About this episode
Episode 107: The genius of Garnet founder "Gar Gillies," Fender reverb controls, fixing Magnatones, and more. **Want to meet Skip? He'll be at the January 14-15, 2023 Amigo Bay Area Guitar Show with stuff to sell (and also picking up amps that need to be serviced).** Some of the topics discussed this week: 3:00 Deluxe Amplification's El Pato Tone Amp ( Reverb link ) 7:19 El Pato, cottage cheese with salsa, Sacramento's music instrument lending library "MusicLandria" ( link ) 11:09 Silverface Champs: Change just the tone stock or also increase the value of the plate resistors, the Garnet book ( link ) 17:23 Speaker load revisited 21:25 A 12AU7 instead of a 12AT7 in a Princeton Reverb; gochujang Korean pepper paste, kimchi 26:45 Fender reverb unit controls, explained; hybrid Vox 7-series amps; the Aclam Dr. Robert pedal ( link ); impedance redux; the life of a vacuum tube 34:45 What's oozing out of Magnatone M-9's wires? 42:29 Why does my Pepco (Garnet! Canada!) amp use two 6AV6 tubes and only half a 12AX7, instead of a whole 12AX7 and a 6AV6? 46:18 Vintage bass amps for actual bass players? 56:01 16 or 18-gauge zip cord for speaker wire? heat shrink for splicing This week's episode is sponsored by Calton Cases , Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars . You can also use the discount code FRET10 to save 10% off your Izotope purchase . Support us on Patreon.com for added content and the occasional surprise and don't forget to get a subscription to the Fretboard Journal ( link ). Digital subscriptions start at just $30. There's a giant index page for nearly all the former topics we've discussed in our first 100 episodes found here . Submit your amp questions, recipes and life hacks to the podcast via podcast@fretboardjournal.com and don't forget to share the show with friends on social media.