Ep. 31: "And You Thought We Had Problems"

<p>Amp tech Skip Simmons is once again fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world. </p> <p>Note: We now have a private Facebook group for TAVA listeners: Search for "A Rustic Kegger in the Woods" or click <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/tavapodcast">here</a>.   </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>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>1:32 Skip tries to stay in the middle</p> <p>5:04 Little Charlie Remembered</p> <p>13:47 The hillbilly amp bought on eBay by listener @scschooling on Instagram (<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/B9H-4-5nprl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">link</a>)</p> <p>14:49 Adam Grimm (Satellite Amps) builds a motion controlled boost with a mercury thermostat</p> <p>16:08 Skip on Selmer amps, again</p> <p>18:42 Making a Fender Acoustasonic Junior road worthy</p> <p>24:13 Play through an amp while you’re warming it up with a Variac?</p> <p>29:43 Cramming a 10" speaker into a Champ kit</p> <p>31:21 A 1956 Gibson GA-40 Les Paul amp that doesn’t match the schematic</p> <p>36:38 Smoked glass tubes</p> <p>39:40 A project for a late '40s / early '50s Magnavox mono amp; plus, beans</p> <p>46:38 "Why is Mesa Boogie so bloody minded and contrary?" asks an Australian listener</p> <p>52:28 Special guest: Executive Chef Chris Robertson (Southpark Seafood, Portland, Oregon)</p> <p>1:11:36 Harmonic tremolo and tremolo vs. vibrato circuits; Travis Wammack, "It's Karate Time" (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paau_F41Las">YouTube link</a>)</p> <p>1:15:54 Pots that say 250k, but are actually 120k</p> <p>1:18:25 A Brownface Princeton with 250k volume pots</p> <p>1:21:52 Breakup on a Fender Deluxe 5E3</p> <p>1:28:08 Comparing a 1962 Magnatone Custom 440 to a Fender counterpart</p> <p>1:33:20 A Magnatone M7 with a mysterious foil wrapping around a coupling cap</p> <p>1:37:3