Ep. 25: "Defensible Space"
Ep. 25: "Defensible Space"  
Podcast: The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
Published On: Tue Dec 10 2019
Description: The Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast has turned one! Once again, Skip Simmons is fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world. Submit your questions to Skip here: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or, better yet, leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. * SUPPORT TAVA & ANGELA INSTRUMENTS AND ENTER TO WIN* Order a PDF download of Steve Melkisethian's tweed Princeton amp project here. You may just win something!  This week's sponsor: Grez Guitars (link) Some of the topics discussed on this episode: 1:18 The TAVA Index (h/t to Harper's magazine) 6:55 What's on Skip's bench? 8:49 Speaker reconing: Scumback speakers 10:46 Skip's Christmas wish list: A Subaru replacement, a break from phone calls 13:42 TAVA givewaway: A Stew-Mac Tweed Champ kit! 14:12 Our Angela Instruments amp project download 15:35 Manbroidery's two-prong patch / a future Ebbett's Field Flannels hat? (Instagram link)  17:00 Another giveaway: An A/B box or $125 Skip labor credit giveaway 19:40 Skip gets a tractor 24:14 Dual rectifier tubes and Sag 101 28:40 Jason tries to get a special guest 31:29 Cabbage and mushrooms   35:00 Cabinet glue 40:49 Fender's White amplifiers 44:09 Choosing a Fender for your band 48:12 How Skip drains filter caps 51:35 Lafayette amplifiers 54:28 A 1971 Fender Bassman (AA371) with stray voltages 59:23 Making an Ampex 602A work for guitar 1:11:32 Splitting a 2x12 speaker cab 1:15:19 Using a looper pedal to help with soundchecks (h/t Julian Lage) 1:16:50 Music recommendation: Red Norvo 1:18:12 Budweiser Copper Lager and cast iron pans 1:25:43 A Cornell Romany Pro that goes through power tubes 1:33:34 Book review: Maurice J. Summerfield's 'The Jazz Guitar' 1:34:32 Light bulb limiters 1:36:56 A Princeton Reverb-style amp with a pull-switch on the volume control 1:41:35 A Classic Tone 5E3 power transformer with one metal washer 1:43:35 A history of phase inverters 1:46:02 More new parallel, single-ended amps Special thanks to TAVA listener Eric C. for helping us edit this week's episode.