Ep. 43: "We Need a Lifeline"

<p>Once again, Skip Simmons is fielding guitar amp questions from around the world. </p> <p>Submit your question to Skip here: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. </p> <p>This episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com/">Grez Guitars.</a></p> <p>Some of the topics discussed in this episode: </p> <p>3:11 Making an amp cabinet out of a beehive, a new baffler<br /> 8:23 Winding your own power transformer (<a href= "https://youtu.be/k6b7ND8dCoA">YouTube</a>)<br /> 9:54 Flot-A-Tone Amplifiers<br /> 23:11 Octal tubes revisited<br /> 26:30 A kit Vibrochamp with an intensity problem<br /> 30:02 A one-string b-bender, the Pitch Pilot<br /> 31:32 Helping fellow pro amp techs, a motorboating tweed Bassman<br /> 38:28 A low-watt 2x12 combo amp?<br /> 41:03 Plate dissipation differences for cathode-biased, Class A and Class A/B amps<br /> 44:48 Alamo amps<br /> 48:01 Megger cables and a 1968 Fender Bandmaster for bass<br /> 50:51 "Bumble Bee" capacitors & Mass MOCA<br /> 55:42 Itemized invoices<br /> 58:45 Powering a pair of speakers with a Fender Blues Jr. IV<br /> 1:03:44 The TAVA Big Index Page<br /> 1:08:16 A loose tube socket on a homemade 5F2A circuit<br /> 1:13:05 How episodes get named</p>