Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass, 2nd Edition Author: Merlin Blencowe | Language: English | ISBN:
0956154522 | Format: EPUB
Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass, 2nd Edition Description
Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass is the most comprehensive guide to the design of tube-based preamplifiers for musical instrument use, in a single volume. From the input to the phase inverter this book discusses in detail the inner workings and practical design of every part of a conventional guitar preamp, including the use of triodes, pentodes, tone controls, effects loops and much more. This second edition is fully revised and includes four new chapters covering noise, signal switching, topology, and grounding. Aimed at intermediate-level hobbyists and circuit designers, it explores how to manipulate distortion and maximise performance for the perfect tone. With easy-to-read explanations, minimal math and over 250 diagrams and figures, it is an essential handbook for any tube amp enthusiast!
- Hardcover: 300 pages
- Publisher: Wem Publishing; Second Edition edition (February 11, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0956154522
- ISBN-13: 978-0956154521
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I have many books on tube amp and preamp design. From Reich's "Theory and Applications of Electron Tubes" 1940's EE text book, to hi-fi books published by Elektor to Richard Kuehnel's diatribes on the classic tube guitar amps.
This book smokes them ALL. It is so easy to read, and accessible to anyone with high-school math skills, and technician level electronics knowledge. If you can read an electronics schematic, know how to wire/solder and can make stuff, then you can very quickly and practically apply the work in this book with great results.
Biasing, Triode, Tetrode and Pentode operations are all well addressed, with practical graphical and analytical design techniques given, as well as clear, inarguable technically correct explanations of distortion, overdrive, harmonics, tone control and filtering.
I can say this because I am an EE, with many years experience designing and building audio electronics both for guitar and hi-fi, and I could not have written a book on this subject better myself.
This is AWESOME.
By Jordanyte
Blencowe's Preamp book is one of the very few exceptionally clear references available for valve preamp circuits. There's no math beyond high school algebra and his treatment of pentode gain stages is better than any other you'll find not written for electrical engineers. The book's title suggests it's only applicable to guitar amplifiers but that's not exactly true. Although the discussion centers on guitar amps Blencowe notes the difference between guitar and hi-fi applications throughout. While he does not emphasize minimizing distortion in gain stages (usually describing various types of distortion as desirable for guitar) he does clearly express the difference one would find in a similar hi-fi circuit.
To gain a preview of the book Google "valve wizard" (Merlin - valve wizard - get it?) - summaries of the major subjects are available there. As to spelling and grammar - an earlier reviewer might not understand that the author is British - he writes in British not American English.
By Charles Deluca
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