Mic Kaczmarczik’s Tube Information

This directory contains USENET articles Mic has saved about guitars, equipment, pickup, techniques, players, and so on. Mic has graciously granted permission to post the stuff on the JT30 page on the off chance that it might be useful in the context of Blues Harmonica. Mic is not responsible for the content, just the collection. He must have quite alot of free time.


12AX7-Comparisons 26-Mar-1998 15:31 2k
12AX7-gain-test 26-Mar-1995 14:37 2k
12AX7-vs-12AT7 20-Aug-1995 09:53 3k
12AX7-vs-5751 19-Aug-1995 20:34 1k
12AX7-vs-7025 27-Aug-1994 09:01 2k
5881-in-Deluxe 20-Dec-1994 11:19 3k
5881=6L6GB 20-Nov-1994 09:58 3k
5AR4-Typing 01-Mar-1996 16:52 3k
5AR4-data 14-Dec-1995 11:50 14k
5V4-for-5AR4 06-Apr-1996 14:18 1k
62-Twin-Speakers 17-Dec-1995 17:15 3k
6550s-in-Twin 03-Sep-1996 09:41 2k
6EY6 09-Jan-1997 10:39 1k
6EY6-Characteristics 21-May-1997 16:43 1k
6EY6-close-to-6V6 05-Jan-1997 22:03 1k
6EY6-rating-vs-6V6 03-Dec-1997 20:24 2k
6L6-GC-meaning 28-May-1995 10:32 1k
6L6-Taste-Tests 31-Jul-1999 10:39 11k
6L6-Types 20-Jan-1996 15:41 3k
6L6GC-ID 27-Aug-1998 09:02 2k
6L6WGB-vs-7581 12-May-1997 10:22 6k
6MB8-tube-specs 30-Jan-1995 10:35 1k
6V6-6L6-swaps 14-Jan-1997 10:42 3k
6V6-NOS-vs-Sovtek 27-Sep-1996 15:27 2k
6V6-Ratings 29-Jul-1996 10:38 4k
6V6-Russian-RCA-Copies 29-Jan-1999 12:36 2k
6V6-Types 07-Nov-1998 10:50 3k
6V6-duty-cycle 25-Nov-1995 00:12 4k
6V6-to-EL84-Cathode-..> 08-Nov-1998 11:37 3k
6V6=7408 09-Jul-1996 01:03 1k
6V6EH-Taste-Test 21-Dec-1999 13:14 13k
6V6EH-vs-RCA-Blackpl..> 19-Apr-2000 14:02 1k
6V6GT-Types 09-Feb-1999 16:20 2k
6V6GT-vs-GTA 19-Aug-1995 00:08 2k
6V6s-in-6L6-amps 27-Mar-1996 13:32 6k
7408-info 05-Jun-1997 11:39 2k
7581A-tubes 19-May-1995 22:39 1k
7868-equivalents 05-Oct-1996 13:16 1k
Amperex-history 16-Mar-1997 02:10 3k
Best-6V6 27-Aug-1998 09:00 2k
Blue-Glow-Sylvania 18-Jan-1998 10:20 3k
Breaking-in-Tubes 18-Jun-1995 09:45 2k
Breathe-on-tubes 24-Aug-1995 15:02 1k
Brimar-Special-Quality 17-Oct-1996 11:57 3k
CEI-6V6GTs 23-Oct-1998 09:22 1k
Chinese-12AT7s 01-Dec-1995 10:37 2k
Chinese-6V6GTBC 12-Sep-1995 22:45 2k
Design-Max-Rating 31-Dec-1995 10:52 2k
EL34-coding-explained 06-Apr-1995 10:09 2k
Euro-Tube-Code 23-Jan-1997 00:04 11k
Fingerprints 21-Jan-1996 19:55 3k
Fuzzy-Cathodes 18-Jun-1997 17:24 4k
GE-and-Sylvania 26-Aug-1995 22:14 1k
GZ34-Varieties 20-Jan-1998 23:06 2k
GZ34-types 13-May-1998 15:19 2k
GZ37-vs-5U4 03-Apr-1997 12:42 1k
Groove-Tubes 01-Oct-1994 00:22 3k
Groove-Tubes-6V6HD 27-Nov-1994 17:04 6k
Groove-Tubes-testing 23-Sep-1998 09:11 7k
How-Are-Tubes-Made 10-Mar-1997 22:11 3k
Hytron-tubes 18-Oct-1996 10:02 2k
ID-Tube-Makers 17-Dec-1997 12:44 3k
Identify-Tube-Makers 31-Jan-1997 20:48 6k
Is-Tube-Matching-Needed 14-Oct-1994 11:17 3k
LV-Visseaux-6V6-Warning 30-Apr-1999 09:18 2k
M.O.Valve-Gold-Lion 30-Apr-1997 19:26 2k
Making-Tubes 06-Sep-1997 10:11 4k
