I love your site. You shouldn't be so shy... http://www.ax84.com/chrishurley wrote:I welcome anyone who would like to learn how to design and build tube amps to visit AX84.com- a site I created in 1998 to promote such things.
Tube amps have more than one tube?
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- KVRAF
- 6519 posts since 13 Mar, 2002 from UK
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7581 posts since 17 Feb, 2005
Excuse my lack of knowledge on guitar music, but what is a cabinet?stag wrote: Also cabinets are a major factor on how they sound. Hook a tiny 100watt 30th anniversary combo to a 4x12 closed back cabinet and you get a whole different beast.
And you guys have answered more questions then I could have asked, Thanks.
- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
The speaker enclosure hooked to the amplifier, ie. a cab.camsr wrote:Excuse my lack of knowledge on guitar music, but what is a cabinet?
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- KVRist
- 415 posts since 14 Dec, 2004
Drive your own mixer right up into the red until it distorts to experience your own cheap analouge distortion.
PS: Seriously, this works a treat if you have a nice mixer Mackie or better!!
PS: Seriously, this works a treat if you have a nice mixer Mackie or better!!
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- KVRist
- 234 posts since 11 May, 2005
Agreed. ax84 is excellent resource for people interested in valve amp building/designing.nuffink wrote:I love your site. You shouldn't be so shy... http://www.ax84.com/chrishurley wrote:I welcome anyone who would like to learn how to design and build tube amps to visit AX84.com- a site I created in 1998 to promote such things.
- AcousticHippie
- 4769 posts since 12 Mar, 2003
my old guitar amp head had about 12 preamp tubes... or was it 12 in total??? well it had 4 power amp tubes (the big ones) and well yeah I guess 8 small ones....
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- KVRian
- 541 posts since 19 Jun, 2002 from London, UK
My beloved Bassman (just sold) had 7 - 3 preamp, 4 power stage, and that was mono with a solid-state rectifier. Just imagine what it could have been....
Three shall be the number of the counting
And the number of the counting shall be three.
And the number of the counting shall be three.
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 8 Dec, 2004
+1 for AX84- through that site I have ended up building my own 5w valve* amp ( *UK for tube ) from www.ampmaker.com
Coffee please, black, no sugar.
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- KVRist
- 234 posts since 11 May, 2005
Not seen this site, its exactly what i was looking for about a year ago! Cheers!dry bones wrote:+1 for AX84- through that site I have ended up building my own 5w valve* amp ( *UK for tube ) from www.ampmaker.com
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 8 Dec, 2004
Barry who runs Ampmaker is a fantastic human being. He always answers questions with patience and honesty; I can't say enough good things about him.
Coffee please, black, no sugar.
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- KVRist
- 124 posts since 28 Feb, 2005 from zerospace
Built an AX84.com HI-Octane a few years ago.
Not as difficult as i thought it would be and great, helpful folks there too.
Thx Chris!
Not as difficult as i thought it would be and great, helpful folks there too.
Thx Chris!

. . .holograms within holograms. . .
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- KVRist
- 123 posts since 14 Aug, 2004
+1 for AX84, bloody shame I really don't have the energy.
Valve amps don't always dept. - I used to have a little red guitar amp with only ONE tube and an EMI elliptical speaker. Sounded great but quiet, wish I still had it!
Valve amps don't always dept. - I used to have a little red guitar amp with only ONE tube and an EMI elliptical speaker. Sounded great but quiet, wish I still had it!

