It’s the 84th episode of Truth About Vintage Amps: No food babble, no soup recipes, just a lot of amp questions.
This week’s episode is sponsored by Jupiter Condenser Co., Amplified Parts, and Grez Guitars. Special thanks to Shure for introducing the new chapter of TAVA with higher fidelity.
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Some of the topics discussed this week:
1:52: Complete transcription of Ep. 83 on our Patreon (yay or no?)
4:14 Skips Recommended Gifts: Jack Darr, Joy of Cooking, the Gibson Amp Book, the Ampeg Amp Book, Fender Amps: The First 50 Years; El Pato
6:57 A new muffler: 1964 Super Reverb with a three-pole cord
10:10 AM A pristine 1956 Fender Pro that needs TLC
14:42 An Audio Guild Bonham 120 with low vibrato intensity
8:34 PM Taming a Fender Twin Reverb Reissue by dragging the 12AX7 onto the normal channel
27:27 Identification of the oil for a Tel-Ray Oil Can Echo Unit / Ucon LB-65
29:55 How to find replacement 1 “diameter Mallory can capacitors for a 1950s Valco with 1” diameter Mallory can capacitors, reusing old funky cable, the Fender 5E5 Pro input, adapt- a-cap.com
40:36 A 1965 Princeton reverb that makes the sound of waves
42:31 PPE on three-pin power cords: SVT or SJT jackets
45:46 Find time in your busy life to work on amplifiers
50:57 Circuit change on a Harmony Model 200 from the late 1940s; Mr. In-Between; pig
57:51 Fender Concert IIs: Are you okay?
1:01:07 Influence of the resistance on the tone?
1:06:10 Ledaig single malt scotch, Jameson’s Black Barrel whiskey, and other stuff to Skip; Body and Soul Pedals by Hörer Yann (bodyandsoulinstruments@gmail.com, available from Real Guitars in SF)
1:12:02 A recently shipped tube amplifier that lost its volume
1:16:53 The unique field coil wiring of a Hammond M-3 organ
1:24:19 Some Leslie 147 amp discoveries
1:33:47 The answer to this week’s baffler
1:35:08 A Tweed Bassman clone with a loud squeak
Hosted by Amp-Tech Skip Simmons. Co-hosted and produced by Jason Verlinde of the Fretboard Journal.
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Above: Harmony Model 200 by Hörer Brannon; below: Yanns (Body and Soul Instruments) pedals.
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