The Truth About Vintage Amps, Ep. 107

Episode 107: The Genius of Garnet Founder “Gar Gillies”, Fender Reverb Controls, Magnatones Repair and more.

**Would you like to meet Skip? He will be at the Amigo Bay Area Guitar Show on January 14-15, 2023 and will have stuff for sale (and also pick up amps that need servicing).**

Some of the topics discussed this week:

3:00 El Pato Tone Amp by Deluxe Amplification (reverb link)

7:19 El Pato, Cottage Cheese with Salsa, Sacramento’s Musical Instrument Lending Library “MusicLandria” (link)

11:09 Silverface Champs: change only the tone stock or also increase the value of the plate resistors, the Garnet book (link)

17:23 Loudspeaker load revisited

21:25 A 12AU7 instead of a 12AT7 in a Princeton reverb; Gochujang Korean Pepper Paste, Kimchi

26:45 Fender reverb unit controls explained; Vox 7 Series Hybrid Amplifier; the Aclam Dr. Robert Pedal (link); impedance reduction; the life of a vacuum tube

34:45 What is leaking out of the wires of Magnatone M-9?

42:29 Why does my Pepco (Garnet! Canada!) amp use two 6AV6 tubes and only half a 12AX7 instead of a full 12AX7 and a 6AV6?

46:18 Vintage bass amps for real bassists?

56:01 16 or 18 gauge speaker wire zip wire? Shrink tubing for splicing

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The Truth About Vintage Amps is hosted by amp tech Skip Simmons. Co-hosted and produced by the fretboard journal’is Jason Verlinde.

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Above and below: listener Justin’s Pepco/Camaro amp as mentioned in this episode.