In guitar amps, we always battle the signal-to-noise ratio. Of course we could never have the ideal guitar amp in this life because we are limited by the components we use that will dictate the final guitar tone and noise. And to be honest we don’t even need to push for a complete noiseless amp [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Gabriel V33 Demo by Justin Ostrander
Justin Ostrander is an avid user of the Gabriel guitar amps. He is an active musician in the Nashville music scene, gigging with names like Mandisa, Whitney Duncan, Tammy Trent, SonicFLOOD, Julianne Hough, Aaron Shust, Shannon Brown, and with many others.
In this Gabriel V33 Guitar Combo Amp (2×12″) demo he demonstrates the versatility of [...]
Disecting A Epiphone Valve Junior
With the price hike in boutique guitar tube amps, (and rightly so since, depending on the components quality that go into the construction the initial costs can add up very quickly), there seems to be a tone-void gap between solid-state easily accessible (cheap) and the high end tube amps out there.
So, what will [...]
Front Control Wiring Session
Going further with our guitar tube amp building! Here I will show you the simple trick I use to wire the front controls. Nothing complicated. You will see the way I solder the ground buss I use for all preamp connections that are kept separate from the power amp and power supply stage ground connections.
Please [...]
