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The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

Dec 29, 2023

We're closing out 2023 with special guest Bill Krinard of Two Rock! 

https://www.two-rock.com

I won't even attempt to annotate this episode but Bill joins us at 5:36 and fields a bunch of listener-submitted questions on transformers with dissimilar primary windings; Two-Rock's design process; how he uses oscilloscopes;...


Dec 16, 2023

Transformer talk, spaghetti carbonara, goat horn jazz, and more transformer talk...it's the 126th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps!

Want to be a part of our show? Submit your question or voice memo to podcast@fretboardjournal.com.

Some of the topics discussed this week:

:48 Skip types out a tube chart

3:16 This...


Nov 21, 2023

It's the 125th installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons!

Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question or voice memo to podcast@fretboardjournal.com.

Some of the topics discussed this week:

:51 Skip works on a Jim Kelley Amp, built-in attenuators, the magnetic field caused by a Tweed...


Nov 7, 2023

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!

Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question or voice memo to podcast@fretboardjournal.com.

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Oct 11, 2023

Today, we celebrate the millionth download of our podcast with one of our favorite conversations to date: Longtime TAVA contributor Larry Chung joins Skip and Jason to talk about the zen and art of early tube amp restoration and so much more.

We also tackle a bunch of questions from our listeners about PAs, field coil...