Ep. 71: "I Analyze My Spectrum"

<p>It's the 71st installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps, featuring noisy Fenders (and a Vingtor!), clip-on fans, more candy cigarette talk and other surprises. As always, tech Skip Simmons is here for you, fielding your questions on all-things-tube-amp.</p> <p>This week's episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com">Amplified Parts</a> and <a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com">Grez Guitars</a>. </p> <p>Some of the topics discussed this week: </p> <p>1:26 Jury duty<br /> <br /> 7:14 Cool tools: Using a rifle brush to clean a 1/4" input jack (thanks <a href="https://www.acmeverb.com">Acmeverb.com</a>!); feeler gauges; Jay Knox's film roll hack; <em>Pinnochio</em><br /> <br /> 14:50 Skip is an idiot; a sleeper '60s Gibson amp<br /> <br /> 19:44 Mr. Valco<br /> <br /> 22:44 Ned Boynton; variable intensity vibrato on a Magnatone<br /> <br /> 24:54 A 1967 Fender Princeton Reverb with fading volume<br /> <br /> 32:51 A 1972 Fender Deluxe Reverb versus a Silvertone Twin Twelve in a band setting; the Clientele's 'Suburban Light'; Ilegal tequila mezcal<br /> <br /> 40:12 Chewing matches<br /> <br /> 42:27 A damp and noisy Norwegian Vingtor amp<br /> <br /> 48:45 Instapot talk; ground switch redux; using a Variac to break-in speakers; Bob Newhart; Nelson Riddle; sweet potato fries<br /> <br /> 58:35 Grant Willis (<a href= "https://valveheaven.com">valveheaven.com</a>); using halogen lamp isolating transformers as output transformers<br /> <br /> 1:01:15  Restoring a free vintage Precision ES-550 oscilloscope<br /> <br /> 1:07:58 Multiple output taps and negative feedback loops on a Fender clone build<br /> <br /> 1:11:49 Fender Super Twin opinions<br /> <br /> 1:17:38 A hot transformer on a boutique tube amp in (Analog Outfitters The Road)<br /> <br /> 1:20:58 Allen Encore amps<br /> <br /> 1:23:22 A Magnatone M-12 with one channel that doesn't work</p> <p>Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.</p> <p>Support the show as a <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">TAVA Patreon p