The Legacy of Tweed and Liz Taylor
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Technology: The Legacy of Tweed The Legacy of Tweed A new book, ?Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender Bassman 5F6-A,? takes a fresh look at a world-famous guitar amplifier and pays tribute to its lasting influence on modern designs. [ClickPress, Thu Oct 13 2005] Why would a member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, an organization dedicated to advancing the state of the art in electronics, write an entire book about the design of a vacuum tube amplifier manufactured more than four decades ago? Even back in 1959, the Bassman’s innovation must have paled in comparison with the technological leaps being made by space-age transistor circuits. The book only briefly touches upon this important point in its introduction. The remainder of the text is devoted entirely to a step-by-step technical analysis of the 5F6A circuit itself. To understand the motivation behind the book you need to understand what the ?Tweed Bassman? (as it’s commonly referred to because of its distinctive, cloth-covered exterior) means to guitar players. ?Full-grown guitarists are known to flop to the ground and convulse in gurgling spasms of lustful froth at the mere mention of the phrase ‘Tweed Bassman,’ and anyone who has played one in good condition knows exactly why,? says Dave Hunter, author of ?Guitar Rigs.? To generations of professional musicians the Bassman’s mix of harmonic overtones is the holy grail of tone, the perfect balance between clean reproduction and distortion-driven tonal ecstasy. This magical result happened largely by accident. In fact the 5F6A wasn’t even designed for the guitar – as its name implies it was intended to be a bass amplifier. Yet today more than ever the amplifier’s sound hits the mark with guitar players the world over. More than forty years after the original 5F6A ceased production, the best guitar amps are still based on its ?long-tailed-pair? with ?negative feedback? circuit design. It is to this lasting legacy that the new book from Pentode Press pays tribute. The book is entitled ?Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender Bassman 5F6-A? and is written by Richard Kuehnel. ?Fender? and ?Bassman? are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Technology: The Legacy of Tweed >The Legacy of Tweed >A new book, ?Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender >Bassman 5F6-A,? takes a fresh look at a world-famous guitar amplifier >and pays tribute to its lasting influence on modern designs. >[ClickPress, Thu Oct 13 2005] Why would a member of the IEEE Circuits >and Systems Society, an organization dedicated to advancing the state >of the art in electronics, write an entire book about the design of a >vacuum tube amplifier manufactured more than four decades ago? Even >back in 1959, the Bassman’s innovation must have paled in comparison >with the technological leaps being made by space-age transistor >circuits. The book only briefly touches upon this important point in >its introduction. The remainder of the text is devoted entirely to a >step-by-step technical analysis of the 5F6A circuit itself. >To understand the motivation behind the book you need to understand >what the ?Tweed Bassman? (as it’s commonly referred to because of its >distinctive, cloth-covered exterior) means to guitar players. >?Full-grown guitarists are known to flop to the ground and convulse in >gurgling spasms of lustful froth at the mere mention of the phrase >’Tweed Bassman,’ and anyone who has played one in good condition knows >exactly why,? says Dave Hunter, author of ?Guitar Rigs.? To generations >of professional musicians the Bassman’s mix of harmonic overtones is >the holy grail of tone, the perfect balance between clean reproduction >and distortion-driven tonal ecstasy. >This magical result happened largely by accident. In fact the 5F6A >wasn’t even designed for the guitar – as its name implies it was >intended to be a bass amplifier. Yet today more than ever the >amplifier’s sound hits the mark with guitar players the world over. >More than forty years after the original 5F6A ceased production, the >best guitar amps are still based on its ?long-tailed-pair? with >?negative feedback? circuit design. It is to this lasting legacy that >the new book from Pentode Press pays tribute. >The book is entitled ?Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: >The Fender Bassman 5F6-A? and is written by Richard Kuehnel. >?Fender? and ?Bassman? are registered trademarks of Fender Musical >Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.
Hmmmm… ISBN: 097698220X http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=YG… Could be interesting. B&N has nothing to say about the book. And actually: "A new copy is not available from Barnes & Noble.com at this time." — I once battled a giant 50 foot ant. Thing like that changes a man. –Space Ghost
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> Technology: The Legacy of Tweed > The Legacy of Tweed > A new book, ?Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender > Bassman 5F6-A,? takes a fresh look at a world-famous guitar amplifier > and pays tribute to its lasting influence on modern designs.
But guitar amps are not paradigms for hifi amps. You’re not saying that, are you?
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> But guitar amps are not paradigms for hifi amps. > You’re not saying that, are you?
I think he’s saying that Elizabeth Taylor ran hot and was overly biased…
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We’ll skip the inspection of her long-tailed pair, thank you.
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