Circuit Analysis of a Legendary Tube Amplifier: The Fender Bassman 5F6-A, Third Edition
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.To understand the motivation behind the book you need to understand what the tweed Bassman means to guitar players. 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.Its place in history is ironic, because 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 amp's sound hits the mark with guitar players the world over. More than forty years after the original 5F6A ceased production many of the best guitar amps, Marshalls in particular, are still based on its long-tailed-pair, negative feedback circuit design. It is to this lasting legacy that the book pays tribute.The book has a 7-inch by 9-inch paperback format with a 1.7 mil laminated cover. It includes a bound, 18-inch by 9-inch Z-folded insert with the complete 5F6A schematic and the original manufacturer's voltage measurements.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.