Ep. 73: "Also, Not My Suit Size"

<p>Welcome to the 73rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, the bi-weekly show where amp tech Skip Simmons answers all of your pressing guitar amplifier questions. No topic is too basic... or seemingly too complex!</p> <p>(Banter hater? The actual amp talk this time around starts at 17:00.)</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>1:01 UFOs and Art Bell</p> <p>8:01 Our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">Patreon page</a>: Now with new updates and articles from Acmeverb.com!</p> <p>12:05 Jason gets a haircut, learns how to use epazote in beans</p> <p>16:59 B+, revisited: B is for Battery</p> <p>18:02 Medical grade tubes: Still in production!</p> <p>20:46 Princeton tone stack and the TAVA community, tips for Variac hunting, Mount Olive Pickle Salsa</p> <p>26:32 Skip’s movie picks: <em>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</em>, <em>Nomadland</em></p> <p>29:49 A clone Tweed Princeton success story; vintage Jensen P-15R speakers; Amplified Parts' <a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/vacuum_tubes">NOS tube sale</a></p> <p>37:38 WD-40, again</p> <p>41:00 Skip's Chile Colorado</p> <p>42:03 Field coil speakers for a Gibson EH-150/185-style amp (and what’s the deal with the echo speaker extension cabinet?)</p> <p>48:18 The Vox book gets a new home; <a href= "https://www.acidfuzz.com">acidfuzz.com</a> (for Vox guitar onboard fuzz schematics)</p> <p>50:06 The TAVA Facebook group (<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/tavapodcast">Facebook link</a>)</p> <p>51:25 Another movie tip: <em>The Straight Story</em></p> <p>51:50: Twin mod revisited: Changing two 6V6s to rectifiers; a TAVA meetup?; music by Joe Policastro Trio, Colin Stetson</p> <p>58:25 Single-ended amps with a 6V6 tube with and without a cathode bypass capacitor, Skip’s toothbrush hack</p> <p>1:04:46 Testing a cabinet design with a crappy amp</p