Ep. 33: "I Can Deal With Nuts"
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
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Show Notes
Amp tech Skip Simmons is once again fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world.
Submit your question to Skip here: [email protected] or, better yet, leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848.
5:24 This week's sponsor: Grez Guitars (link) 6:01 Jimmy from the Deadlies and his 5D3 Tweed Deluxe 8:13 Rustic Kegger in the Woods origin 8:48 Recommended reading: 'White Bicycles' by Joe Boyd 9:42 A 1960 Gibson GA-6 Lancer with inputs that keep cutting out 15:34 What's the deal with the 1954 Fender Super? 20:02 Who was Glen Quan? 21:56 Servicing a Sears Silvertone 1482 30:05 The Magnatone 280 owner's manual 32:23 A Fender Tonemaster with a pop 41:30 The roots of tremolo with Hammond, DeArmond, etc. 44:13 A 1987 Marshall JCM-800 2210 picking up ham radio signals 52:40 Special guest: Sam Bolle (Dick Dale!) 1:09:10 A Hammond AO-35 amp conversion project 1:14:11 Seasoning cast iron pans 1:15:18 AmpRX BrownBox attenuator use 1:19:00 A steel player's pre-amp tube needs, spiral filament design 1:22:26 What's on Skip's bookshelf (Trustee from the Toolroom; All Music Guide to the Blues) 1:25:16 Cartoons that adults want to watch