Ep. 90: "Seeing Foxes In the Daytime"

<p>It's the 90th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps! John Smith serves us a chorizo lasagna dish; we hear the demented sounds your tubes are making on their own; the answer to last week's baffler and much more. </p> <p>This week's episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://jupitercondenser.com">Jupiter Condenser Co.</a>, <a href="https://www.amplifiedparts.com">Amplified Parts</a> and <a href="https://www.grezguitars.com">Grez Guitars</a>. You can also use the discount code FRET10 to save 10% off <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/ruinous.html">your Izotope purchase</a> and, if you head over to <a href= "https://www.bedstu.com/">BED|STÜ shoes</a> and use the discount code FRETXBS, you'll save 20% off your BED|STÜ order and help support the FJ.</p> <p>Support us <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">on Patreon.com</a> for added content and the occasional surprise. This month, we're giving away an amp kit to one lucky patron! </p> <p>Some of the topics discussed this week:</p> <p>4:57 What's in a blue molded cap?</p> <p>6:17 Our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">Patreon page</a> and a Patreon-only giveaway</p> <p>8:14 The Ep. 89 Fender Chris Stapleton amp baffler answered</p> <p>13:03 Burning Spear, Marysville postcards, and electric trains</p> <p>13:55 Beginner's corner: Basic servicing on a Traynor YBA-1 and a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb; Alex Shultz's 'Think About It'</p> <p>18:27 A Peavey Classic 30 with a sibilant buzz</p> <p>23:11 Why are vacuum tubes called valves; eggs with smoked paprika</p> <p>26:35 Grez guitars; a 1978 Deluxe Reverb with a microphonic channel 1</p> <p>33:07 Rewinding transformers: worth it?</p> <p>37:33 A Fender Musicmaster bass in Daphne blue up for grabs; a memorial for Little Charlie</p> <p>39:47 A blackface Fender Vibrochamp with a bad hum; artificial center taps and various other mods; Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=697zETDlIxk">YouTube link</a>); Weller 8200 for chassis ground connections?; Weller 550</p> <p>48: