Ep. 5: "You're a Maintenance Man"
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons · Fretboard Journal
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Show Notes
Submit your guitar amp questions to amp repair guru Skip Simmons here: [email protected] or by leaving us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. The more questions we get, the more episodes we record.
Twice a month, guitar amp repairman and former drawbridge operator Skip Simmons fields your questions on tube amp buying, repair and maintenance. Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.
Some of the topics discussed on this episode:
-Spring Reverb, 101: How does it work, how to fix it -Grounding tips -Skip's recommended multimeters and soldering irons -Using vintage US-made amps overseas -Making a 1968 Fender Super Reverb a little less loud -Breaking in a new speaker -Gigging with a '58 Fender Vibrolux -Octal tubes -Skip's thoughts on DIY amp kits
and much more...
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