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24 Jun Effectrode Investigates: Whatever happened to Mullard?

Over the coming weeks I'll be posting pictures and some little stories about a nostalgic day out to visit the site of the Mullard tube manufacturing works in Blackburn, Lancashire. Mullard manufactured

19 Jun The Triad Transformer in the Blackbird Tube Preamp

The 'Blackbird' vacuum tube preamp has a dedicated output especially for direct recording. This output is fully isolated and balanced using a 600Ω miniature Triad output transformer driven by a class

13 Jun The Mullard Blackburn Works

If you're already an enthusiast for N.O.S. (new old stock) vintage vacuum tubes or curious about whether they will improve the tone of your guitar amp then you'll certainly want to take a look the following

11 Jun John Verity and the Blackbird

I'm delighted and honoured that John Verity has included Effectrode in the credits of his latest album 'Tone Hound'. John is a seasoned bluesman and possesses an incredible ear for tone. He's been one

07 Jun Audiophile Jack Plugs

Now this is what I call a jack plug! G&H Industries based in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. manufacture jack plugs (that's right manufactured in U.S.A.) with a solid copper core. There's absolutely no skimping

05 Jun Experiments in Tube Dampers for Subminiature Pencil Tubes

A customer recently asked me if I could check over his PC-2A tube compressor because the tube was a little microphonic. All tubes are microphonic to a greater or lesser extent because sound can cause

22 May Atomics are back in Stock

The mighty Atomic Isolated Power Supply is back in stock. This photograph shows thirty-six Atomics fully tested and ready to ship. Total power output of over 2 Kilo Watts - lead shielding optional!

27 Apr Jack Plugs – The Gold, the Brass and the Cheap

I was shocked (not electrocuted, just surprised) that after testing a handful of gold-plated audio connectors and adapters (of unknown origin and manufacture) that I had lying around in the workshop with

26 Apr Analysis of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

I remember being utterly enthralled on first hearing Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’. It was back in 1978 not long after the album had been released that our

21 Apr Ben Watt and David Gilmour

Ben Watt and David Gilmour have been recording together in Gilmour's new Medina recording studio in Hove located just outside Brighton. The studio is packed with old familiar amps and guitars and some

05 Mar Guitar Cable Specially Tuned for Strats

I must confess to being somewhat ignorant to developments the guitar cable market for some time. This is partly because I'm usually totally absorbed with my own effects pedal design projects but also

19 Feb Radiophonic Worksop Display at London Science Museum

An anorak's day out to visit the London Science Museum. The museum currently has a display of technology used in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where sound effects were once created for documentaries, dramas

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