The Ultimate Tone Vol. 5 – Tone Capture. By Kevin O’Connor, ©2004, ISBN 0-9698-608-9-7. 277 pages, 8-1/2″ x 11″, spiral bound with clear protective covers; 183 figures (schematic diagrams) View the Table of Contents Read a magazine review of the TUT series. Deciding which TUT volume to purchase first (next)? See our TUT Selection page. The Ultimate Tone, Volume 1, Modifying & Building Tube Amps. B-695; Sold individually; This is the book that jump-started the boutique tube guitar amp business.

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The Ultimate Tone – Modifying and Custom Building Tube Guitar Amps

368 pages, 8½” x 11″, spiral bound with clear protective covers;
395 figures (schematic diagrams)

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TUT is the book that jump-started the boutique tube guitar amp business!
The Ultimate Tone is an enduring industry standard – as relevant today as when it was published in 1995.

learn the truth about tube preamp design and modification
see how tube power amps work and how they can be made more reliable
see how reverbs and effects loops work and learn better ways to configure them
learn why some amp brands are easier to service and to mod than others
see how simple switching circuits are but how capable they can be
browse tube data for the common types used in guitar and bass amps is provided
read a discussion of stage set-up and player ergonomics

TUT itself is an overview of all-things-guitar-amp. Much of its information is accessible to hobbyists of low to moderate skill, while other sections require some schematic reading fluency and circuit knowledge.

The Ultimate Tone offers the technician or hobbyist a wide information base for properly implementing guitar amplifier modifications, and for simply building better guitar amps. Sonic perceptions and stage setups are analyzed to demonstrate how optimal sound can be obtained from existing equipment. A survey of amplifier brands follows, with an eye toward ease of modification and service. Basic vacuum tube operation is clearly presented, as are power supply principles. Preamp circuits and master volumes are explored with a discussion of guitar sustain and interactions, for clean and distorted tones. Power amplifiers are investigated, and power tubes are explored regarding choice of tubes, relative reliabilities of tube types, the relevance of tube matching, and the sonic impact of each tube type. Methods of improving reliability are presented. Tube and solid-state effects loops and reverb loops are investigated, with relative performance issues highlighted. The Best All-tube Effects Loop shown here has been widely copied throughout the industry, as has the jfet-mosfet cascode loop.

An extensive discussion of switching methods is presented, a subject which is rarely explored with regard to guitar systems. Channel, reverb, effects, lead boost, mute and speaker switching are explored. Foot-switch controllers with and without LEDs are detailed, with an eye to multiple controllers for larger stages.

Tube data is provided for the seventeen most common types used in guitar amplifiers, with pin-outs for nine less common numbers.

Replacement transformer data is provided for the two Hammond Mfg. model lines which cover most guitar applications.

The Ultimate Tone By Kevin O'connor

The intended reader must be able to work from a schematic.

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Description

The Ultimate Tone Vol. 5 – Tone Capture

277 pages, 8-1/2″ x 11″, spiral bound with clear protective covers;
183 figures (schematic diagrams)

View the Table of Contents
Read a magazine review of the TUT series

Deciding which TUT volume to purchase first (next)? See our TUT Selection page.

Tone is a subjective thing.

Tone can come from your hands. It can come from your instrument. It can be bestowed by tubes or transistors. Speakers can make or break a sound. Good tone enlivens and enriches.

Every part of your system contributes to your Ultimate Tone, so every part is important. It would be nice if no part of the system degraded the tone or moved us away from the tone we desire, but sometimes this seems inevitable. Learning how each component contributes to the sound is the key to success. Thus, we can minimize the impact of unwanted influence.

TUT5 delineates in clear language the role of each electronic component in a circuit, and how alterations to the value of each part affect the final sound.

The optimization of interstage attenuators is clearly presented using proven repeatable techniques that let the circuit builder “see” where sustain is being lost, and how it can be restored. Transformer specifications are standardized and demystified, and the complete line of “Classic” transformers from Hammond is given expanded, modernized listings. A simple procedure for matching output and power transformers is presented, with examples and suggested combinations. Mame32 games free download full version for pc setup. Building your next amp will be a breeze with this handy look-up table and procedure.

The project format established in TUT3 is followed once again to present design challenges and solutions covering a diversity of system approaches, including:Tube Super Scalers up to 450W to make your sound louder without tone change; The Swedeall-tube guitar amp for the Yngwie sound; the Stentorian for loud clean bass thunder; the MultiScreamerfour-way boost pedal; the Standard all-tube Power Scaling guitar amp with two-channel preamp, reverb and effects loop; a three-way amp switcher; dumpster projects using inexpensive parts to achieve multi-rectifier tones; mains voltage adjustments; and much more. All projects use off-the-shelf parts and can be built in standard Hammond chassis.

The Ultimate Tone Volume 1

The student becomes the master!

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