7 Ways To Prolong Your Tube’s Lifespan
Here’s an excellent post we thought you might like from producer, engineer, and musician, Kieran Whitehouse. If you’re anything like me then you have your guitars hung up on the wall at home, in pride of…
Vacuum Tube Matching, Bias and Breakup – How They Work Together
If you have an old-school tube amp without a master volume, then you know the only way to get breakup is by turning up the volume and moving some air. These old amp designs stretch…
Restrain Your Tubes – Retainers
Tube shields and retainers get zero love in most guitar and audio journals. At some point in time a person thought that they were important and they’ve been used ever since. Why do we have…
Tone, Tone, Tone
Richard Gabriel has kindly allowed us to republish this article – thetubestore.com. Richard P. Gabriel In 1999, Spencer Reiss, one of the senior editors for Wired magazine, asked me to write a short essay having…
Vacuum Tubes In Fender Brown, Blonde, Blackface and Silverface Amps
Replacement Tube Packages are available for Fender tube amps. By Eric Barbour – Former Vacuum Tube Valley senior editor The first preamp tube (or the first 2 tubes, in 2 channel amps) provide the first…
Shop By Amp – It’s That Easy!
Are you looking to replace the vacuum tubes in your amplifier and need guidance selecting just the right set for your needs? With our Shop by Amp Section simply: Locate your amp – Choose the…
What The Tubes Do In Most Marshall Tube Amps
By Eric Barbour – Former Vacuum Tube Valley senior editor This article does not include more recent “Master Volume” and JCM models. The first preamp tube (or the first 2 tubes, in 2 channel amps)…
Chicago Blues Box Amps – Dan Butler Interview
At thetubestore.com we have the good fortune to work with a lot of great musicians and tube amp designers. Recently we had the opportunity to discuss tubes and amps with Mr. Dan Butler. If you…
Guitar Flamethrower – Tone On Fire
You know you want one … George Miller pulled out all the stops when it came to Mad Max: Furry Road. In a movie world filled with CGI it is quite hard to believe how…
What Tubes Do In Most Early Fender Tweed Amps
Replacement Tube Packages are available for Early Fender Tweed tube amps. By Eric Barbour – Former Vacuum Tube Valley senior editor The first preamp tube (or the first 2 tubes, in 2 channel amps) provides…
