Ep. 27: "A Big Grizzly Bear with a Duck Head On It"

<p>Amp tech Skip Simmons is once again fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world. </p> <p>Submit your question to Skip here: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or, better yet, leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848.</p> <p>**Order a PDF download of Steve Melkisethian's tweed Princeton amp project <a href= "https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/collections/downloads/products/truth-about-vintage-amps-download-angela-instruments-single-ended-amp-project-5f2">here</a>.** </p> <p>This week’s sponsor: Grez Guitars (<a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com/">link</a>)</p> <p>Some of the topics discussed on this episode:</p> <p>1:20 Skip's A/B box setback<br /> 3:00 A winner for our Stew-Mac Champ kit<br /> 4:40 A question for our Australian listeners<br /> 6:07 A glitchy Ampeg Reverberocket <br /> 7:09 Skip heads to a vintage guitar show<br /> 12:00 @manbroidery two-prong hat update, let us know if you want one (<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QJ2gOpBXf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Instagram link</a>) <br /> 15:22 Old carbon comp resistors and Domino caps in an amp kit build<br /> 20:23 Testing caps for leakage<br /> 24:58 Running a synth through a tube amp<br /> 28:33 The timing on Kenny Burrell’s “Chitlins con Carne”<br /> 30:07 Music recommendation: The Joe Mooney Quartet (<a href= "https://youtu.be/JkVRCMbPnZY">YouTube link</a>)<br /> 31:17 The rationale for crazy amps like the Baldwin Exterminator<br /> 35:53 The sushi boat amp update; <a href= "https://robrobinette.com/Amp_Stuff.htm">Rob Robinette's tube amp page</a>; micro amps<br /> 40:40 1960s Guild Thunder series amps<br /> 43:52 New cast iron (<a href="smithey.com">link</a>, <a href= "fieldcompany.com">link</a>, <a href= "https://matferbourgeatusa.com/product/black-steel-round-frying-pan-10/"> link</a>); rum & tonic<br /> 46:24 The Big Index page: fretboardjournal.com/tavaindex<br /> 46:58 Wear and tear from maxed out amp settings<br /> 48:25 Restoring (and storing) a blown Oxford speaker<br /> 50:52  Where the magic happens in a non-master v