http://tubenexus.com A DIY Vacuum Tube Gear Blog with Comprehensive Link Directory Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:32:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I happened to discover the blues backing tracks from 50Blues.com it occurred to me that there may be some e-books on ClickBank relevant to the guitar electronics hobby.  In fact, I found very few... a couple of books on building your own guitar (presumably including the electronic ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=108 As previously noted, I started building tube amps shortly after deciding to pickup the guitar mid-life and focus on the Blues.  I had never played with a band before and electric blues soloing definitely suits a band environment... so backing tracks have become an essential part of my guitar practice.  ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=107 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 ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=106 At the end of this step we should, in theory, have a working amplifier. The step mainly involves straight one-to-one wiring of the main-board leads to the pots and tube sockets, as well as wiring the power supply leads to the appropriate main-board turrets. This photo shows the final wiring, after ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=96 Some of the most critical wiring in a high-gain amp like the Trainwreck is around the 1st tube stage... including the Input Jack, the Volume Control, and the route to the grid of the 2nd stage triode. In my project I found the placement of the bright caps and ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=95 Wiring up the Power Supply The trickiest part of this project is probably the installation of the power supply board and the filter capacitors. Careful consideration must be given to terminating the various grounds and some care in routing the DC voltages as well. The published layouts provide a ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=94 If you can read this, the DNS changes have propagated and you are reading the blog from the new web host. I've moved it off of my DSL line as the high-resolution photographs in the project postings are gonna bump up the bandwidth required. Check out: Canuck Hosting, I've ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=104 Ken Fisher gave us the Trainwreck(TM) amplifier legacy and his Express amp is what the "Expression" Kit is inspired by.  But what does a Trainwreck Express sound like? On the occasion of what would have been Ken Fisher's 63rd birthday (May 12, 2008), Geetarpicker (Glen Kuykendall) has released a new YouTube ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=98 The Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog bills itself as: World's Most Ridiculous Guitar Blog! Ridiculous new guitar products, ridiculously hot new guitar players, links to the best eBay guitar gear suppliers online and Strat-o-Sisters who play guitar so hot, it's just ridiculous! I first stumbled onto JP's blog when he posted about an excellent ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=93 Another great development on the AmpGarage Forum... Ron Worley has compiled a lot of the key reference materials for a Trainwreck Express build into one large document and written a very comprehensive "Builders Guide" around the materials... and very well done, too. You can download the result from this thread: ... http://tubenexus.com/?p=91