SHOP TALK: COLLEEN FAZIO

As we find ourselves thrust deep into the digital era, one hoary old amp dog after another has opined that we’ll likely lose our understanding of analogue circuits entirely if the knowledge isn’t handed down to the next generation. One problem though: “All of the electronics classes that are available in schools are really focused on digital. It would be so cool if there was a resurgence of analogue circuit classes in the future.”

But that’s not from your jaded old repairman down the back alley at Jimmy’s Thermionic Valve & Radio Service. These are the words of Colleen Fazio, a diehard 26-year-old analogue nut at the heart of the next generation of point-to-pointers. An experienced amp builder and repairperson working amid one of the world’s hottest music scenes, Fazio has 35,000 YouTube subscribers and commonly earns more than 125,000 views for her instructional videos. What, are there even that many people interested enough in guitar amp repair to watch a video on the subject?

Apparently so – and we amp nuts should be