The Wannabe Shadows are doing a gig next April in Gillingham in Kent. They play Shadows music and give their Vox amps a good airing. They are raising funds for the RNLI charity . For those of you outside of the UK, this charity provides life saving inshore RIB’s and sea going rescue ships . They answer the Mayday calls and over the years they have saved many hundreds if not thousands of lives at […]
Our stock of valves for jukeboxes and hifi amps is expanding . We now have a category dedicated to valves tubes for these markets. Check it out by clicking here We have valves for Wurlitzer, Rockola, Seeburg jukeboxes and also for those quality hi-fi amps from the 1960’s If you are looking for 6973’s to replace your ageing RCA 6973’s or the 7868 ( which is basically the 7591 in a more modern valve base
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We have more shipping options but simplified them. In the UK 2nd class post is free and we have added options for next weekday delivery before 1pm and Saturday delivery before 1pm . There is one rate to all EU countries and also to Norway and Swizerland and one rate for the rest of the world. For customers outside of the EU, we have set up the website so that VAT will not be charged.
A Memory-Filled Journey Into The Life Of Guitar Legend Leo Fender The world occasionally produces one of those rare thinkers whose name becomes iconic. Thomas Edison lit up the world; Albert Einstein profoundly altered the study of physics; Walt Disney reimagined entertainment; and Leo Fender perfected the electric guitar. Fender grew up in Fullerton, California, where his interest in electronics lead him to open his own radio repair shop in 1938. It wasn’t long before
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Valve Suppliers and Resellers (see note) When your amp needs new valves no doubt you will read the reviews of all the differing manufacturers of amplifier valves and what they have to offer. It appears that there are loads of different manufacturers but in fact there are only three main manufacturers on the planet. There are a few other specialists but they make so few and mostly for high end HiFi. The companies that own
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The phase splitter valve while it is a pre-amp type valve is really not part of the pre-amp chain at all. It is actually part of the output stage. When an amp has two or more valves then it operates in a mode called push pull. Its job is to invert the signal so that one of your two output valves is driven at any one time. This is a an oversimplified description but I
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We were asked to have a look at an Ampeg B200R bass amp. This is a Chinese built amp and is known to have a few challenges. Faults include badly fitting chassis in the case resulting in the chassis being damaged and known to fail when the speaker is switched from ” no horns” to “horns” jack socket. This failure mode is caused by the panel which is mounted in the chassis with the speaker
New valve testers now installed. Click here and see how we are ensuring you get the best quality valves.
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