Ep. 10: "Would It Get You Out of the Army Early?"

Twice a month, guitar amp guru Skip Simmons shares stories and answers your questions on tube amp buying, restoration and repair. Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde. Submit your guitar amp questions to Skip here: fretboardjournal@gmail.com or by leaving us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. The more questions we get, the more episodes we record. Some of the topics discussed on this episode: :22 Skip and Jason discuss possible Truth About Vintage Amps t-shirt designs (coming soon) 2:55 Jason and Skip discuss the Fretboard Journal (modified) Fender Champ 4:26 How to install a quarter-inch output into a Champ with an RCA speaker connector 6:02 Recommended solder 8:00 Our first sponsor - Grez Guitars! https://www.grezguitars.com 10:26 Our new Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/vintageampspodcast/ 10:54 This week's Baffler 12:08 A walk-through of the Fender Champ 5F1 schematic (available online, print it out) 21:10 Wall power fluctuations 26:38 Recommended tube amps for acoustic guitars 33:05 Father's Day and the Tweed Deluxe 36:05 BB King's Gibson Lab Series (solid state) amp 38:26 A yard-sale find pre-war Rickenbaker amp and a dim bulb current limiter 41:14 Stew-Mac's Snufferstick, Part One 44:00 Leaning a tube amp on its stand - good or bad? 46:30 A noisy Fender silverface Princeton 49:26 Boutique amps 51:54 Recommended new components 55:22 Snufferstick, Part Two 59:40 Capturing that Champ distortion with a louder amp (and a shoutout to Tim Foster) 1:03:26 Manitoba's Johnson Sound System amplifiers 1:06:30 Replacing old can power capacitors cleanly 1:15:15 Recommended bigger speakers / impedance for a Fender Champ 1:18:38 Converting an old Hammond AO-39 organ reverb amp to a guitar amp 1:27:15 A 1957 Fender 5F4 Super amp with an original selenium bias rectifier 1:35:13 Skip's record picks of the week 1:38:22 Best position for the three-way ground switch on a Fender 1:40:00 Skip has to return a weed eater Want to advertise your brand on the TAVA podcast? Drop us a line at jason@fretboardjournal.com . If you're enjoying this podcast, please leave us a review on iTunes and don't forget to share it with friends.