Groove tube the tube amp book

Tube specs, troubleshooting, common mods master volume, power tube changes, capacitor changes. It is great to recycle but i kept my tube testers and still working on these. Tips for buying amplifiers and speakers for your bass guitar. Their years of working with tubes have made them number one. By aspen pittman the book was published over 30 years ago and has signs of use like warped pages and extra creases in the foklds of the paper but has no missing or torn pages. The free shipping option allows tubedepot to choose the most appropriate carrier and service. The groove tube schematic archive the tube amp book. These are the real heavyweights when it comes to determining the amp s tone, so its the preamp tube youll. It features the song move on up by curtis mayfield in its opening scene. He has designed dozens of tube guitar amps, stage and studio microphones, and has designed and built over a dozen unique electron vacuum tubes from scratch.

The groove tube is a 1974 american independent comedy film written and produced by ken shapiro and starring shapiro, richard belzer and chevy chase. Following is a list of must have books for the serious tube amplifier designer. This deluxe revised edition contains 40% new material, with a comprehensive az section covering all the. There is nothing like playing a guitar through a good tube amp. Sweetwater s sales engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies.

Edited from the tube amp book 4th edition by groove tubes. Basic theory a 21stcentury approach to understanding preamp, power amp, and power supply design. From there to a bergantino ae410 and the sound is killer, all day long. All tube circuits, uses any of 25 output tubes and a variety of preamp tubes without rebiasing, effects loop with blend, classic styling, highquality speakers. We also may not be held liable for any mishaps you may incur along the way. I recommend this book for anyone repairing tube amps. Reviews for the deluxe and revised edition mention that the image quality on schematics is poor. Beware that there are high dangerous voltages inside of all tube amps. In a five episode tutorial he gives an extensive insight in how tubes work, what. I started with these books and dvd 3 tube amp talk for the guitarist and tech 3a desktop reference of hip vintage guitar amps and entertaining dvd 4 tube guitar amp servicing and overhaul by kendrick amps gerald weber but he is self taught and his technical and safety procedure foundation is shakey. Thankfully, groove tubes have been thoughtful enough to package most of their power tubes in sets, so its easy to get what you need. They are available for free download to help you with your amplifier repair and modifications.

Then we will study the nature of the guitar input signal, and apply this signal to the. Aspen pittmans designs have been coveted by legendary musicians and record producers for nearly 40 years. Some of the common groove tubes part numbers are listed below with a cross reference to the original brand and part number to help you figure out what your groove tubes are. The simplest vacuum tube, the diode, contains only two elements. The amps have a reputation for a high consumption tubes, maybe due to a hot bias. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. This deluxe revised edition features 40 percent new material, including two cdroms of circuit diagrams plus a dramatically improved design and page layout. Some of them are long out of print, and can only be obtained from used book sellers, although they are occasionally seen for sale on the internet. The tube amp book deluxe revised by aspen pittman isbn. No matter what model amp you have, if its a tube amp, its guaranteed to have at least one preamp tube.

This section is home to many different tube guitar combo amplifiers and your search for finding the right one to suit your own taste and playing style starts right now. I have also had full tube amps in the past, but i find i like the control a solid state amp provides, so for me the preamp is the only viable candidate. His best selling tube amp book has sold over 140,000 copies. A bibliography of must have tube electronics books. This pre amp sounds great on its own but when you add a sans amp in front of it, it is simply mind numbing goodness. Power amp is true 2channel stereo with 2 output transformers mercury magnetics and a common power transformer mercury magnetics. If your amp currently has groove tubes in it and you have questions about replacing them, or about biasing your amp with non groove tubes, ask us. The groove tube schematic archive the tube amp book on.

Otherwise my bass goes from a sans amp rbi, into the front of the swr groove tube pre amp, out of the swr groove pre amp send and into a crest power amp. Ive never had much use for the first half it glossy photos of classic guitar gear and a catalog of groove tubes product line. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Already known as the bible of tubes and tube amps, the tube amp book is now even better. In fact, if you dont have a speaker attached to the amp, nobody. Tubes were the first widespread method of controlling electrical signals without moving parts. Featured download build a jimi page favorite the supro thunderbolt the high gain marshall point to point. That leaves the place for tubes, if you want it for all sources, to be the preamp andor a tube amp. The first computers were vacuum tube based and took up rooms while vacuum tubes are considered outdated by most of the world they are still used in several key areas. The tube amp book has always been a sort of infomercial for groove tubes. Sep 01, 2003 this is the best tube amp book i have yet bought so far.

Apsen pittman doesnt just love the equipment, he went into a successful business building amps and as a tube supplier which naturally gets lots of air time here. Oct 03, 2012 aspen pittman is the founder of groove tubes and a true pioneer on designing guitar amps, pre amps and microphones. Since all the tube factories are better at building certain tube types and not so good at other types. The amplifier or amp for short is the unit that boosts the electronic signal of your bass guitar and sends it to the speaker, which takes the signal and converts it into sound. Groove tubes guitar amplifiers for sale in stock ebay. Groove tubes studio series bass tube preamp and i need a schematic. In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube in north america, tube, or thermionic valve or valve in british english is a device controlling electric current through a vacuum in a sealed container. But whats even better is when that amp has a great set of tubes groove tube offers some of the best quality matched power tubes and preamp tubes on the market. The proper method of biasing a tube amplifier requires a signal generator, an oscilloscope, a volt meter and preferably a dummy load. The lowbudget movie satirizes television and the counterculture of the early 1970s. Yahoo dan torres, diy, fender, tube amp, parts, books.