Mazda-History 13-May-1998 13:50 5k
Metal-6V6s 25-Jun-1995 09:53 3k
More-M.O.Valve-History 06-May-1997 16:49 7k
New-US-6L6GCs 21-Nov-1996 13:44 2k
No-More-Chinese-12AX7s 17-Feb-1998 09:30 2k
Overvoltage-Effects 10-Aug-1997 21:34 6k
Phillips-6L6GB-JAN 13-Jun-1996 09:58 1k
Photon-Noise 20-Jun-1998 11:27 4k
RTV-Tube-Damping 19-Jan-1997 10:58 5k
Real-Mullard-GZ34s 12-Jul-1996 20:46 3k
Relabeling 23-Mar-1997 20:01 2k
Ruby-6V6GTBC 19-Nov-1995 10:55 2k
SPICE-tube-models 22-Aug-1995 09:25 1k
SV-6L6GC 24-Oct-1996 20:41 1k
Sovtek-12AT7EH-5751-..> 21-Sep-2000 10:14 6k
Sovtek-5881 31-Aug-1996 09:46 4k
Sovtek-5881-Confusion 24-Sep-1996 13:15 2k
Sovtek-5881-data 17-Apr-1996 00:57 7k
Sovtek-5881-for-7027 19-Sep-1995 11:35 2k
Sovtek-5881-specs 03-Nov-1995 11:01 3k
Sovtek-5881WXT 24-Feb-1996 11:06 3k
Sovtek-6CA7-problems 01-Jun-1995 00:00 4k
Sovtek-6L6WXT+ 11-Aug-1998 10:49 2k
Sovtek-Midget 28-Jul-1995 15:31 2k
Sovtek-Online 03-Jun-1996 00:14 1k
Sovtek-Tube-specs 08-Aug-1995 11:34 3k
Sovtek-page 24-May-1995 17:47 1k
Standby-Switches 02-Oct-1999 13:55 4k
Svetlana-6550s 07-Nov-1995 11:01 4k
Svetlana-6L6GC 26-Oct-1996 00:18 2k
Svetlana-7591A 28-Oct-1996 20:13 1k
Svetlana-EL34-review 16-May-1996 10:18 6k
Telefunken-Tubes 16-Oct-1994 09:36 1k
Telefunken-placement 08-Dec-1995 12:47 1k
Tesla-12AX7 18-Feb-1998 11:07 2k
Tesla-6L6GC 21-Oct-1996 00:50 1k
Tomorrows-tubes 31-Aug-1995 22:03 9k
Tube-Amp-Books 17-Feb-1995 12:10 3k
Tube-Amp-FAQ-Feb-96 01-Mar-1996 18:51 65k
Tube-Chickens 24-Apr-1997 12:20 5k
Tube-Curve-Tracers 12-Apr-1996 20:36 1k
Tube-Data-Page 31-Jan-1998 23:44 1k
Tube-Data-Web-site 03-Feb-1996 19:24 1k
Tube-Failures 21-Mar-1996 12:58 2k
Tube-Manufacturers 13-Dec-1997 00:31 7k
Tube-Mfgr-Codes 17-Dec-1996 15:46 3k
Tube-Naming-Explained 30-May-1995 22:42 5k
Tube-Relabeling 07-Nov-1998 18:47 4k
Tube-Stability 12-Aug-1999 11:45 2k
Tube-amp-books 12-May-1995 12:40 10k
Tube-gas-avalanche 26-Jun-1995 21:11 2k
Tube-heating-effects 24-Mar-1994 12:37 4k
Tube-mismatch-harmonics 26-Aug-1995 22:23 5k
Tube-rejuvenation 18-Apr-1996 12:11 2k
Tube-types 13-Aug-1994 16:19 5k
Tubes-vs-SS 07-Jul-1995 11:23 4k
Visseaux-6V6 06-Feb-1999 13:28 4k
Visseaux-6V6-Warning 30-Apr-1999 13:27 7k
Vudu-Tube-Replacement 01-Sep-1995 08:14 1k
What-Does-6L6GC-Mean 12-Apr-1999 10:20 1k
What-is-5881 23-May-1997 20:53 9k
What-is-7027 31-Mar-1998 22:19 2k
Which-Rectifier 25-Nov-1995 00:18 3k
Why-5V-rectifier-vs-..> 23-Mar-1998 13:10 3k
Why-6.3V-Filaments 19-Nov-1996 19:25 4k
Why-Tubes-Coated-Inside 05-May-1998 08:53 5k
Worn-Out-GZ34s 19-Sep-1998 15:35 2k
YA-tube-page 28-Aug-1996 21:39 2k

 

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I cleaned up my tab for Sonny Boy's Help Me and made it into a short book. There's a Kindle version for 99 cents, and if you buy the paperback you get the Kindle free.

Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs