Ep. 124: "Night Train"

<p class="MsoNormal">It's the 124th installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons: Conductive paints, speaker impedance mismatches, pizza hacks and lots of dad jokes!<br /> <br /> Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question or voice memo to <a href= "mailto:podcast@fretboardjournal.com">podcast@fretboardjournal.com</a>.</p> <p>Our sponsors are <a href= "https://emeraldcityguitars.com">Emerald City Guitars</a>, <a href= "https://www.amplifiedparts.com/">Amplified Parts,</a> <a href= "https://stringjoy.com">Stringjoy Strings</a>, and <a href= "https://www.grezguitars.com/">Grez Guitars</a>.<br /> <br /> Some of the topics discussed this week:</p> <p>:57 Skip works on a Jim Kelley Amp</p> <p>6:30 Rancho Gordo beans, redux</p> <p>7:49 Converting a SF Champ to the Princeton schematic and recommended plate voltages; Skip makes a tweed Harvard out of a Champ; pilot light washers from Daniel Petrzelka (Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/dpetrzelka/?hl=en">@dpetrzelka</a>)</p> <p>13:39 The 1970s Whole Earth Catalogs are now online (<a href= "https://wholeearth.info">link</a>)</p> <p>15:21 What makes a great A/B box?</p> <p>17:24 A '55 Tweed Bassman with a replaced output transformer and 7025s; Skip finishes the Tweed Deluxe overhaul</p> <p>25:41 Impedance mismatches in 1950s Fender amps, using the external speaker output</p> <p>31:26 Did David Lindley play on the Rockford Files theme song? Toots Thielemans</p> <p>33:43 Eminence, Kentucky and Colonel Sanders</p> <p>35:07 Can anything other than tubes be microphonic; the one-wire mod to have the reverb and tremolo on both channels on a Fender</p> <p>37:12 Fuse-eating rectifier tubes on a Victoria Bandmaster clone; 5U4 vs GZ34 tubes</p> <p>39:38 Converting a '50s Philco record player console for guitar use; Commander Cody; the Louvin Brothers' 'Satan Is Real'</p> <p>43:26 Bringing up an old amp on a Variac </p> <div>48:49 Experiments with conductive paints</div> <div> </div> <div>52:36 Very loud noise floor in a low-wattage amp</div> <