Stewart

Working on a New amp Design

We are working on a new amp design which is a nice simple hand wired amp. It is  a vintage style traditional valve ( tube amp) . It is early Fender style.  I While it is really good to have an original vintage amp ( I have one) , I saw someone ( I cannot remember where) I read it ) making the  comparison  of owning an original vintage amp to having an old classic […]

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Adding more amp valve kits

Adding more amp models We are adding more amp valve kits to the web store.  In response to customers asking about Engl amps, we have added a number of  Engl Amp model  valve kits to the website. We want to make sure that the website has as many of the amps for which you need valve kits. We want to make sure we have your amp listed . Please let us know if your amp

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Valve versus solid state amps

I thought I would try and make sense of why do we like  the sound of valve versus solid state amps.  ” Solid state” is the name that was banded about in the 1960’s to sell the new transistorised technology. I am old enough to remember this new  technology coming on the market. We were told that it was more reliable, much better sound quality, lower distortion, lower noise. This sold us all on solid-state”?

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Vox AC30

Thoughts On Buying a Vintage Amp

I was on the hunt for a nice original Vox AC30 from the 1960′ s and it got me thinking on why I wanted it and what work it would need.  Now I have worked on AC30’s in the past and my first AC30 was GIVEN to me as it was considered beyond repair. The player had sat a pint of beer on top of the amp, by all accounts the pint glass  was almost

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Svetlana 6L6GC

My Svetlana Valve ( Tube ) Mystery

I have come across a bit of a mystery regarding Svetlana valves ( tubes) and perhaps some readers could explain. Svetlana valves are made in Russia and are good quality products. My understanding is that an American corporation owns the rights to the  Svetlana so the company JSC Svetlana lost the rights to use the Svetlana name. JSC Svetlana  made their  valves in St Petersburg in Russia and adopted the Winged C log with C

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