About this episode
It's the summer solstice and seemingly everyone is in the kitchen, dishing out amp problems and recipes. This week's episode is sponsored by Calton Cases , Jupiter Condenser Co. , 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. Some of the topics discussed this week: :00 Defensible space, making electricity 5:40 What's on Skip's bench: Old Supros; a late '20s Lyon & Healy amp sporting the Matchless/Vox treble cut tone control 9:59 Silverface jewel light washers (coming soon); pre-order TAVA t-shirts and help support the show ( link ) 11:12 A Harmony amp with a buzzy volume control; another Harmony with overreacting tone knobs; kale "vodka," bias resistors 19:42 New KT66 tubes for a 1966 Marshall JTM45 100-watt clone; restaurant-quality french fries; 807 tubes 28:46 Pastorelli pizza sauce; tinkering with a '90s Marshall-made Vox AC-15's static; plastic PCB mounts 37:19 Fixing a vintage Gibson Les Paul amp by cleaning the tube sockets, what's the deal with Fender PA100 heads?; a Sano amp and McIntosh tuner up for grabs 46:45 Soldering fume dangers and keeping your workspace clean 49:50 A Larry Chung sighting; an Epiphone Zephyr (a GA-40 with a 15" speaker) and an Epiphone Century (a Gibson GA-20T) 50:58 Recommended movie: the original Pinnochio, Aladdin, and Little Miss Sunshine; recommended music: Eli "Paperboy" Reed; seeing Merle Haggard at the Sacramento Western Swing Society 56:46 The naming of tubes; how to find usable tubes at a garage sale; undercooked ramen with peanut butter and chilies; dog harnesses for your amp in transit; tube substitution books ('The Receiving Tube Substitution Guide Book' by Middleton, pdf link ) 1:02:47 Is my Peavey Encore 65 vintage? Working around its finicky solid-state distortion 1:09:53 Filet mignon with bacon and vodka 1:13:08 A 1972 Traynor YGM-2 that turns everything to fuzz after 1/2 second 1:15:50 Should I mod a Silverface Champ when I already own a 5F2-A? 1:21:00 The Call ("Let the Day Begin," YouTube link ), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 1:22:22 Forming filter caps with a Variac? 1:27:44 A 1979 Fender Pro Reverb that changed for the worse after a power outage; William Penn & His Pals - "Swami" ( YouTube link ) 1:38:15 Modding a boring 1966 Fender black-panel Princeton with no reverb? 1:42:11 Why is there a jumper on the 12AX7 of my SF Fender Champ? 1:44:44 Are 1968/1969 Fender power transformers lemons? 1:51:14 Mexican pork stew 1:54:23 Tubes for a Bell 3715 PA conversion Submit your amp questions, recipes and life hacks to the podcast via podcast@fretboardjournal.com and don't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.