The Amp Club of Cambridge

02/10/2025

Two channel "100 watt" Danelectro with custom cab and speaker cable that I think runs the speakers in separate sets like a stereo. 2 6L6s per channel probably puts out 40-50 per. Did not plug in.

08/25/2024

Nice explanation of power supply filtering including chokes and capacitors. Great visuals and he even uses a scope! (This ia an audio amp site, and the choke may be a little larger than those you are used to).

BG188 - An explanation of what a choke (inductor) does in a vacuum tube power supply. Choke input, capacitor input, CLC and CRC filtering explained.

06/25/2024

Getting a great Celestion tone from this speaker. Not too pricey either. These ET65s are the all-rounders, but the Invader 50s are really nice too-kind of a smoother greenback. More growl and top end than this one. Both are definitely the equal of Celestions sound-wise, as are the various Webers, if you know what to order.

06/26/2023

Came across this Music Man 65 Watt 112. 2x EL34s with a tube PI! (And of course the solid state preamp section.) I did not have time to fire it up, but I bet it sounded great, especially as a clean platform.

04/13/2023

This is such a cool build! I have thought of building an Ampeg SVT in this Mac. (-Jason)

https://amps.monkeymatic.com/2015-monkeymatic-mac-pro-2203/

05/14/2022

Amp Club members Jonah and June debut their new band today at 2 in Somerville. Playing outside so COVID danger should be minimal. If your a regular or a lurker who wants to meet some amp club folks or just want o see some cool music come on down.

Miss Bones is a Boston-based indie rock band featuring June Isenhart, Jonah Ko, Jasper Park, and Mat Blum. Their music is loud and q***r, but you can dance to it, you know? Look, just give me the aux cord, I'll just put one song on --

10/27/2021

The "Car Talk" of Tube amp podcasts !

Twice a month, guitar amp guru Skip Simmons fields your questions on vintage tube amp repair, restoration and collecting. Often hilarious and always insightful, it's like no other guitar podcast out there.

10/09/2021

Meeting today !

10/07/2021

Scott's Xtahsea Rouge clone

07/18/2021

https://hackaday.com/2021/07/16/inside-a-20-watt-traveling-wave-tube-amplifier-from-apollo/

When the Apollo astronauts made their way to the Moon, their communication equipment had a transmission power of a mere 20 W, which the sensitive receivers back on Earth managed to pick up. But thi…

06/11/2021

The legend of Tadeo Gomez.

My favorite Fender vintage guitar era is the 1950s. The early Telecasters and Stratocasters of this era are what Rock n Roll was invented and perfected on. Also the guitars themselves are basically all hand-made, low production, high quality. It wasn't until the 1960s (and the Beatles) that producti...