Tube Guitar Amplifier Cook Book

By Robert Yonemoto

There are many tube amplifier books, and tube guitar amplifier books published. But most of them either contains no information about how to actually design one, or are written for professionals, and are too technical for an average person. This book is written to fill the void between the two. The book requires no prior knowledge about tube guitar amplifier designs. It provides information about each building blocks of the tube guitar amplifiers, so they can be used to form a complete design. By the time you finish reading this book you will be able to:1. Understand how tube amplifiers work. 2. Design your own tube guitar amplifier.3. Design guitar preamplifier circuits.4. Understand how class A, B, and AB amplifier designs work.5. Design single ended class A power amplifier.6. Design push pull class A, class B, and class AB power amplifiers.7. Correctly bias an amplifier circuit.8. Design tone control circuits9. Understand how transformer works, and select the right transformer for the design.10. Understand how negative feedbacks are used in guitar amps.11. Understand how to add effects loop.12. Understand how to design power supplies.13. Read the schematics of designs done by commercial companies, and understand how they work.Fortunately, guitar amplifiers are not complex. But the amount of variations you can add to their tone are endless. You can have years of enjoyment designing your own special design.This cookbook is written to provide the information that are necessary to service, or design your own tube guitar amplifier.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479102466
• ISBN13: 9781479102464
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"