The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

Ep. 152: "Gridley Bias"


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It's the much-delayed 152nd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps!

Thanks, as always, for being a part of the world's finest call-in tube amp repair show.

Want amp tech Skip Simmons' advice on your DIY guitar amp projects? Join us by sending your voice memo or written questions to [email protected]! Include a photo, too.

Some of the topics discussed this week:

3:53 Real musicians ARE gearheads (redux)

5:47 Our sponsors: Grez Guitars; Emerald City Guitars and Amplified Parts!

6:40 Tom Gunterman gets two Grez's

8:21 Yellow Jacket tube converters

10:27 Standel amps (redux); Todd Clinesmith; National Dobro amps; driver transformers and pre-war amps

17:35 Using an A/B/C switcher box to flip the phase on amp channels

21:45 Thanks to Chicago's own @vintagetubeamplifiers for stocking the TAVA room at the Fretboard Summit

23:28 Building a clone AB763 with more headroom, ultralinear transformers

29:20 Yellow Jacket YJRs; eggs in ramen

32:42 Tom Gunterman, redux! 33:43 Finding joy with a John Kelly amp, until a loud zap and hum; the Western States Endurance Run 42:20 Playing guitar with accordion; the Joe Mooney Quartet; collard greens with kale 47:59 Speaker-to-power ratio on speakers; classic rock; album covers

Note: This was supposed to come out in mid-August (pre-Fretboard Summit), but your overextended co-host messed it up. Sorry. We'll get back on schedule. -Jason Want amp tech Skip Simmons' advice on your DIY guitar amp projects? Want to share your top secret family recipe? Need relationship advice? Join us by sending your voice memo or written questions to [email protected]! Include a photo, too.

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