TubeNexus

Hello neglected readers!  I have to apologize for the lack of new content these last few months… I did deliberately take the summer off, but then got deeply involved in the design, simulation, prototyping, refinement, pre-production, web-design, copywriting, clip making, video taking and tons of other minutiae involved in trying to bring a little [...]

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This is a very entertaining, professional-looking video on making a vacuum tube from scratch.  Created by a French Ham Radio enthusiast… I’m in awe.  A friend asked for a link to this, so I thought I’d post it here as a pleasant diversion.
 

Fabrication d’une lampe triode
Uploaded by F2FO

Now we come to the part of the show where Norm pauses to review shop safety. Or alternatively, Robbie starts screaming “Danger, Danger Will Robinson!”.

While browsing my personal RSS feeds at lunch I happened upon a Google Blog Search result where the author was exploring how to choose the correct signal chain for your effects pedals. I wouldn’t have found this blog otherwise, as my searches lean towards gear and tube-based gear in particular.

Welcome to TubeNexus.com! 
When my day-job dictated that I would need to learn more about the ways & means of internet publishing, including social networking, I decided I would take a autodidactic approach and build a web-server, blog-space, and link directory around one of my (many) hobbies: tube-based guitar amplifiers.
The long-tail of the internet has been incredible for [...]