Tube Amp Archive

SWT: Just want to let you know I've had this happen to me. Built two amps for friends. Sounded GREAT. Built the same amp for me and ... eeyewww! middie, crappie sound. replaced every single part, most sections of wire, pots, trannies. Still ugly. Different chassis, although it's still steel (as the ...

Gotcha. I misunderstood.

I think this is the one I'm looking for, Normster. I'll be following your progress. Thanks!

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A short rundown: PAB : PreAmpBoost (diconnects some portion of the tonestack) HRM : HotRubberMonkey (fancy name for a tonestack after OD2) CL1, CL2 : tube stage naming of the first and second stage of the Clean channel aka V1a and V1b OD1, OD2 : tube stage naming of the first and second stage of th...

oldmacman: Never did an A/B compare, but the Weber caps sound good to me. I don't use them much because they're so HUGE compared to the Xicon.

Bob-I wrote: Has anyone realized that we have our own language here, PAB, HRM, CL1, OD2 3 acronyms in a sentence is scary

Yah. Newbie, here. It keeps me searching, I'll tell you!

But, please continue. This is very helpful.

Watts = Volts x Amps Figure out how much voltage you want to drop, add up the current of all your tubes at full output, multiply and go to the next biggest power rating. Just don't cut it close - go higher if necessary to get a cushion. I might not be reading this right. I didn't think you would ne...

Man, the tone on Gone Pecan is gorgeous! I only have Grant Street so far, so I don't have Creole Angel. I'm gonna call a friend and Sonny freak and see if he has it.

Thing about sonny is that he uses slide most of the time. I don't. Makes me wonder how I'd sound through that rig.

Thank you, Alan. Your reply is very helpful. This sounds like what I'm looking for. I'm gonna take a spin around and try to find some sound clips.

Hi, y'all. The question is for real. I've listened to Sonny Landreth a bit recently and I like his sound, but how much of it is the amp?

Can the Dumble sound be described?