Ep. 173: "Put His Eye Out"

It's the 173rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions about tube amplification...and life.

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Some of the topics discussed this week:

1:14 Skip gets his new White's Boots!

8:35 What's on Skip's bench: Skip made a new Tweed Pro in a Masco PA head; Todd Clinesmith; a cop on Sitka Island

12:08 A Fenton-Weill Auditorium 21 (link); Jason's TAVA Honda is for sale

20:25 Gregg Hopkins, re-coning speakers (https://vintage-amp.com)

21:53 Motander Guitars' mic in a guitar idea, redux

26:00 Fogged out at Beck

29:18 The US Army's Basic Schematic Interpretation book (link on our Patreon); matched tubes and the evolution of high-powered Fender amps; biasing; typewriter talk!

38:25 P ortable speaker-driven reverb? Skip's hearing test device; smoked salt

47:47 Fender tremolo ticking and delay problems, solved!

54:31 What damage did I cause by leaving my Hot Rod Deluxe on standby for a day?  

59:10 Time to replace th e Sprague caps on my  5E3 Deluxe Clone

1:05:44 Repurposing a Peavey Heritage, what to do with a Stromberg Carlson AU-58

1:11:55 A TAVA passing

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Hosted by amp tech Skip Simmons and co-hosted/produced by Jason Verlinde of the Fretboard Journal.