I have waded through a ton of sites and books about tube amplification, searching for accessible information. Some are really good, and others were a waste of time. Below are my favorite sites for learning about tube amplifiers:
Boozehound Labs - this guy has created a lot of really cool stuff ranging from tube mic preamps, guitar amplifiers, hi-fi amps, etc.. He also has a very good tutorial on the basics of tube amplification. Strangely enough, he is also a bike fanatic.
Weber Speakers - Ted Weber and the folks on the forum are incredibly helpful. I have ordered some stuff from them and can highly recommend them.
Duncan's Amp Pages - I found this to be the absolute best resource for simulating tube amplifiers using free SPICE software, and their tube data sheet locator is amazing.
BillM's Blues Junior Page - Although this site is primarily geared towards Blues Junior owners, a lot of the information here is pretty general. Rather than just spewing a bunch of unfounded opinions on what is "best" for an amp, he provides a lot of really legit analysis on the how and why certain decisions might be made for modifying tube amplifiers.
The Guitar Amp Handbook - This is a link to a book about tube amps that is very readable. It covers a lot of the basic ideas about what can be done to get guitar tones you're looking for!
Okay, those are all that come to mind at the moment.
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