Apr 10, 2020
Amp tech Skip Simmons is once again fielding guitar tube amp questions from around the world.
Submit your question to Skip here: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or, better yet, leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848.
5:24 This week's sponsor: Grez Guitars (link)
6:01 Jimmy from the Deadlies and his 5D3 Tweed Deluxe
8:13 Rustic Kegger in the Woods origin
8:48 Recommended reading: 'White Bicycles' by Joe Boyd
9:42 A 1960 Gibson GA-6 Lancer with inputs that keep cutting
out
15:34 What’s the deal with the 1954 Fender Super?
20:02 Who was Glen Quan?
21:56 Servicing a Sears Silvertone 1482
30:05 The Magnatone 280 owner’s manual
32:23 A Fender Tonemaster with a pop
41:30 The roots of tremolo with Hammond, DeArmond, etc.
44:13 A 1987 Marshall JCM-800 2210 picking up ham radio signals
52:40 Special guest: Sam Bolle (Dick Dale!)
1:09:10 A Hammond AO-35 amp conversion project
1:14:11 Seasoning cast iron pans
1:15:18 AmpRX BrownBox attenuator use
1:19:00 A steel player's pre-amp tube needs, spiral filament
design
1:22:26 What’s on Skip's bookshelf (Trustee from the Toolroom; All
Music Guide to the Blues)
1:25:16 Cartoons that adults want to watch