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Ep. 56: "I Want People to Dream"

Ep. 56: "I Want People to Dream"

FromThe Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons


Ep. 56: "I Want People to Dream"

FromThe Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

  Once again, guitar amp tech Skip Simmons is fielding your questions on all things tube amp. This week's sponsors: Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars. Some of the topics discussed on this episode: 2:05 Skip checks out a Paul Bigsby-built tenor guitar, free stuff sent to your favorite podcast hosts 14:06 Revisiting Grez Guitars' pickle jar hack 15:13 Grounding 101 22:27 Antique Electronics Supply/Amplified Parts' Tolex sample packs 26:13 Advice on Ampeg M-12 / Mercury amps 29:16 Drawing a schematic from scratch 33:30 "Two Words:" A vintage Marshall baffler 35:34 Mis-drawn schematics revisited: The UREI 1176 Compressor 39:10 A 1960s Honda 305 Scrambler project 42:42 6L6G tubes in a 5E6 Fender Bassman? 47:29 RIP: Classic Tone transformers 48:32 Adding an isolation transformer to a Harmony H400A  52:44 Meatloaf on a grill 56:23 Cleaning grill cloth or Tolex  59:07 Stokes and Paul C mods on a Fender Princeton  1:03:29 Converting a Masco MA-50 and MA-17; Skip has a Gibson Falcon for sale 1:08:28 Guitarists versus harmonica players  1:09:12 Functional differences between spade connectors and soldering for speaker leads?  1:13:36 Turning a Conn ST-6 strobe turner into an amp... or something 1:18:02 Keeping corn tortillas intact while rolling enchiladas Recorded November 2, 2020.  Have a question or topic for a future episode? Email or send us a voice memo to: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. And be sure to check out the ever-growing Big Index of Truth About Vintage Amp topics to see if your amp questions have already been covered.  
Released:
Nov 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Twice a month, guitar amp guru Skip Simmons fields your questions on vintage tube amp repair, restoration and collecting. Often hilarious and always insightful, it's like no other guitar podcast out there.