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Amp Stuff => AmpTools/Tech Tips => Topic started by: PRR on March 09, 2021, 11:01:43 pm
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Guitar Amplifier Electronics: Fender Deluxe (https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/books/deluxe/)
Richard Kuehnel
I think Richard's books are getting better. This tells the technical history of the Deluxe's circuit, studies the various changes, mostly in easy prose with lots of big pictures. Really a very excellent work. IMHO.
Disclosure: I saw a pre-print and dotted a few "t"s, asked for clarification a couple places. He also used an old graph I had handy.
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For me, a welcome change from a focus on complex math formulas!
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Paul,
How does this book compare with his book on the Bassman 5F6-A? Is it a "5E3" version of his previous book, or is it something more along the line of Merlin Blencowe's style?
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Richard had two editions of 5F6A? One super math, one a little more accessible. Not like those at all.
Not Merlin either, but perhaps a similar easy style and content.
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I only know of the 5F6-A book that is heavy on math. I like Merlin's style, though, because he does a very good job of using the math and graphs to explain the concepts he discusses. I'm interested in building a 5E3, so a good book about the amp would be of interest.
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New this week:
Similar to Deluxe, his latest is a point-by-point romp through Leo Fender's several Bassman circuits. Leo threw a lot of ideas against the wall. Some sucked. Some stuck.
https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/books/
https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/books/bassman/
Still in the shrink-wrap:
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For your winter reading...
Kuehnel has branched beyond the classics to study the Soldano SLO. There are no new concepts here, but the SLO does a few things differently, and notably the engineering around the Effects Loop. (It appears that Soldano had to tweak this from the prototypes.)
https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/books/