Ep. 2: "Don't buy that thing"
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons · Fretboard Journal
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The Fretboard Journal magazine presents The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons.
Submit your questions to Skip here: [email protected]
Every month, guitar amp guru and former drawbridge operator Skip Simmons shares stories and fields your questions on tube amp buying, restoration and repair. Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.
Topics discussed on this episode: -The long-term storage of tube amps -The magic behind Standel amps -Calculating the exact wattage of an amp -Good goos (and how to fix a torn speaker) -Paul Rivera-era Fenders -The Kalamazoo Model 2 -The modern tube marketplace -Simple tube amp maintenance anyone can do -The limits of safely mismatching speakers to a stated amp load
and much more…