How To Service Your Own Tube Amp

RETRACTION REASON: DID NOT BUY BOOK

Im gonna buy this book. I was fortunate to have Tom work on my 74 Marshall... and he always dialed it in. Tom is an educated PRO and I loved to listen to him talk about amps --- even tho most of it flew over my head. I have no idea where Tom is these days...but til this day...I haven't let anyone else touch my amp. Tom Rocks...it you want the goods, buy his book.

This book has already paid for itself by helping me with some issues I've been having with one of my amps and with a current build on a new baffled cabinet. I recommend it for those new to tube amps just for the wealth of information it gives you in regards to amplifier maintenance and troubleshooting -- even if you can't repair the problem yourself. The car and water analogies help make it simple to understand some of the terminology or concepts conveyed.

It is a good starting-point for someone who know's enough to use a DMM and a soldering-iron, but doesn't have a good grasp of electronics.

It talks a lot about how resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc work.

After that, the useful info you'll get from this book is how to choose suitable components for replacement, voltage-charts and a few basic mods you can do to common amps.

Overall, it's worth the price.

Anyone in the Music Industry (Band,Sound Engineer,Luthier,Entertainment Direator ect...Will benefit from this book\m/!

Has some good info and flow charts. But who needs a whole chapter on how a speaker was built in order to know how to check it. For me it was not much help.

This book is deep enough to explain the subject, but simple enough for almost anyone to understand. I used it to learn about tube amps to repair a friends amp. The trouble shooting charts are very good. It will lead you to the parts or parts that are bad, even if they are expensive.