Ep. 160: "Some People Can't Stand an Unused Triode"

About this episode

In this episode, Skip Simmons answers listener questions about various tube amps and discusses his current projects.

Episode 160 of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields all of your questions about tube amps. Thank our sponsors: Grez Guitars ; Emerald City Guitars and Amplified Parts . Some of the topics discussed this week: 1:09 Fishing and weather report, Tule fog 4:43 Skip's amp backlog 5:19 A West guitar amp with a Dynaco 454216 transformer, a paper plate breakfast hack 10:45 Our sponsors! 12:56 What's on Skip's bench: A 1950 Princeton, a White amplifier, a Tweed Deluxe AND a Vibrolux; Electromuse amps 14:39 The Lonesome Captain's music video ( YouTube link ) 17:31 A Webster-Chicago 166-1 with a post phase-inverter tone control 20:36 The Valco/National/Supro single 6V6 with reverb and tremolo 28:06 A Silvertone 1472 with replaced parts; terminal strip grounds 30:55 Two filter cap Princetons ( link to TDPRI forum ) 32:11 An original Garnet Session Man; modding a Masco ME-27; recommended reading 39:49 The Wood Wire & Volts show; the Benson Babylon (as mentioned on episode 158 !) 44:16 Speaker impedance mismatch on a Danelectro amp and its effect on tone, Spanish rice, Goya pasta 50:21 Suggestions for an unused triode in a Geloso G226A amp 54:32 Bill…

People in this episode

Host: Skip Simmons

Topics covered

• Fishing and weather report
• Skip's amp backlog
• West guitar amp with a Dynaco 454216 transformer
• What's on Skip's bench
• Lonesome Captain's music video
• Webster-Chicago 166-1
• Valco/National/Supro single 6V6
• Silvertone 1472
• Two filter cap Princetons
• Original Garnet Session Man
• Modding a Masco ME-27

Sponsors

Grez Guitars, Emerald City Guitars, Amplified Parts

Mentioned in this episode

Products: 454216, Princeton, a Tweed Deluxe, Vibrolux, Electromuse, A Webster-Chicago 166-, 6V6, A Silvertone 1472, Princetons, Garnet Session Man

Books & works: Some People Can't Stand an Unused Triode, the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, The Lonesome Captain's

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