct procedure if a fuse blows, or if you plug in and there's no sound. You'll even learn the contents of the "first aid kit" that should got to every gig. It's an hour of essential tube amp knowledge. ©1998, 60 minutes. VHS. |
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Description: For this follow-up to his popular "A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps", Gerald Weber has compiled his articles and "Ask Gerald" columns that have appeared in "Vintage Guitar" from 1993 to 1996. As a special bonus, Ken Fisher's "Trainwreck Pages" from "Vintage Guitar" are also included. This book assumes that the reader has at least a working knowledge of tube guitar amplifiers, and it will be helpful and interesting whether or not guitarists intend to perform their own servicing. ©1997, 537 pages. |
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Description: 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. ©2005, 530 pages. |
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Description: Kendrick Amplifier President and Vintage Guitar magazine columnist Gerald Weber has overhauled and restored over 15,000 vintage tube guitar amps. This extensive DVD covers: basics of servicing and overhauling a tube guitar amp, what tools are needed, the wiring mistake made on 50% of all amps and how to correct it, the best way to straighten preamp tube pins, how to perform a cap job correctly, the different types of Silverface amps and how to convert each to Blackface, how to identify leads of an unknown transformer, how to make perfect chassis grounds, and much, much more! Nearly four hours. ©2005, DVD. |
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Description: Guitar amplifier repair here is attacked by using three actual amplifier case studies. Amplifier problems have been split up into several categories: user serviceable problems (simple problems that can be usually fixed without chassis removal), dead amplifiers, and strange sounding amplifiers. It is assumed the reader of this book is familiar with the following skills: basic electronic theory, reading schematics, use of electronic repair tools and the use of basic test instruments. ©1996. |
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Description: This is the second volume in this series on theory and repair. This volume (theory) describes the history and operation of vacuum tubes as well as how they are used in guitar/bass amplifier circuits. Amplifier electrical and physical layout is then examined. The factors affecting amplifier sound are also described. Included in the appendices is useful data such as: resistor & capacitor codes, vacuum tube electrical data, wire guage table and musical scale frequency chart. ©1996. |
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Description: Morgan Jones' Valve Amplifiers has been widely recognised as the most complete guide to valve amplifier design, modification, analysis, construction and maintenance written for over 30 years. As such it is unique in presenting the essentials of 'hollow-state' electronics and valve amp design for engineers and enthusiasts in the familiar context of current best practice in electronic design, using only currently available components. The author's straightforward approach, using as little maths as possible, and lots of design knowhow, makes this book ideal for those with a limited knowledge of the field as well as being the standard reference text for experts in valve audio and a wider audience of audio engineers facing design challenges involving valves. Design principles and construction techniques are provided so readers can devise and build from scratch designs that actually work. Morgan Jones takes the reader through each step in the process of design, starting with a brief review of electronic fundamentals relevant to valve amplifiers, simple stages, compound stages, linking stages together, and finally, complete designs. Practical aspects, including safety, are addressed throughout. The third edition includes a new chapter on distortion and many further new and expanded sections throughout the book, including: comparison of bias methods, constant current sinks, upper valve choice, buffering and distortion, shunt regulated push-pull (SRPP) amplifier, use of oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers, valve cooling and heatsinks, US envelope nomenclature and suffixes, heater voltage versus applied current, moving coil transformer source and load terminations. ©2003, 640 pages. |
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Description: "Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers" covers classic amps to new designs using latest components. It includes the best of valves as well as the best of transistors. Contents include: active components; passive components; voltage amplifier stages using valves; valve audio amplifier layouts; negative feedback; valve operated power amplifiers; solid state voltage amplifiers; early solid-state amplifiers; contemporary power amplifier designs; preamplifiers. ©1997, 256 pages. |
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