GREG PERRINES

TUBE AMPS 101

THINGS I WISH I KNEW

Guitar Amp DVD and CD

• Do you own or want to own a vintage tube amplifier?
• Do you want to know more about how it works and how to keep it working?
• Are you interested in building your own tube amp?
• Have you wondered what those funny looking parts inside your amp are and what they do?
• All those questions and MORE, are answered in TUBE AMPS 101.

1 DVD and 1 FREE BONUS CD. Over 1 ½ hours of video - just like standing over the shoulder of an amp tech for a day, without all the tech. No technical jargon or "geekenese". Just all kinds of tips and tricks, while you watch from your easy chair.

This video was inspired by a recent sale on eBAY in which the seller, a highly regarded California dealer, described a "museum quality" 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb. It sold for nearly $3000.00. The problem for the buyer was - it wasn't what it was represented to be. This happens on eBay every day. But it doesn't have to happen to you!

The seller provided enough pictures to easily determine what was right and wrong with this amp - IF YOU KNOW HOW! This video will show you! You will learn to definitively date Fender amps and the parts inside. This alone could save you hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars on your next vintage amp purchase. What you learn can be applied to nearly ANY vintage amp, for dating and/or maintenance/repair purposes. A complete copy of the above auction is included in your BONUS CD. You will see and learn for yourself.

This video is filmed around what was represented as a 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb. We show you EXACTLY how to determine it's REAL date of manufacture. While we go through our test amp we show all the things to look for in rehabbing an old amplifier. Things like:

1. How to tell if the filter caps are bad.
2. How to perform a "cap job".
3. What to look for when inspecting the amp from outside.
4. What to look for when inspecting the circuit board.
5. How to properly convert a 2-prong power cord to 3-prong grounded.
6. Replacing screen grid resistors.
7. How to bias your amp using the Transformer Shunt Method.
8. How to clean and enhance the appearance of your amp.
9. How to read the manufacturer codes on speakers, transformers, capacitors, etc.
10. What all those parts on the circuit board actually do, and much more.

The BONUS disc is a CD containing over 50 pages of printable information. Including:

1. Resistor color-code chart for posting in your shop.
2. Capacitor codes and how to convert microfarads to picofarads, with Reference charts.
3. Speaker Date and Manufacturer Codes
4. How to build a Current Limiter
5. Photos inside a Twin Reverb, Deluxe Reverb and Marshall Super Lead with internal parts identified and described.
6. Tube Data Sheets on 6V6, 6L6 and 12AX7 tubes
7. Capacitors in depth
8. Random Notes
9. and over 25 of the VERY BEST LINKS on the web. If you printed the resource pages on these links, along with the documents we provide, you'd have your own complete book on tube amps with hundreds of pages of reference material. These are the most respected Websites available. All recently checked to insure they are available.