Amp building Book

[jazbo8]

Who is Joe Piazza? Why did he re-draw so many existing schematics? I used to have a bunch of his drawings from various sources - I have since deleted all of them, I much prefer the original drawings

[leeh]

"But it's a crummy single knob amplifier !!!! "
You'd be surprised at its versatility

Thanks for posting it up,

Ha ha but my son already got a crummy amp, that why I want to build a amp with a bit of meat to it, looking/studying it, I don't know for certain, but I am quite confident I could put that together with not too much problem, I know I may sound a bit big headed for someone who has never built a Amplifier before,but (Honestly I don't mean it that way) if I had the components in front of me , I could sort that little amp out, my problem would be getting the right components in front of me.
Thanks
lee

[madkatb]

This was the first tube amp book I had. Basic enough, shows you what to do and how and gives enough theory to make you start asking the right questions. I haven't seen my copy in two or three years as it's been making the circuit of acquaintances who are also interested in tube amps.
Low Watt Guitar Amp Kits for Recording or Bedroom Use

[leeh]

I won't be getting my copy till the 19th this month, wife bought me it for my , I can't wait to start, but I have to finish a guitar build first So my mind cant get sidetracked on this Amp build, been looking into speakers though, actually started a thread looking for advice, decided I will be going with Italian (jensen speakers), ha ha, just can't fault their quality and passion in anything they do, from bicycles to high performance Cars to the clothes they wear, read a few reviews and they seem to do the things I would like,
Italians can make a silk purse from a sows ear
Thanks
lee

[tubeswell]

The Italian reissue Jensens are nothing like the original ones. The RIs use kapton insulation on the coils and this seems to give them a mid-range bark. I prefer the originals. Weber makes pretty close copies of the originals in their Vintage Series, and if you're in the states they easily compete on price.

[jpfamps]

Hello
Thanks everyone for your replies, it's most appreciated

I think the book that I would of gone for is Kevin O'Connor's "The Ultimate Tone 3, that GregS said about, until I worked the price out to get it over here to me in the UK , getting on for a £100, I just cant justify that, So I have decided on making a kit from here in the uk Amp Maker: Guitar amp kits and parts, this person has good reviews from what I see and hear
I would like to mention so to let you know I am not a complete novice/newbie, I have built a few Electric Glass/ceramic Kiln, Electric Guitars, Alcohol stills and electric heating element power Controllers and lots of other things, all from very much the bottom up,
Thanks
lee

Bob Pearman books sells TUT series in the UK which is cheaper than ordering from the US/Canada.

I've read a significant number of the books on valve amps that are on the market (and many that aren't!).

The TUT series have tons of info in them, however I find Kevin O'Conner's writing style a little grating.

I think you've made a good decision getting and Amp Maker kit, as the instructions are by far and away the best I've seen for a valve amp kit.

From my own experiences the most useful book I've found for general advice is Morgan Jones's Valve Amplifiers. The latest edition has been split into two volumes: one on the theory and another "Building Valve Amplifiers". The later has some excellent advice on metal work (if really are building you amps from scratch); especially useful for those of us that did Latin at school instead of metal work.

For guitar related valve info, Randall Aiken's papers are superb.