Amp tech Skip Simmons is once again fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world. 

Submit your question to Skip here: [email protected] or, better yet, leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. 

8:04: Good Goo: TR3, SiliKroil 11:53 Our new Facebook Group (link)   13:13 Vacaville, CA's hardware store (Pacific Hardware) 15:32 This week’s sponsor: Grez Guitar 16:44 The Fretboard Journal's #FJFest (TAVA listeners will enjoy seeing DJLavalamp's Treble Booster operation or TJ Thompson's shop tour) 19:30 The lettered squares on an amp layout 21:05 Skip's starter kit for aspiring amp tinkerers: Solder iron, solder, needle nose pliers, wire cutters, a stainless steel brush (and the Jack Darr book, of course) 26:06 Modding a 5F2A from China / Reverse Feedback 29:52 Jim Campilongo's Silverface Princeton woes (NOS tube problems) 34:30 The Mullard Factory Tour on YouTube (link) 35:04 Damage from looping through a vintage amp? 41:40 Fixing a buzzy 1979 Musicmaster Bass amp 46:30 Skip's desert island amp 48:25 How did Skip and Jason meet? 52:21 Troubleshooting white noise on an amp 56:40 Running a dummy load on a stereo amp to go mono 1:00:00 1974 Fender Champ with a cat in the amp 1:05:48 A new Baffler! Ralph Shine & Sylvia Massy trivia! 1:07:38 NOS tubes recommendation: Fbenkor on eBay 1:08:26 Otis Amps 1:13:41 Skip makes a service call to Roman Coppola (Story & Clark "Storytone" Electric Piano) 1:18:35 Skip’s travel toolkit 1:20:30 Sticking reverb in a Vibrochamp (link and link) 1:21:19 A Premier 90 Reverberation with stretched-out springs 1:23:58 Groovy tunes: Skip Mahoney’s “Wherever You Go;” Grant Green's 'Street of Dreams;' William de Vaughn's "Be Thankful for What You Got;" Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together"