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This is all required by our lawyers, or the lawyers we would have if we had any, or suggested by the lawyers we know from wherever.

Site Usage (Caveat Emptor)

The information presented here is correct to the best of the knowledge of the site maintainers. We are not certified electrical engineers. We are not safety experts. We are not lawyers. We're just people who like guitars and amps, who hang out in the alt.guitar.amps (AGA) newsgroup, and who know enough web site stuff to maintain this site. Use of this site implies acceptance of all terms and conditions, caveats, and cave newts herein.

Censorship and Guidelines
(Termination Without Prejudice)

The site maintainers want this site to be useful to and used by as much of the AGA population as possible. To this end, said site maintainers will attempt to treat everyone equally. We will not censor anyone because we disagree with their opinions regarding things musical or electronic, or just because they have flamed us, harassed us, or otherwise come after us on the net. For instance, Kent will not censor HiWatt lovers, and Miles will not censor emacs geeks. At least, not unless they violate the guidelines.

On the other hand, we do have certain guidelines for things on this website.

Truth in advertising
Don't knowingly post false data, or even data you aren't sure of. Don't pretend to be someone else.
Stay family friendly
Miles would like his wife, children, nieces, nephews, pets, neighbors, pastor, and everyone else to be able to read the site without getting unnecesarrily offended. In other words, no profanity, no vile language, no rude pictures. You have plenty of other outlets for those.
Topicality rules
While we don't want to limit this website to just guitar amps, we do wish to keep it relevant to the AGA newsgroup. The primary focus of that group is guitar amps, although barbecue, ranting and raving, guns and various other subjects and actions frequently occur. This is an extension of that community, but at the same time we aren't going to dedicate resources to barbecue recipes or flame wars (that's what the newsgroup is for. 8^)
No spam
The user and business information presented here is for individual use only. You may not make make use of any information here for any sort of spam activities, even if you include a disclaimer about the latest House or Senate bill.

Failure to abide by these simple rules does subject you to censorship, and may result in editing, or the complete yanking of, your bio or business data, or links to your website. We'd like to avoid that as much as we suspect you would.

Safety First

DISCLAIMER:

Tube amplifiers contain potentially lethal, high voltages even after they are unplugged, that may cause personal injury or death. Do not attempt to repair, modify, or work on any amplifier unless you are absolutely certain you know what you are doing.

The DC voltages present in tube amps may remain long after the amp is unplugged, even if you think you have drained them. Shocks from these can be painful, or even lethal. The AC voltage from the wall is always present somewhere in the amp if it's plugged in. This can be extremely painful, and has a fair likelihood of killing you. If you aren't sure of your ability to avoid shock, take your gear to a qualified technician, or get the education you need to work on the amp safely. (Even careful experts get shocks occasionally.)

No Guarantee!

Amp modifications, circuits and projects documented on this site are documented solely for the sake of knowledge. The appearance of any modification or build information is not to be construed as a recommendation or suggestion that YOU do anything. That's totally your decision!

The authors and site maintainers will do their best to post only valid information. Nevertheless, if you try any modification or build anything described at this site or sites to which it links, you assume all responsibility for anything that happens, whether the amp explodes, you get zapped, or the amp suddenly increases in value because everyone falls in love with it. The glory, the pain, whatever, they're all yours. If you can't live with that, don't mess with the amp!

Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, etc.

Graphics by Kent Pearson. Programming by Miles O'Neal. HTML by The P&O Show (Pearson and O'Neal). Data by various AGA folks. Bios and tech/supplier entries by you. All site text, graphics, code, presentation, et al, etc, ad infinitum, copyright Y2K by The P&O Show, Round Rock, Texas and wherever the heck Kent is. Bio and tech/supplier data copyright whenever by whoever entered it unless they specify otherwise. All rights reserved, but contact us (see bio section or AGA newsgroup) if you want to use something.