About this episode
It's the 79th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast: Red plating tubes, amp rattles, Louisiana hayrides, bad advice, coaster brakes, and Blues Juniors! This week's episode is sponsored by Jupiter Condenser Co. , Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars . Some of the topics discussed this week: :59 Reverb tank bag surprises 2:09 Recommended NYC repair techs? the case of the missing Telefunken GZ34 3:52 Dickey Betts' Bassman head 6:39 Schroeder's Shoe Repair in Sacramento 8:31 Skip's old band, New Departure 14:38 The Truth About Vintage Amps Patreon page ; Discord coming soon! 19:07 The TAVA Big Index Page 19:14 Amp horror stories for our Halloween episode? 22:13 What to do with a busted Blues Junior? Dumble's Tweedle Dee amp at Emerald City Guitars 27:22 How does Fender's 6G15 wet signal work? 30:24 What to do with a 1983-ish Fender Concert 2x10 and a '81 Pro Reverb? 38:04 A Fender Twin Reverb with one red-plating 6L6 42:27 Masco MA-25N tremolo idea: A Danelectro/Silvertone 6AU6 circuit? 44:49 '50s Fenders with underpowered power transformers; clipping the C3 cap in a Blues Junior, soldering guns, and single-amp speaker driven reverb 1:01:11 A Hickok tube tester up for grabs, still; a TEAC A7010 reel-to-reel 1:02:56 Negative feedback on a 1968 Fender Princeton 1:07:57 An Ampeg Gemini II roadtrip; troubleshooting a rattle 1:16:03 The soundman's pencil hack; Make magazine ; Rust magazine 1:20:10 Don't listen to Neil Young; the interactive volume control on a Tweed Deluxe 1:23:00 Re-creating the Louisiana Hayride in Norway: What kind of PA should I get? ( YouTube link ) 1:29:36 Skip's Bob Will's PA 1:32:29 Tommy Tomlinson's mystery amp, a Rickenbacker M-15; Ray Massie; Baxandall circuits; Magnatone Triplex 1:37:37 Insulating input and output jacks on builds (and when not to insulate) 1:41:43 A Stage Right tube amp blowing a fuse; replacing diodes 1:45:37 Putting a Tweed Vibrolux circuit in a non-reverb Silverface Princeton 1:48:00 Getting Earl Yarrow or Louie Garcia on TAVA 1:54:25 Amps with a pre-amp tube mounted to a circuit board and power tubes mounted to the chassis; Gibson GA-20T, Epiphone Century 1:56:33 Replacing a broken tone pot on a Filmosound 385 2:02:55 The end of our lo-fi era; Skip's new Shure MV7 2:04:48 Mike Watson's 6L6s ( link ) Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde. Email or send us a voice memo to: podcast@fretboardjournal.com or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. And don't forget to share the show with friends.