Useful Links
Suppliers of tubes, electronic components, amp and musical instrument parts
Angela Instruments Suppliers of audio electronic specialty items to the music industry and hobbyists worldwide since 1977, 'DELIVERING YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY TODAY!'
KCA NOS Tubes & Amp Repair Specialising in NOS and new production vacuum tubes for guitar and audiophile amplifiers as well as repair and modification of vintage guitar and audiophile amplifiers. "Life is too short for bad tone"
Hoffman Amplifiers They supply just about everything you need to build a vacuum tube guitar amp. from scratch. Great prices too!
The Tube Center Supplying over 2000 different vacuum tube types, valves, grid caps, sockets and capacitors. It is easy for antique collectors, ham radio operators, audio enthusiasts, broadcast enthusiasts and amateur radio hobbyists to buy, sell and trade vacuum tubes, electron tubes, audio tubes, valves, grid caps, sockets and capacitors.
Guitar Trader A comprehensive online store for anything to do with guitar, including guitar amps, guitar effects, accessories, recording equipment, pro audio, parts, and more.
VintageSpeaker.com Best prices and great service from the distributors of Jenson vintage re-issue speakers for Fender and Gibson guitar amplifiers.
Vintage Vibe Vintage Vibe is a leading sales, repair and manufacturing company in the vintage keyboard industry located in North Jersey, just outside Manhattan. Whether you are looking for Rhodes parts or to completely restore your Wurlitzer electric piano, Vintage Vibe is the first choice among professional and working musicians worldwide.
Just Tubes
TheTubeStore.com Audio tubes for any amplifier: from high end home audio to classic guitar amps.
TubeDepot.com Audio vacuum tubes by Groove, Ruby, Sovtek and Svetlana for guitar amplifiers and home tube amplifiers.
The Brent Jessee Recording & Supply, Inc. Hi-Fi, Vacuum Tubes and other geek stuff.
TubeShop.com The largest selection of quality tubes online.
Tube World Your one-stop source for high quality new old stock vacuum tubes. Our inventory consists mainly of tubes manufactured from the 1920's until the 1980's by the best manufacturers and name brands. KÜHL·TUBES™ - Deep cryogenic treatment of specially selected NOS vacuum tubes - absolutely the best sounding NOS vacuum tubes you can buy.
Tube Delay
Watkins Electric Music In 1958 Charlie Watkins invented the "Copycat" Echo unit. A fabulous device and even after 40 years still regarded by many as the industry standard.
Binson Binson echo units were first introduced in the late 1950's. At this time effects technology was limited studio effects, tape delays, plate and room reverbs and tube compression. The advantages of the Binson over other proprietary echo machines of the day were sound quality, quietness, and stability.
The Unofficial Tel-Ray Site. A fascinating site containing history and technical information on oilcan delay echo units manufactured by Tel-Ray in the 60's...grooovy.
Tube Fx Manufacturers
Metasonix Vacuum-tube music synthesisers Non-triode based tube effectifcation for synthesisers (and guitar).
Tube Testers
Tube Imp mini tube tester Designed and built in the UK, the Tube Imp measures current, gain and transconductance characteristics of any B9A double triode tube with the standard ECC83/ECC88 footprint.
Magazines
Musicgearsource Online gear resource bringing you feature interviews and gear reviews from the industry's top artists and companies.
Electric Guitar Review Electric Guitar Review is dedicated to bringing you pure, unbiased, hands-on reviews of the latest guitars and guitar gear.
Amp Schematics and Technical
Ultimate Guitar Tone Ultimate Musician Resource - DIY guitar, bass and effect projects. Forum, stories, freebies and more!
Tube Amplifier Schematics One of the largest tube amplifier schematic resources on the web, as well as a very comprehensive collection of information to help you build or work on your own tube amplifier.
The Fender Amp Field Guide. Everything you would ever want to know about Vintage Fender Amps; schematics, photographs, history.
Schematic Heaven. Where All Good Designs Await Resurrection... A FREE Download site for over 1500 Classic Musical Amplifier & Effect Schematics.
Unofficial Magnatone Site. Schematics and information for guitar amps. made by Magna Electronics - the pioneers of true stereo vibrato!
Tone Lizard Exploring vintage myths and voodoo legends of tube guitar amplifers.
Other Stuff
Piano Lessons Brooklyn Description: Music-Instruction.com offers piano lessons at home in Brooklyn and surrounding areas around Nassau & Suffolk Counties as well as in NYC.
Music school Worldwide music schools directory.
Pedaltrain is the premier innovation in guitar effects pedalboards. Our award winning and patented design has been road tested, approved, and is currently in use by many of today's top guitarists. Professional tour grade pedalboards and cases at prices everyone can afford.
Premier Guitar The true gearhead's resource, focusing on the best high-end, boutique and custom shop gear available today. Featuring interviews with the biggest gearheads in the industry, our interactive Gear Search, product reviews and informative tech and educational columns you can't find anywhere else.
Stompin-Ground.com is a manufacturer & merchant of quality pedalboards for your guitar effects. They also feature pedal board cases, power supplies, power cables, audio cables, effects, signal routing/switching/interfacing solutions, shockmount racks and more. Evolutionary products that simply work!
The Technology Of Effects. Discover the principles of guitar effects pedals and find out how they do what they do.
Guitar Websites Links to the best web sites for Guitarists.
Harmony Central Guitar gear reviews and links to guitar sites.
Guitar Tone dot Net Now there's a book on how to modify stock guitar effects to improve their sound.
Art and Music, home of the Mystical Ear's Audio Laboratory Presented in this website are some fascinating observations & realisations made on a journey of discovery in audio circuit design.