Ep. 52: "Dogs Riding Bicycles"

<p>Support the Truth About Vintage Amps through our brand new Patreon page: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps</a></p> <p>Once again, Skip Simmons is fielding guitar amp questions from around the world, except this time we're joined by special guest, Jef Brown!</p> <p>Some of the topics discussed on this episode:</p> <p>8:54 'Practical Amplifier Diagrams' (1947)<br /> 17:02 The grounds on an all-original 1962 Fender Tweed Champ<br /> 22:34 Power section filtering<br /> 26:30 Special Guest: Jef Brown! (<a href= "https://gospelofmars.bandcamp.com/">Jef's band</a>, J<a href= "http://leightonamplifiers.blogspot.com/">ef's amp blog</a>)<br /> 1:13:32 A Gibson GA-25 RVT Hawk that smells<br /> 1:19:23 Bass-ifying a single-ended amp build<br /> 1:23:00 A Silverface Princeton Reverb missing its foot switch<br /> 1:25:15 El Paso fajita seasoning<br /> 1:26:04 Turning your amps on-and-off during the workday</p> <p>Have a question or topic for a future episode? Email or send us a voice memo to: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. </p> <p>This episode is brought to you by <a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com/">Grez Guitars</a> and <a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com/">Amplified Parts</a> (who happen to have Jack Darr's 'Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook' in-stock now), with special audio help from <a href= "https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/ruinous.html">Izotope</a>. Use the discount code RUIN10 to save 10% off your Izotope order.</p> <p style= "padding-top: 12px; caret-color: #22242f; color: #22242f; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038146973px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">  </p>