Friday, January 18, 2008

Cool Amp Gallery Features Vintage Designs


Vintage amps come in more flavors than Marshall and Fender. Some of the coolest designs around stem from the smaller players who tried to make their mark with more outrageous designs than the two big boys.


The guys over at We-Buy-Amps.com have a great gallery of obscure and unusual amps that might help the homebrewer get ideas for the look of his or her new amp.


Here at amplates.com, we love it when our customers go for the more unusual design elements, and we can take an idea from an old Gibson or National, like those in the photos above, and run with it. Happy amping!

Friday, January 4, 2008

Insane DIY triode - made from scratch!


If you think you are a DIY tube god, I've got news. You don't have anything on this crazy French dude who—get this—makes his own tubes. Click the link for a step-by-step video of the entire process. Amazing stuff.