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Tuesday’s Tip Of The Day: Avoiding Output Transformer Damage

Posted on May 20, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Never run your tube guitar amp without a speaker or dummy load connected to the speaker output jacks! In doing so you can do irreparable damage your output transformer and other components. The output transformer needs to “see” a load which is the speaker (rated in ohms) or a dummy load. Another point is to always match the amplifiers output […]

New Article: Guitar Terms And Their Meaning

Posted on May 19, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

There is a new article on the Articles page “Guitar Terms And Their Meaning“. This is an alphabetical list of guitar terms that are often used with a brief exlanation. Each term has a link to photos to further explain their meaning in detail. […]

New Duesenberg “Doozy one” Guitar Amp

Posted on May 18, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

New in Duesenberg’s product line is a pure Class AB full-tube amp with spring reverb and “Master/Non Master volume” push function. The “Doozy one” is hand-wired in the old traditional way. Some of the features & specifications are 20 watt Class AB power, point to point wiring, tube driven Accutronics spring reverb, 2x6V6 output tubes […]

Warmoth: Custom Guitar Necks and Bodies Direct From The Factory!

Posted on May 17, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Upgrade your guitar or build your own with Warmoth Custom Replacement Guitar and Bass Bodies, Necks, and Pickguards! Pickups from Seymour Duncan, Rio Grande, and Lindy Fralin, and hardware from Schaller, Gotoh, Floyd Rose, Planet Waves are available and more! Warmoth has the World’s Largest Online Inventory of bodies and necks that are ready to ship from their Showcase pages. Credit: […]

Gibson Elvis Costello Signature Model Guitar

Posted on May 16, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

The Gibson Elvis Costello Century of Progress Signature model acoustic is fashioned after Costello’s beloved 1936 model; it is a painstaking recreation of his favorite acoustic, used to record and perform many of the songs that made him the iconic musician that he is. Culling information from photos of Costello’s treasured instrument and the original blueprints […]

Small Bear Electronics Pedal Parts

Posted on May 15, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Small Bear Electronics is your one stop shopping for all DIY guitar effect pedal parts. There are Projects, How To’s and Kits available on their website. Small Bear specializes in stocking parts for building custom pedals and also modifying existing pedals. Everything from enclosures and tools to the smallest transistors are on the stock list […]

DIY: Hot-Rodding The New Gretsch G5222 Electromatic Amp!

Posted on May 14, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

For all you Gretsch G5222 amp owners that want to get more tone out of your amp see the article DIY: Hot Rodding The New Fender Champion 600 by John Frondelli on the Articles page. Both amps are electronically the same so the article will show you exactly what to do to hot-rod your G5222 […]

Tuesday’s Tip Of The Day: Proper Filament Wiring For Output Tubes

Posted on May 13, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Here is a great tip for DIY tube amp builders. When wiring the filaments of the output tubes in a push-pull power amp always remember to keep the wires from your tightly twisted pair in phase. For example one filament wire from the twisted pair going from pin 2 on the first output tube socket for […]

Voodoo Lab Whazoo Pedal Coming Soon!

Posted on May 12, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

ONE INNOVATIVE PEDAL, THREE AWE INSPIRING EFFECTS The Voodoo Lab WAHZOO is the most versatile wah ever. Combining the finest classic wah tones, a funk-approved Autowah, and our unique programmable Stepwah, Wahzoo delivers all the sounds you’ve been looking for and more! VINTAGE mode elivers all the clarity and expressiveness of the classic, highly sought […]

XCase – Custom Case Specialists

Posted on May 11, 2008 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

XCase designs and manufactures the highest quality ATA road & flight cases using the best materials & hardware available. Made in the U.S.A. All cases are constructed from ABS laminated birch ply (not luan) with every inch riveted and internally stapled for maximum strength. The black polyurethane sealed ball bearing casters that are used outlast […]