Recent content by Myles

A bit of EL84 talk from the Z forum http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/11/el84-discussion-on-dr-z-forum.html

Heads up on a lunch event today Dan Boul over at 65Amps is holding an interactive video conference today. He streams video (no camera needed on the other end) and answers questions about amps, tubes, their new red label stuff and more. There are a lot of folks on the broadcast and folks talk...

A blog post with a cartoon and links to tomorrow's event. If you have Internet connectivity you can participate. The event test on Tuesday was a lot of fun. There will be even more folks tomorrow. You can ask questions about the new red line amps, any 65 Amp model or actually ... any amp...

In the first part of my latest blog piece at http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/10/vacuum-tube-classics-and-reflections-on.html has links for the original data sheet sets on these two classic tubes and a bit of my own thoughts. There is content later on in my blog that is not music related so...

Here is the link to part II of my tube primer. This is the more technical section that may be of interest to some folks. The link on my blog will hit a PDF file. Feel free to copy, share or do whatever you wish with this file if it helps a player or tube fan...

Here is a link to my blog area where I have a post on 5751 vacuum tubes. I have three different data sheet sets posted and a bit of additional info. http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/10/vacuum-tube-series-5751-tung-sol.html

Posted this in a few places. Thought some folks here may be interested as well. I was asked a question on the GT 5751M by a friend. I posted my answer on my blog where I talk about a few things, some of them music related. I was asked to post the link over here so ... here it is...

Just letting folks know that the current run on the JJ 803S long plate tested a bit differently than the last batch. Expected Plate current 1.2mA Expected Transconductance 1600 Expected Plate reistance 62.5K ohms Expected gain 100 The above figures are design spec by RCA, Sylvania, RFT...

Below is an email I received from my friend Bruce Egnater. Bruce is attempting to produce a great EL34 based amp and over at least a year if not more we have worked together to try to get a reliable amp. Bruce's amps sound great and are reliable but no matter how talented a designer might be and...

I am posting this again as I wrote the date of the party as 1/19 even though I specified Tuesday, the correct day. The day of the party is today, Tuesday, January 20th. I will be at the 65 Amps shop all day prior to the party. If there is anybody that wants to drop by the shop in the morning...

For folks in the So Cal area, tomorrow in the early afternoon until late in the evening there will be one of the parties that 65 Amps throws on regular basis (read ... any excuse for a party). The amps that went to NAMM ( very poor video done by me at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0X-I6wHzkE...

This is sound check for the Saturday night party after that day at NAMM that was put on by 65 Amps, Solid Cables and a few other folks. This was at sound check before the party and I suppose is something of a sound clip. The strat is going through a 65 Amps Monterey and the Les Paul is going...

Here is the video of the 65 Amps Lil' Elvis for the folks that were asking about the amp in another post. All the info in in the video. The folks at 65 said that both head and combo versions will be at NAMM and the amps will be used at the NAMM party on Saturday night with Mike Campbell and...

A video of 65 Amps getting ready for 2009 NAMM This morning I went into the shop over at 65 Amps and shot a short video of the stuff on the floor and on the burn in racks that will be going to NAMM. Please excuse the video quality and my dialogue. It was early Monday morning after a long...

The book release for the Vox Guide Book is this evening. The first copies that I looked at were impressive to say the least. If you want what is currently what I personally feel is the greatest Vox book ever produced ... history, technical stuff, redone prints and everything else that you can...