Tube Amp Archive

From the linked article: High-gain and classic British amps have big bright cap values of 500 pF up to 5000 pF (or .005 µF). Large bright caps like that over a 1-megaohm pot really push upper mids and give you searing overdrive. Such big cap values are generally not good for clean tones and can soun...

Thanks for the confirmation on the brightness switch, folks. I'll probably crank it for a few minutes the next time I'm home alone and see what it sounds like at a higher volume. I don't get a lot of opportunities, but I assume I'm still a good neighbor if it only happens occasionally. We live in a ...

Hey folks! First time posting, so please rein me in if I overstep anywhere. My father-in-law recently, and very generously, gifted me a Brown Note D'Lite ODS 22/33 he'd built from a kit in the early 2000s. He's a gear nut, and I'm just getting into electric guitar (teaching myself, it's slow going)....