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The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

Ep. 133: "A Spicy Tomato Sauce"

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons · May 3, 2024 · 1:34:56

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It's the 133rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amp! 

Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question or voice memo to podcast@fretboardjournal.com.

Some of the topics discussed: 

1:14 Skip's 1950 Ferguson tractor, the Truth About Lawn Mowers

7:28 A zebra on the loose in Washington State

9:30: This week's sponsors: Emerald City Guitars, Amplified Parts, StewMac, and Grez Guitars.
12:28  Grez Guitars sends Skip Quique Gomez & Little Charles Baty's Cookin' At Greaseland   16:51 What's on Skip's bench? A 1953 Fender Tweed Pro that needed nearly a complete rebuild   24:14 One solution for the multiple Pignose-amp quandary from ep. 132: Radial Engineering's Shotgun 4-Channel Amp Driver (Amazon link); 100 Vintage Hawaiian Songs (Spotify link)   30:35 Tom Gunterman's lithium battery pack picks from ep. 132, prunes   33:51 RIP Gerald Weber (Kendrick Amplifiers)
35:56 Book recommendation: 'The Birth of Loud' (Amazon link)
37:39 Jason has a jdflyback handblown tube amp! (YouTube link)   40:19 A Fender Vibrochamp that doesn't like my Les Paul, volume-dropping   45:11 Anything worth rescuing from old tube car radios? <div class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" tabindex="1" role="textbox" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="false" aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" aria-

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