Ep. 143: "The Girl Who Never Rained"

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

A throwback, lo-fi landline episode just for the purists! Caller waiting beeps, the state of the guitar show, an energized Skip, and more.

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Recorded on January 13, 2025.

Some of the topics discussed this week:

1:31: The LA fires 3:34: A recap of the Bay Area Vintage Guitar Show; are guitar shows just for eating now? estuaries and prison proposals

34:00 Our sponsors: Grez Guitars; Emerald City Guitars and Amplified Parts!

36:56 The origins of goop; Standel amps and their little plastic boxes, Mark Sampson (aforementioned amp here)

43:24 Skip's death caps (not that kind)

44:56 The ideal workbench setup

50:36 Poetry corner: "The Girl Who Never Rained" by Cole Swensen

54:46 An all-original Setchel Carlson with Flechtheim 2uF British-made filter cap blocks, gas rectifiers 58:15 Can I use the second set of speaker lugs on this amp to use a test cabinet?

1:03:33 The "Larry Revival Process" and modding the standby switch on a Marshall JMP50 Plexi

1:07:52 Why is my 1971 Fender Champ making noise? 1:16:11 Randall Smith's YouTube channel (link); what happens when you pull the V1 12AX7

Hosted by amp tech Skip Simmons and co-hosted/produced by Jason Verlinde of the Fretboard Journal.

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