Ep. 165: "There's an Ethos?"
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In this episode, Skip Simmons answers listener questions about guitar tube amps and discusses various amp-related topics.
Episode 165 of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons tackles all of your questions about guitar tube amps! Thank our sponsors: Grez Guitars ; Emerald City Guitars ; and Amplified Parts / Mod Electronics . Some of the topics discussed this week: 00 Jason and Nigel 6:26 Our sponsors! 10:42 A letter, two beers, some washers, and a crossroads: Follow Joe here and on Instagram 17:10 1967 Fender Princeton Reverb project with a replaced power transformer; a shorted reverb transformer 31:36 A baffler: Two kinds of hum 36:16 What are "getter" and "wings"? The Barkely Marathon ( Wikipedia ) 40:31 Has anyone put the tweed Princeton tone circuit in a guitar? swaddled meat is tender meat, cast iron 44:15 A Fender Super Reverb that kept blowing fuses; the 1972 Sacramento Farrell's Ice Cream parlor plane disaster ( Wikipedia ) 53:33 Federico's pizza dough recipe on the TAVA Patreon ; the Tone Quest Report; Tin Can Valley Letterpress 55:08 Replacing the foam gasket on my Traynor YGM-3 reverb's tank; Vacaville's Pacific Hardware 1:00:04 Rickenbacker M-11 thoughts; King Sunny Ade 1:04:51 What's on Skip's bench: Slim Dossey's Tweed Bassman and another Bassman 1:08:59…
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Grez Guitars, Emerald City Guitars, Amplified Parts, Mod Electronics
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