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Transformer- and coil-winding craft

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The hands-on electronics craft of winding transformers and coils to build and tune amplifiers, associated with King Tubby, who wound his own coils to deepen the bass, and taught apprentices such as Scientist to wind before they mixed.

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Michael Veal, Dub; King Tubby biographies; Wikipedia (King Tubby).

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