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I have been eyeing up Aspen Pitman's hiug book on tube amps for a while... but couldnt bring myself to spend the $65 US plus post I generally see it for.

I just got a copy from Amazon .ca for $35 C!

Now I need to read it

AJC

If you want to get indepth with tube amps get London Power's TUT series. www.londonpower.com

He doesn't walk you through things but after reading it about 11 times it starts to make sense

I just received a new book (published in 2009) titled "Design and Construction of Tube Guitar Amplifiers", by Robert Megantz.

I bought it from his website for $40 US but its available other places.

Seems pretty technical (better bone up on my mathematics) but will try and muck through it.

AJC

I've got quite a few, but the ones that I keep reaching for are

1. "The Ultimate Tone" by London Power
2. "The Radiotron Designers Handbook - Fourth Edition" by Langford-Smith

The Ultimate Tone is a great reference for amp specific construction. Every single part of the system is analyzed in minute detail, plus the author isn't afraid to try new things.

The Radiotron book is literally the Bible of tube amp construction. Heavy on the math and theory, but it literally was the design manual that most electrical engineers in the 50s and 60s used for reference. My copy is 1498 pages and printed in 1953 - and it's still authoritative. Every time I open it I learn something. Plus if I ever get a boat I could use it for an anchor

My problem, being neither an electrical or electronics engineer is I need to keep the books I read "basic" enough to be able to understand.

I dont plan to start designing stuff from scratch... I would like to eventually know enough to try mods, and other small changes to stock kits and amps without making changes that are dangerous or without purpose.

AJC

The US Navy has a fantastic series of cources in basic electrical theory and they cover tubes very well. It starts out all the way at the "what's an electron" level and goes all of the way into differential equations and quantum physics. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get a great basic grounding in electricity and electronics. And best of all it's all freely available on the web. I have the printed versions from 1962 (13 volumes!!) and they are a freaking GOLDMINE of great info.

Here's a sample - http://www.hnsa.org/doc/neets/mod06.pdf

Thanks!

Will look into that..

AJC

You got to Check mine out. I have a set here! You shudda aksed!

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