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In this issue:
- Readers Participate - (I love this)
- Testing for beginners - A great new book about Testing Electronic Components
- Battery Powered Guitar Amps
- Guitar Fair
- Resources
READERS PARTICIPATE
Will Parquette sent in a great tip for keeping your Guitar Amp and Speaker cabinets 'good as new' !
I have a tip for making old amp cabinets look new -
- remove all hardware
- clean any rusted hardware with CLR (calcium-lime-rust remover) liquid and 4-0 grade steel wool
- vacuum interior of cabinet and grillcloth
- wash the vinyl covering with mild dish soap and warm water
- dry thoroughly
- coat the vinyl surface with Armour All spray protectant
- buff with clean cloth to a bright shine
- re-install hardware
Your amp now looks great and will bring a better value when selling or trading!
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Will was good enough to send in a
picture of his band
Thanks Will |
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Valentino from Russia sent this picture in of him in his studio.
It's great to get feedback and pictures sent in. It makes this website worthwhile!
Great - Thanks |
TESTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
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If you would like to fix your own (or someone else's) guitar amp, and you're a newbie to electronics. I recently found a really good ebook about how to test electronic components. It's written by Jestine Yong, who is a service engineer himself and has put considerable effort into this resource. Jestine has included detailed photos of components and testing methods so it's easy to understand and follow. It's worth taking a look at. There's a full Testing Electronics Components Review on the AGA site here. |
BATTERY POWERED GUITAR AMPS
I live in York in the UK which is a city full of music. Nice you say : ) well yes it is... In fact there's always buskers playing their hearts out all over town, some brilliant - some not so brilliant! but I'm always intrigued by those using battery operated guitar amps. They're very often old battered, rattley sounding old bits of kit connected up to several car batteries which don't make the best of their talents at all.
Well I was recently contacted by Bob Wiley from Ministar Guitars who produce a great little portable guitar amp powered by a rechargable Lithium-Ion battery - the first one I had come across using this type of battery (amp comes with charger by the way).
It's called The Pardner and it produces 20 watts rms of power from it's 2 x 4inch speaker combination - not bad! It has 2 inputs for guitar/mic or CD/Tape and can be easily carried by the included shoulder strap.
It looks to be a substantially built bit of kit so if you're interestd in this type of amp then pop over to the MiniStar website. |
 
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Hopefully a few of our local buskers will invest in one : )
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Ken Dixon is running another Guitar Fair on Sunday 21st June in The Village Hall in Boston Spa. LS23 6AA. UK.
Hundreds of New Electric, Acoustic, Vintage and Second Hand Guitars, plus Amplifiers, Banjos, Stands, Bags, Accessories, Leads etc - All at BArgain Prices!
It runs from 10am - 4pm
More info at www.b-visible.co.uk/mojoguitars
email mojoguitars@hotmail.com
07974 582011
Hope to see you there : ) |
RESOURCES
For data on Transistors, IC's etc There are three sites I use
More stuff on Amps, Speakers and all things bright and beautiful next time
See you
David Grant
As always, please contact us if you have news and views related to Guitar Amps. If you would like to write an article or send in your pics of you and your guitars/amps, email us or use the contact form on the website. http://www.about-guitar-amps.com/Contact_Us.html
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