Ep. 58: "Beards and Flattops"
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
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Show Notes
Once again, guitar amp tech Skip Simmons is fielding your questions on all things tube amp.
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3:57 Skip announces his retirement (not really) 10:50 The Roxy Theater's "Wall" sound system finds a new owner 23:20 Preserving an all-original Fender 5F10 Harvard 29:05 The non-Fender amps Skip sees the most 31:05 Salvaging a submerged Red Bear amp 37:18 Special Guest: Barry Grzebik of Grez Guitars! 1:01:57 A smelly Silvertone 1484 thanks to an attenuator, hardshell taco tips 1:06:20 Decade boxes 1:10:03 Skip's movie picks: Straight Story, Dual 1:12:45 The hum balance pot in a 100-watt Fender Quad Reverb 1:15:29 Buying a 1952 TV panel Fender Deluxe with a replaced output transformer 1:21:06 Music recommendations: Bing Crosby with Eddie Lang; Cindy Cashdollar with Arlen Roth; Carla Bley's "O Holy Night"
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