Ep. 74: "Another Finger on Your Hand"
Welcome to the 74th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast, the bi-weekly show where amp tech Skip Simmons answers all of your pressing guitar amplifier questions. No topic is too basic... or seemingly too complex!
This week's episode is sponsored by Amplified Parts and Grez Guitars.\xa0
Some of the topics discussed this week:\xa0
5:53 Old typewriters, again ('The Typewriter Revolution,' thanks Doug F!); a Canon amplifier from Australia; Monkey Shoulder Scotch Whisky
9:35 Bitcoin mining, explained\xa0 \xa0 12:44 Recommended reading: 'The Birth of Loud' and testing amps with full volume\xa0\xa0 15:40 Recommended reading: 'The Unidentified' by Colin Dickey; Bitcoin as casino chips; a DIY trem?\xa0 \xa0 20:56 Bitcoin mining, again; powering a tube amp with a battery/generator; a 15" speaker cabinet for a Masco MA-17
\xa0 29:39 Sierra Nevada's Summer Break beer\xa0 \xa0 30:35 Using a Fender's second input for speaker-driven reverb \xa0 33:36 Best uses for a Masco EMM-6 pre-amp mixer \xa0 \xa0 37:03 B+ on listener Geoff's tamed Fender Twin \xa0 41:20 Can you source amp hum just from hearing it?\xa0 \xa0 45:35 Building a Princeton clone with not-quite-exact capacitors; cleaning pots \xa0 \xa0 56:56 Skip is angry; 'Sessions with Sinatra'\xa0 \xa0 1:06:13 Fixing the reverb on a Gibson Falcon; Bobby Charles; the California Honeydrops; Eddie Hinton \xa0 1:13:46 John Fogerty replies
Co-hosted by the Fretboard Journal's Jason Verlinde.
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