Nov 17, 2020
Once again, guitar amp tech Skip Simmons is fielding your questions on all things tube amp.
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2:15 Baffler Corner: The power tubes on a transitional 1963 Fender
Showman head; enchiladas without breaking tortillas; last week's
noisy Marshall
9:22 What's on Skip's Bench: A Gibsonette
14:35 The entire 1996 Angela Catalog, now available as a download!
(link
here, proceeds go directly to Steve
Melkisethian)
17:29 Reversing the tube pin order in a Princeton
5F2A
19:53 Removing paint from Tolex
21:45 Recommended reading: 'Antique Radio Restoration Guide';
shimming a speaker with a rubbing dust cap
25:00 Watkins Dominators, using a Variac in front of a step-up
transformer
30:41 Plate voltages on a Deluxe Reverb AB763
32:24 Modulus Music's free
5E3 cabinet plans; Skip's tomato sauce; Fender
Harvards
38:55 A/B box updates; HAB hot sauce
41:06 Lectrolab S600s
43:42 Modding the first channel of a silverface Fender Super
Reverb
46:43 Changing the cap value on a 5F2A tone
control
48:38 Wall voltage variabilities and using a
Variac
54:55 Song recommendation: "Call Me" by Aretha
Franklin
55:48 Enchilada talk, fast pumpkin Thai curry soup
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