Ep. 28: "It's the Cranberries"

<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>Pre-order today: The Truth About Vintage Amps Two-Prong hat collaboration from Manbroidery and Ebbets Field Flannels (<a href= "https://manbroidery.bigcartel.com/">link</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>2:13 Skip gets a $25 guitar; Jason goes to NAMM<br /> 11:05 Marc Silber’s inventory<br /> 14:16 Skip meets Grez<br /> 17:43 Tyler wins of our Union Bean Counter Tone Druid pedal giveaway (correct answer: Tom Waits)<br /> 19:17 Tyler’s fish taco recipe (email us)<br /> 20:29 A very clean Fender Tweed Deluxe<br /> 22:00 Joe Craven and Bruce MacMillan covers the Dead<br /> 23:24 Australians respond to Skip’s Robert Hughes query<br /> 23:51 More on Brent’s bargain Variac with a current meter hack<br /> 26:46 Leaving an amp on for a week<br /> 29:33 Vintage wire that just won’t solder<br /> 31:33 The Fender Greta as a pre-amp<br /> 34:02 The JHD Ice Cube Sustain Coupler (<a href= "https://reverb.com/item/28824395-jhd-ice-cube-sustain-coupler">link</a>)<br /> 37:43 The dangers of running an effect between an amp and a speaker cab<br /> 38:43 Changing a 1952 Gibsonette GA-8 from a field coil to regular magnetic speaker<br /> 42:30 Increasing the headroom on a Peavey Classic 50<br /> 45:45 Substituting a 5Y3 with a 5V4 in a 5E3 Deluxe<br /> 49:16 A 1950s Gibson GA-6 with an adapter for a 12AX7 pre-amp tube; more rectifier tube talk<br /> 51:50 Marshalls versus Fenders and the difference between 6V6/6L6 and an EL34/EL84<br /> 54:26 A Canadian Gibson Falcon that needs a massive overhaul<br /> 55:47 Choosing an amp for re-heating food<br /> 59:49 Little Charlie’s Chile Colorado, revisited<br /> 1:02:05 Export model Silverface Fenders  <br /> 1:04:16 Questions on Angela’