Welcome to the home page of Tone Lizard Amplifiers! Join us in our never-ending quest for the real truth behind the tone 'secrets' of vintage tube guitar amplifiers, whilst sidestepping all the surrounding hyperbole. I will also impart with any links to other noteworthy websites, and be available to help with any schematics/parts location and modification/restoration advice and/or services that you may require (see 'ABOUT TONE LIZARD AMPLIFIERS').

Notes for May 1st, 2006. Wow. It has been an entire year since my last official update. And I don't have much to offer this time around, either! We should all be used to this 'new format, new attitude' by now. The 'Lessons' are gone, and now you wallow through completely self-sufficient 'sections'. You can simply look up information about speakers, as an example, and learn to your heart's content. Other than that, up until now I have done quite a few 'secret updates' over the past few weeks (as I like to do), which was mostly adding new bits of Vintage Advertising, and more information and pictures of my tube tester collection. I added a few more oscilloscope examples to the biasing pages, which are always fun to read. And, against all odds, I managed to locate a few more 'new' tube boxes for you to see. There will be a few very secretly added bits of information. The only hint I will give you is that they'll have to with oscilloscopes and vacuum tubes! I also tried my best to correct any and all technical errors. If you see any errors (spelling, grammar, technical points), please let me know. These pages will be even more interesting to read when the technical accuracy as well as the presentation are as close to perfect as humanly possible. I am starting to take out opinionated, vituperative rants, and hope to add a more professional appearance to these pages. If I disagree with any certain Internet 'guru' about tube amplifier philosophy, I will argue my point in a mature fashion. And I hope anyone who disagrees with me will show the same courtesy.

As I expand these pages I realize it can sometimes get bogged down by being 'all over the place'. I ask your patience, and if you have a problem trying to follow anything, please let me know, and I'll have your concern addressed ASAP. You may (or may not) have noticed 'secret' updates happening; I will always make corrections and clean up large graphics. This is all for your benefit, and although not as much fun as an 'official' update, I still think you'll appreciate the 'improvements'. Do let me know what you think!

Speaking of graphics, at last count there are well over 500 images on this website, and it's no small feat making them all load as fast as some people would like. I've spent a lot of time and effort cleaning up the huge vintage tube advertising page, and have it down to about 2 minutes loading time (not bad, considering it used to take about 5 minutes). Should you find your favorite page still takes forever to load, drop me a line and I'll try my best to fix that up ASAP. At the tail end of some pages there may be an area called which will take you through a little parable. The purpose of this will be to make you think about the unwritten moral to the story. After you've read the first one you'll get the idea, I'm sure.

By clicking on the icon above on some pages you will be taken to what I call 'Startling Revelation?'. This will actually take you to scanned articles from vintage electronics magazine articles (no 'guru' written books allowed!) that may not seem relevant, or even related to our 'search'. However, if you look at the big picture, and do a little investigative work on your own, the revelation could be nothing less than startling. Or, it could be a 100% waste of time. It is up to you to decide.

By clicking on the icon on some pages you will be taken to what I call 'Vintage Advertising'. These snippets from the electronics magazines of yesteryear will give you food for thought, as it were, and let you see how early manufacturers thought of and targeted their electronic parts and supplies to the TV/radio/audio industry. I will place additional ads as I get the chance to find and scan them. Enjoy! It will take an extra minute or so to download the larger ads (the huge page of vacuum tube advertising, even made more 'web friendly', can still take almost 3 minutes), but it is well worth the wait. And if you have a classic advertisement of your own you'd like to share with everyone else, drop me an Email. This also applies to the 'Made In Canada' and 'Classic Articles' pages.

 

This website is not for the faint of heart. Those who firmly believe that the only path to tone heaven involves pine cabinets and NOS tubes should leave now, or be forewarned! 

The opinions expressed throughout these pages are just that... opinions. But they are also the culmination of years of research and study without any predisposition. Should you vehemently disagree with any of these opinions, please do not be offended. See CLOSING THOUGHTS for more detailed disclaimers.

 If you are truly ready to learn, we can begin. Enter below to view the 'TABLE OF CONTENTS' for a brief description of each individual section to this entire website.