Listen "Ep. 75: "We're Staying Positive""
Episode Synopsis
It's the 75th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast and Skip is feeling upbeat and quoting from the classics. As always, he's also fielding all of your guitar amplifier questions. This week's episode is sponsored by Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars. Some of the topics discussed this week: 1:00: Weird California geopolitics 4:10 Recent Northern California barn finds: ES-335, a transitional Marshall, a 1955 Fender Tremolux with the original instruction page, an Epiphone Emperor Regent; Paul Chandler 14:36 A pre-war Vega amp gets fixed (almost); the humbucking coil on a field coil speaker 19:33 Reading from the 1955 Tremolux instruction page 22:45 Seeking information on Aztec Recording Studio 24:44 Venice, California's Harry Perry 25:28 A Hammond amp and test equipment preservationist speaks out 31:32 Troubleshooting a noisy hybrid Standel amp 38:19 More typewriter talk, forger Mark Hofmann 42:51 What's the deal with a 1966 Pro Reverb with a 1971 power transformer and various other oddities? 50:46 A Weller 8200 soldering gun that keeps shutting off, identifying good vintage 8200s 55:45 A 1977 Silverface Champ with a shocking three-prong plug Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde. Email or send us a voice memo to: [email protected] or leave us a voicemail or text at 509-557-0848. And don't forget to share the show with friends.
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