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PROFESSIONAL TUBE AUDIO and MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SERVICE AND REPAIR

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    Charlie Kittleson of VTV Pro Audio Laboratories provides the finest quality and most reliable electronic service, restoration and repair of vintage and modern guitar amplifiers, classic radios, tube amps, tube tuners and tube testers only (no scientific or other test equipment please)

Charlie is an expert professional electronics engineer and technician with over 20+ years experience. Charlie is dedicated to perfection and the best sound. He is world-revered for his expertise in getting the maximum music and tone from your equipment. He utilizes exotic and premium parts, special techniques to reduce noise and improve music in your equipment.

Thousands of very satisfied service customers around the USA!

Professional Electronic Services We Offer:

1. We repair, restore and/or service all makes and models of guitar amps, pro audio and musical instrument amplifiers. We also repair electric guitars if it relates to pickups, switches or wiring. No woodwork or refinishing. We do not repair organs or electronic keyboards, effect pedals or synths.

We also offer high-performance upgrades to amplifiers according to customer wants and needs.

2. We repair, restore and/or service all makes and models of tube audio and hi-fi  amps, preamps, tuners new and vintage. We also work on high-end solid state audio equipment. No K-Mart or Best Buy Specials and No Car Stereos Please.

We also stock a complete line of NOS tubes, high performance resistors, high performance capacitors and related parts for improving performance of tube home stereo equipment and pro-audio equipment.

3. We repair, restore and and service vintage US and European vacuum tube radios from the 1920s-70s. No tape recorders or turntables and no vintage televisions

4. We have a huge inventory of in-stock parts, tubes, speakers and accessories for related electronics that we repair. We discount these products if used in items we repair for you.

5. We have a retail shop location at: VTV Pro Audio Labs, 501A North Main St., Lakeport, CA 95453.

You can drop off your equipment in person or you can send it to us, double boxed and well-packed using FedEx, UPS or USPS.

Now Certified with all major guitar amp manufacturers for service and warranty work.

We also do repair, installation and warranty work on all brands of electric guitars, set ups, electical work, pickup installation, etc.

(Ampeg, Crate, Fender, Gibson, Hi-Watt, Marshall, Mesa Engineering, Park, Peavey, Randall, Supro, Traynor, Vox, more!)

  We are the primary repair facility for Guitar Center - Berkeley, CA.

Also, we are a West Coast Service center for several high-end tube hi-fi amp and preamp manufacturers, both domestic and international.

For Service or Restoration Appointment - Contact:   707-349-3009 - cell

cathode99x@vacuumtube.com - email

 

Vintage Audio/Electronics, Recommended Vendors and Tube Links Worldwide!

Updated 7/2/2008

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www.ampwares.com/ffg/   Super source for FREE Fender amp schematics, all kinds of amp parts

 www.audioweb.com  Audio News Stand and Want Ads

British and Australian Vintage Tube Audio  Get info and the dope on the British and Australian Audio Scene here!

Chris Wolf's Cool new tube site!  Lots of great projects. Good source of information about tubes and amps!

EIMAC Electron Tubes   USA's Premier manufacturer of high power tubes.

Electra-Print Transformers  Made by the world-renown Jack Elliano.  Very reasonable prices and custom winding as well

Fender Amplifiers and Guitars (Official Company Site) Unbelievable array of amps, guitars, parts and more.

Gibson Guitars and Musical Instruments (Official Company Site)

H.H. Scott Hi-Fi Information and Historical Site  Great source for information and schematics on HH Scott Gear

Hammond Transformers and Hammond Museum Site    Excellent transformers and great electronics museum.

Hickock Tube Tester Site http://www.0wned.org/~hstraub/testerdata.htm

Internet Hi-Fi Magazine

Microphones - NEW This is the most comprehensive website for microphone information. Highly recommended a must see!!

Microphones   (Excellent vintage site with tons of color photos of your favorite RCA, Western Electric, etc. mikes)

National Radio Vintage Tube Shortwave receivers, company history, lots of photos and data!

Old Radio.com Huge resource for vintage radio stations, transmitters, consoles, pro audio, radio and tv. Great site

One-Electron John Atwoods informative site with an incredible amount of schematics and tech info. A must see!!

Quad Vintage British Hi Fi   Lots of information on British Quad amps, schematics, more.

Paradiso Design  NEW History of television and video standards, interesting site for those into the history of TV and Video Standards.

Schematic Heaven - Incredible source for vintage and modern Fender, Ampeg, Marshall, Vox and many newer amps - FREE

Schematics of Tube and Transistor Hi-Fi, Electronics, much more! Sponsored by the Free Information Society. Great Site! A Must See!!!

Sonic Flare,   The newest and best designed online audio magazine for the younger and older generation of audio enthusiasts.

Sowter Transformers  Excellent transformers for audio and power

www.teknetelectronics.com Great Source for used and calibrated test equipment

Tektron   Excellent hand made Italian triode amps at competitive prices!!

Tektronix Scopes  A high quality, well illustrated page of vintage Tek Scopes and data!

Time Warp  A beautiful site featuring vintage technology from the 20th century.  Tubes and hi-fi too.

Traynor Guitar Amp Schematics  The site for Traynor amps, schematics and tech information.

Tube Collector A very informative site covering CV type, Philips, Mullard, all types of European and USA tubes, hundreds of tube photos!!

Tube Collector's Association - The official website for the TCA (Tube Collector's Association) Great site with lots of links, buy, sell, etc.

Vintage Vox Guitar Amplifiers  The site for vintage VOX guitar amps

Visit the new VTV Pro Tube shop e-store - http://shop.vacuumtube.com

NEW:  We have all kinds of vintage and modern gear for sale on www.audiogon.com

Our handle on Audiogon is:  Metatron

 

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P.O. Box 1499,  Lakeport, CA 95453  USA

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