Ep. 51: "Generator Edition"
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
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Show Notes
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Once again, Skip Simmons is fielding guitar amp questions from around the world.
Some of the topics discussed on this episode:
4:35 Soundmaster PAs, revisited
16:20 Turret boards versus freestyle wiring
21:24 Adjectives for the tones of tweed-era Deluxe and 4x12" Bassman
27:37 Matching a 16 ohm speaker to a 4 ohm amp output with a transformer
31:20 A schematic, but no layout
33:33 Power tubes in series (Milkman amps)
35:54 A Gibson GA-15 that rattles its tubes out
40:54 Silvertone 101
45:50 Advice on a 1966 Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve: Watts, speakers, tips
52:26 A Silvertone 1474 and desoldering components from terminal strips
1:05:50 Using Telefunken EAM86 indicator tubesin an amp application
Special thanks to Derek Taylor for the intermission music.
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This episode is brought to you by Grez Guitars and Amplified Parts.