Nov 26, 2025
It's the 156th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amps. This week: Special guest Jack Weston joins us with a great Allman Brothers story.
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Some of the...
Nov 1, 2025
It's the 155th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amps. This week: Barn finds, lost dogs, an extra-grounded Jason (amp pun intended) and more!
Some of the topics discussed this week:
1:05 Skip gets the new Fretboard Journal (
Oct 17, 2025
It's the 154th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amps.
Some of the topics discussed this week:
:42 Skip is back on the Ferguson TO-35 tractor; Roy Clark & Joe Pass
7:04 What's on Skip's bench: A Marshall Plexi Super...
Sep 18, 2025
It's the 153rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps and Skip is having a happy day fielding your amp questions. From cleaning tweed to Magnatone varistors and all points in between, it's 90 minutes of tube amp knowledge, laughs, and some serious California trivia.
Some of the topics discussed this week:
1:27: The...
Sep 3, 2025
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.
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