Here is a list of links we find either useful or entertaining (or both) .
Tech Info
Parts Suppliers
Guitar Repairs/ Custom Builds
Music
Tech info
Whilst there is an enormous amount of twaddle on the interweb regarding any topic you care to mention, the following sites contain very good and accurate information about various amp-related topics.
www.aikenamps.com – The most authoritative source of information about valve guitar amplifiers on the web, bar none.
www.ampwares.com – The Fender Amp Field Guide: a great resource for all things Fender. Now brought to you by amp parts specialists Mojotone.
www.blueguitar.org – Tons of schematics and articles on guitar amps.
www.dself.dsl.pipex.com – Douglas Self’s web-site. A real expert. Although not valve amp related very uselful information. Also some weird and wonderful steam locomotives!
www.duncanamps.com – Best resource for valve data. Also free power supply and tone stack calculators.
www.geofex.com – Top-notch website mainly about effects pedals, but also some very good advice about valve amplifiers.
www.pmillett.com/technical_books_online.htm – Brilliant site with a huge number of ancient technical books scanned in for downloading. Not one for dial up customers……
www.schematicheaven.com – Very useful resource for old and new amp schematics.
sound.westhost.com – Rod Elliot’s site contains some excellent, and thought provoking, articles on valve and transistor amps.
www.freewebs.com/valvewizard/ – Merlin Blencowe’s excellent site with tons of really useful technical information about valve amp design.
Parts Suppliers
These are reliable suppliers that we have used.
www.allparts.uk.com – Allparts UK stock tons of spares including the excellent Mojotone reprotransformers for vintage Fender amps.
www.ampmaker.com – Excellent supplier of valve amp kits, which are reasonably priced with top-notch construction manuals.
www.audioloudspeakers.co.uk – Speakers reconing and manufacture. Make the excellent Tayden brand of guitar and bass speakers.
www.bel-tubes.co.uk – Billington Export have a wide and ever changing inventory of current production and NOS valves.
www.bluebellaudio.com – Parts including the Hammond range of transformers.
www.hotroxuk.com – Good selection of valves, guitar and amp spares and strings.
www.stewarts-of-reading.co.uk – Stewarts of Reading sell second-hand electrical test gear at very reasonable prices. Always very helpful.
www.transformers.uk.com – Majestic Transformers in Poole Dorset have been making transformers since the 1940s! Excellent for custom builds and rewinds.
www.torresamps.com – Barry Vyse sells Torres mod kits from the USA and kits for his own designs. Wide selection of parts for guitar amps, and always very helpful.
www.tube-town.net – Good source of spares, and custom cabs. Quick service.
Guitar repairs/custom builds
www.dubreuille-guitar.com – The incomparable Philippe Dubreuille custom builds and repairs guitars in the basement at 25 Denmark St., which is where we banished him for playing la Rock Musique Français. Excellent refins, both wacky and vintage.
Music
www.drmisfit.co.uk – Dr. Feelgood tribute band.
www.electriccucumbers.com – The Electric Cucumbers are one of the “musical” ventures of Frank at JPF Amplification. They play British music of the 70’s, mainly in East London.
www.headspace.me – Headspace are an up and coming rock band for which we’ve done quite a lot of work. Provided some songs for Pro Elvolution Soccer 2009, whatever that is.
www.jamesstevenson.info – James Stevenson’s website. James trades vintage gear at Angel Music, as well as playing with the Alarm, Gene Loves Jezebel and Chelsea. You can also see highlights of James’s personal guitar and amp collection at his site.
www.joethedrummer.com – Excellent drummer and drum teacher. Also designed JPFamps web-site (www.joethecomputerguy.com) and helps us out with our IT when we get into trouble. Doesn’t say much for our IT skills when you are being helped by a drummer……
www.skamonics.co.uk – The Skamonics are another of Frank’s mucical ventures, and play French Progressive Rock recorded between 1967 and 1975. Only joking they do infact play (mostly) instumental Ska, including many classics and cover versions of a very unusual nature. They also have a compact disc for sale at a bargain price of £5!