Ep. 98: "Reserve Champion"

<p>With Skip's internet down, we recorded our 98th episode the old-fashioned way. Once you get past the distorted land line telephone, you'll hear about how you can win some truly amazing gear on our 100th episode (including a new Grez Mendocino Junior guitar!), plus what inspires Skip, screen resistors on power tubes, center taps on resistors, and one heck of a goat story.</p> <p>This week's episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://www.calton-cases.com">Calton Cases</a>, <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>.</p> <p>Support us <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">on Patreon.com</a> for added content and the occasional surprise. One of our patrons will win a Hello Sailor Fuzz Face this month! </p> <p>Some of the topics discussed this week:</p> <p>:54 The Fretboard Journal 50 (<a href= "https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/fretboard-journal-50-whats-inside/">link</a>) ...and issue 1; NAMM Shows</p> <p>6:15 Our 100th episode giveaways: Win a Grez Guitars Mendocino Junior; a Madsen Electronics GE Fuzz; or a First Coast Amplification Masco - 5F2A Princeton conversion... plus, Josephine Baker was a spy</p> <p>11:57 What exactly does a Variac do on a dormant amp?</p> <p>15:43 A super microphonic Deluxe Reverb</p> <p>17:33 Screen resistors on power tubes: 1-watt resistors vs 3-watt resistors</p> <p>22:10 Center taps on power transformers: Grounded, tapped-off, or artificial?</p> <p>26:29 Replacing the rotary off-on switches on Gibsons; Carling rotary switches (<a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/switch-carling-rotary-solder-lug">link</a>)</p> <p>29:45 What inspires Skip</p> <p>35:23 Skip and the Reserve Champion goat</p> <p>47:09 How important is the orientation of film capacitors?  </p> <p>53:20 A 1974 Fender