electric guitar amplifier handbook
DESCRIPTION
The guitar is a universally popular musical instrument. The use of electronicamplication isn’t conned to guitars alone, but is used on many instruments in theband. Unamplied string instruments do not have a great deal of sound output, butwith the super-powered ampliers used today, one guitar can have a sound outputgreater than a whole old-fashioned brass band.These musical instrument ampliers are used everywhere, in cities, towns, andhamlets. The service and maintenance of these ampliers can provide a good partof an electronics technician’s business. These ampliers contain many “specialeffects” circuits, such as reverberation, vibrato/tremolo, “fuzz,” percussion, andothers. However, the heart of every musical instrument amplier is a plain oldaudio amplier, which can be tested and repaired with standard electronic testequipment already on hand in the average service shop.For the instrument owners who have a good grasp of the fundamentals of elec-tronics, this book will provide the basic information you need to make repairsproperly and safely. We’ll give you tests to make servicing and troubleshootingmuch easier, on both tube and transistor ampliers of all sizes. You can checkpower output, distortion, and sensitivity, and keep the instrument in perfect workingorder with a minimum of trouble.In the past, due to the specialized nature of this eld, it has been hard to getservice data and information on these instruments. This book has been designed togive you the basic “typical circuits” used in all of these ampliers. In addition,you‘ll nd schematic diagrams of a great many ampliers, including the most popularmakes, from the small practice ampliers to the “big boomers” with enough power toll a football stadium.Transistor ampliers, especially the super-power 200 to 300-watt types, requirespecial techniques to service them safely. You’ll nd an expanded section on thesein this edition, as well as a complete listing of all of the “safety precautions” whichmust be taken when servicing a transistor amplier. You'll also nd data on howto choose a suitable replacement-type transistor for an unknown type. There are agreat many types of transistors; however, with this method, you’ll be able to use“stock” replacements safely for practically 100% of them.All of the test and servicing methods mentioned in this book have been “bench-tested;” they were developed by working on actual commercial ampliers. Thepower-output tests were taken from oicial factory service data from the manymanufacturers who helped me to prepare this book.The author wishes to acknowledge the following manufacturers for their coop-eration in supplying many of the schematics used in this book: Allied Radio Shack;Ampeg; Chicago Musical Instrument Co.; Ediphone, Inc.; Electro-Voice, Inc.; EsteyCompany; Fender Electronic Instrument Company; Gibson, Inc.; Kay Musical In-strument Company; Montgomery Ward & Co.; Sears, Roebuck & C0.; Supro; TheHarmony Co.; and \/alco.TRANSCRIPT
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NOTE: Pages 32-33 contained schematic for Knight/Radio Shack “Combo Sideman” Rhythmmachine. Schematic was too detailed for scanner, and original of poor quality.
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