Ep. 116: "Or Something"

<p>It's the 116th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where legendary amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on guitar amps and their repair! </p> <p>Want to be a part of the show? Keep the amp questions for Skip coming to <a href= "mailto:podcast@fretboardjournal.com">podcast@fretboardjournal.com</a>! Voice memos or emails are welcome. And don't forget we now have a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">Patreon.</a></p> <p>This week's sponsors: <a href= "https://emeraldcityguitars.com">Emerald City Guitars</a>, <a href="https://stringjoy.com">Stringjoy Strings</a> (use the code FRETBOARD to save off your first string order), <a href="https://www.amplifiedparts.com/">Amplified Parts,</a> and <a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com/">Grez Guitars</a>. </p> <p>This week's topics:</p> <p>1:02 Making amps out of little intercoms, redux</p> <p>4:01 Amplified Parts' Potentiometer Adapter Sleeve (<a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/potentiometer-adapter-sleeve-converts-6mm-or-18t-shaft-14">link</a>)</p> <p>8:34 Join our Patreon and hear a lost episode with Steve Melkisethian (Angela Instruments): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps</a></p> <p>9:19 What's on Your Bench: A 1952 low-powered Tweed Twin found on eBay</p> <p>12:00 Retiring the word "blackface" when talking about amps</p> <p>16:10 Coupling capacitor orientation, redux</p> <p>20:28 Jonathan Stout (check out '<a href= "https://jonathanstout.bandcamp.com/album/pick-it-and-play-it">Pick It and Play It</a>'); "For the Good Times" by Al Green</p> <p>26:19 Sellers turning vintage amps on with no speaker load</p> <p>29:55 The best DIY Fender Princeton kits around; roasted cauliflower with curry powder, Soursound transformers (<a href= "https://soursound.com">link</a>)</p> <p>40:28 Does a lower B+ keep an old amp happier?</p> <p>43:58 How quickly could you build a Champ? The Fretboard Summit (August 24-26 in Chicago) and JHS's Germanium Chef competition (attend by registering here: <a