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20 Lesson Tube Guitar Amp Electronics Correspondence Course
 
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20-Lesson Tube Guitar Amp Electronics Correspondence Course Training.

Gerald Weber will be your teacher. Want to learn everything you need to know about the basic fundamentals and basic electronic principles going on in a vacuum tube Guitar amp?

My 20 Lesson Correspondence Course is the fast track to learning Vacuum Tube Guitar amp basics. It will lead you from knowing nothing, to knowing everything you need to know about Vacuum Tube Guitar Amplifiers!

It is written for people with little or no electronics training and will take you step by step through all the basics. It is presented in logical order with each Lesson building a foundation to the next, so that you will have firm footing of everything you need to know. You get one on one, interactive training.

Here is how it works. I email you Lesson 1. You read the material and email the homework back. I grade the homework and return by email any needed corrections and my comments, along with Lesson 2. We continue in a like manner, at your own pace, until we complete all 20 Lessons. At the end of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. Here are the topics covered:

Gerald Weber's Tube Guitar Amp Electronics Correspondence Course Topics

Lesson 1. Basic Physical Properties of Electricity

A. DC and AC Electricity

B. Resistance to the flow of current

C. Series Connected Resistors

D. Parallel Connected Resistors

Lesson 2. DC Current and DC Voltage

A. DC Current

B. AC Current

C. ER drop

D. Ohm's Law

E. Practical Application in a series circuit

F. Practical Application in a Parallel Circuit

G. Distinctions to note

Lesson 3. The Capacitor

A. The Blocking Capacitor or Coupling Capacitor

B. The Filter Capacitor

C. Capacitors in Series or Parallel

D. Polarized Capacitors in Series

E. Capacitors in Parallel

F. Polarized Capacitors in Parallel

Lesson 4. The Diode an Electronic Check Valve

A. Vacuum Tube as a Rectifier (diode)

B. Half-Wave Rectifier

C. Full-Wave Rectifier

D. Peak Inverse Voltage

E. Full-Wave Bridge Rectifier Circuit

F. Full-Wave Economy Bridge

Lesson 5. Transformers and Chokes

A. The Power Transformer

B. Turns Ratio

C. Output Transformers

D. Practical Applications

E. Troubleshooting a Power Transformer for a Shorted Primary

F. Troubleshooting a Center-tapped Output Transformer for shorts

Lesson 6. Vacuum Tubes

A. The Diode

B. The Triode

C. The Pentode

D. Pin-outs for Common Tubes

E. RC Coupling

F. Transformer Coupling

Lesson 7. Amplifier Design and the anatomy of a Triode

A. The four parts of a Guitar Amp

B. Anatomy of a Triode Gain Stage

C. Coupling the output to the next stage

Lesson 8. Pentodes

A. The Five Components in a Pentode

B. Anatomy of a Pentode preamp gain stage

C. Anatomy of a Pentode Output Stage

D. Single-ended output stage

E. Push-Push Output Stages

Lesson 9. Class A or Class AB

A. Cathode Bias or Self-bias

B. Biasing

C. Fixed Bias

D. Other Biasing Schemes

Lesson 10. Power Supplies

A. A Power Supply

B. B+ Power Supply

C. C- Power Supply

Lesson 11. Output Stage Styles

A. Single-ended output Stages

B. Push-Pull Output Stages

C. Phase Inverters

D. Paraphase Inverter

E. Self-balancing Paraphase Inverter

F. Cathodyne Phase Inverter

G. Long-Tailed Pair Phase Inverter

Lesson 12. Tone Shaping Circuits

A. Capacitive Reactance

B. Voltage Division

C. High pass Filters

D. Low Pass filters

E. Simply Roll-off Tone Stack

F. Compound Roll off/ High Pass

Lesson 13. Kirchhoff's Laws and Basic Circuit Analysis

A. Kirchhoff's Law of Current

B. Kirchhoff's Law of voltage

C. Circuit Analysis and Wattage

Lesson 14. Complex Tone Stacks and Speakers

A. Fender/ Marshall/ Vox tone stack

B. "E" series tone stack

C. James or Baxandall Tone Stack

D. Anatomy of a speaker

E. Open Back Speaker Cabinets

F. Closed Back Speaker Cabinets

Lesson 15. Basic Circuits

A. Champ Circuit

B. Deluxe Circuit

C. Bassman Circuit

Lesson 16. Vibrato and Tremolo

A. Basic Oscillator circuit

B. Different types of Modulators

C. Fender Brownface Vibrato

D. Fender Optocoupler Vibrato

E. Bias Modulation Tremolo

Lesson 17. Analyzing Circuits

A. Using Equivalent circuit Visualization

B. Recognizing Common Circuits

C. Voltage Amplifiers

D. Cathode Follower

Lesson 18. Voicing an Amp

A. Cathode Bypass voicing

B. Voltage voicing

C. Gain voicing

D. Plate bypass voicing

E. Coupling Cap Voicing

Lesson 19. Troubleshooting

A. Using your head

B. Simple isolation

C. Substitution

D. Signal Tracing

Lesson 20. Overhauling an Amp

A. Performing a Cap job

B. Checking Couple cap leakage

C. Checking resistors

D. Re-terminating grounds

Here are what the alumni have to say about it!

"This course was amazing! The way you broke down every section and the flow of one lesson going into the next lesson was great. There is a lot to learn in this course from beginners to advanced. I would recommend this course to others because of the way it is set up. It is just perfect for beginners who don't know a thing about tube amps."

Dell Aquila

"I am impressed with the course and the foundational knowledge that I have gained. It has been money well spent. I have recently retired and was looking for a way to stay busy and make some extra money using both my hands and mind while working at home. This course has given me the confidence that I have the knowledge to repair and overhaul tube amps and I am looking forward to the future. Thank you Gerald and the others that have put this together. I would most definitely recommend this course to anyone who was interested in the inner workings of tube amplifiers. The course takes you from knowing nothing to gradually feeling confident that you could start working as a tube amp tech."

David Nodes - Whiting New Jersey

"This course has been very fulfilling for me. I have gained a great deal of knowledge and I have enjoyed each lesson. The lessons are very clear and focused. Each lesson covers a subject area and builds into the next lesson. I have had a great experience and am sad to reach the end. I would recommend this program to anyone interested in tube amplifiers or any other tube based technology and/or theory. The course contains both a great deal of theory and practical common sense, good advice and alternative methods. If you are willing to put in the effort this course is very fulfilling."

Ron Bradford - Topeka, Kansas


 
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