Tubeopedia -A Vacuum Tube wiki
A Vacuum Tube wiki

If you are not familiar with wikis or wikipedia, then you might be a little confused at first at Tubeopedia. A wiki is a roll-your-own website that is designed to be developed and added to by its users. Wikis are only as successful as the people who use it and add to it. Wikis are also susceptible to abuse by spammers.

Tubeopedia looks should be a good place for finding information about all aspects of vacuum tubes. If it can attract some interested and dedicated people who want to add to it, it will flourish and grow. My experiences with wikis have been mixed. Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't.

Check out Tubeopedia and see if there is something you can contribute, even if it's just a spell check or a minor point. 
¶ Thursday, June 28, 2007 0 Comments Links to this post

  Premier Guitar - Direct Box
I've been surfing through the articles at Premier Guitar Magazine and I found some neat stuff for harp players. This discussion of direct box opened my eyes to some interesting facts. This stuff applies to harp players as much as guitarists and the article is well written. Now I am thinking about getting a direct box to check out.

Premier Guitar - Speaking Directly - Jul 2007 - Premier Guitar magazine. 
¶ Saturday, June 23, 2007 0 Comments Links to this post

  New Buffalo Harp Amp
Rob at Buffalo Amps just sent me a picture of his latest.

He writes:
My Buffalo "Blues Harp" circuit is based from an super duper, ultra rare Gibson GA77 circuit that's not found on any website or even in the Gibson master service manual. It has been tweaked specifically for harp tone using a 12ay7 preamp tube, 6SL7 / 6SN7 split phase inverter and cathode biased dual 6L6's or quad 6v6's all hand wired in point to point circuitry. ~ 25-30 watts. 15" Weber smooth cone 15A150-O speaker with harp dust cap and a semi closed back to help reduce feedback.

All custom hand made in the USA using the finest parts available.


Buffalo Amplifiers. 
¶ Friday, June 22, 2007 1 Comments Links to this post

  Tweed Princeton
There's what looks like a tweed Princeton chassis on eBay. It is a wreck but could be the basis of a nice restoration project. I am going to pass on it as I don't have time for it. The thing is not much more than a skeleton, but there's enough there to get started. I doubt the transformer works. Clean up the chassis, re-chrome it and repopulate the circuit board, buy new transformers and you might get it to work. It is not less work than building one from scratch but the original chassis and fiber board would make it a few levels up from an ordinary DIY project. I bet that hunk of junk goes for $250-350. Anything less is actually a bargain.

I have a reoccurring dream that I find one of these in a box at a flea market and buy it for a dollar.



eBay: Vintage Fender Guitar amp tweed chassis? 1950's
 
¶ Monday, June 18, 2007 2 Comments Links to this post

  If you haven't seen it then it's new to you
A few years ago, I worked on harp amps and as a result lost a few links. I am trying to clean up the site and here are some of the pages that you may not have seen for a while.

2001 Saratoga Springs Guitar Show
2001 South Jersey Guitar Show
Harpin Help 2001
Little Charlie and the Night Cats
Gary Primich at Isabels
90.5 "the Night" 6th Annual Guitar Show
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, 2003
2003 Auburn Guitar Show

I have to go through and find some more. There's lots of amps, mics, and blues that I've written about and set aside. I like the guitar show ones. The prices sure have changed since 2001. I have pictures going back to 1995 and I'll see what I can find. 
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  Deluxe Reverb Reissue Rebuild
Nice amp pics here. You don't even have to read the text, just drool over the pictures.

Deluxe Reverb Reissue Rebuild 
¶ Friday, June 01, 2007 0 Comments Links to this post