What do we do when our amp is "too loud"? TL;DR Your amp makes some power, that power may easily be too much to play at home - or even...

Hi, my name is Joe and I am addicted to Korean style wings. I first discovered them through friends that lived in Korea, and then later...

Not a hard job, but maybe a few helpful tips. In getting the car into shape I looked at typical safety stuff, brakes, tires, fuel lines,...

In which I have a serious jones for a Telecaster and my friends convince me that I can build one. The finished product, drilled and...

"In God we trust; all others bring data" - Mike Bloomberg I am speaking of course about tube guitar amps that hang their tubes upside...

Given how far ahead of the curve my colleagues at Ardsley Partners were, I have to give some kind of shout out here. The year was 1997,...

The earlier (pre-86) 915 transmission in the 911 Carrera used the same mounts that are used for the engine. The later cars with their...

A few salty thoughts about pedal boards Thought #1 - get a board with a power supply. Chasing dead batteries is for suckers. Constantly...

Many years ago I made output transformers for old Marshall Amps. I sold them via a website, and with an eye on community service I...

I bought this Hammond M3 with a Leslie 145 cabinet from a friend who was moving and needed to clear out his recording studio. They were...

Since I was building a 5F6-A Bassman, the amp that was copied to make the first Marshall, I thought it would be informative and fun to...

A Sept 1965 Super Twin Trapezoid head amp, rescued from eBay. [Updated for clarity] I had wanted an AC30TB for many years, but they were...

The mother of all guitar amps, originals still sell for north of $10,000 64 years later. So build vs buy is once again, a no brainer....

The ST70 has always had a pretty great output section but the driver could use a little more attention. From the hard to find 7199 tube...

The 5B5 Fender Pro was made from 1951 until 1954. They featured octal pre-amp tubes until roughly the summer of 1953 when they switched...

My Cornwalls are from the early 1980s and as such their signal capacitors were over 30 years old. While they still worked ok, better...

Another small amp whose pricing has gone bonkers since the pandemic. Build vs Buy is an easy one now. Same basic drill as the 5E3, board,...

Pics and notes about getting good results You don't need much, just a warm dry day and a couple of basics: For a classic finish, we'll...

Assembly hints here for the DIY crowd. The narrow panel Fender Deluxe Amp (circa 1957-59) is one of the all time greats. Used by too many...

Not the last word, but a few hundred on the most popular & I'd argue important circuit topology of all time when it comes to rock and...