The 6BQ5, also known by it’s European designation of EL-84, is renowned as one of the most prized tubes among amp designers and it’s characteristically sweet tone is the foundation of the… more →
Dusty Old Ampcpev wrote 1 week ago: Belated report from the last Safari Britain walk. Six of us enjoyed the best weekend weather for age … more →
ace nobody wrote 2 weeks ago: The 6BQ5, also known by it’s European designation of EL-84, is renowned as one of the most pr … more →
ace nobody wrote 2 weeks ago: As can be seen here with the photo turned upside down, there are four tubes in the Skylark; a p … more →
ace nobody wrote 2 weeks ago: The Skylark is a pretty clean machine under the bonnet; four tubes, thre … more →
cpev wrote 1 month ago: Mid-morning, early July, and the wind was whipping along the escarpment. But the rain held off, and … more →
archiearchive FCD wrote 2 months ago: I have been a closet space traveller ever since I discovered the works of EE (Doc) Smith back when t … more →
ace nobody wrote 2 months ago: Taking the old starpoint to the Gibson GA-5T yields a glorious bit of information as soon as the sp … more →
Abhishek wrote 3 months ago: “We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With s … more →
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jonathanburton wrote 3 months ago: Well… sorry about all those deadlines I was supposed to be meeting today – but I couldn’t … more →
cpev wrote 4 months ago: Spring incontestably in the air now. At least three Blackcaps singing between the Ram and the entran … more →
ace nobody wrote 4 months ago: Peaking the volume on the Skylark brings out a tiger! It finally gets nice and loud enough to bothe … more →
Jane wrote 4 months ago: This post is all about firsts. It started with me seeing my first hare (last week). Then filming my … more →
ace nobody wrote 4 months ago: Moving the loudness nob up to 75% brings a big jump up in volume and single notes are definitely ge … more →
ace nobody wrote 5 months ago: Halfway up on volume and it starts to sing a wee bit but this is a really transparent amp in that y … more →
ace nobody wrote 5 months ago: Plugging into the GA-5T Skylark, it’s immediately evident that it’s not an overly aggre … more →
ace nobody wrote 5 months ago: The GA-5T’s common name is “Skylark” and like it’s finely-feathered namesak … more →
Roxy wrote 5 months ago: And YOU won’t know why. Anyways, I haven’t been posting because a lot of crap and junk a … more →
ace nobody wrote 5 months ago: New month, new amp to examine. This time we experience a big jump up in power from the Silvertone 1 … more →