The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
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The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
Twice a month, guitar amp guru Skip Simmons fields your questions on vintage tube amp repair, restoration and collecting. Often hilarious and always insightful, it's like no other guitar podcast out there.
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Ep. 153: "A C in Chemistry"
It's the 153rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps and Skip is having a happy day fielding your amp questions. From cleaning tweed to Magnatone va...
Ep. 152: "Gridley Bias"
It's the much-delayed 152nd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps!
Thanks, as always, for being a part of the world's finest call-in tube amp...
Ep. 151: "It Starts Out Cool"
It's the 151st episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps!
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Ep. 150: "Throw It In the River"
It's the 150th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps! How did that happen?
Thanks, as always, for being a part of the world's finest call-in...
Ep. 149: "Have Fun" (Special Guest: Jim Campilongo!)
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Acclaimed guitarist Jim Campilongo joins Skip and J...
Ep. 148: "Lining Up"
We're back with episode 148 of the Truth About Vintage Amps: Jason survives a month in Peru; the schematics of acupuncture; speaker break-in; and more...
Ep. 147: "Kosher Sound"
Episode 147 of the Truth About Vintage Amps: Jason is headed to Peru, hemp speakers, resistors, modding PAs for harps, Lilly vs Lily at the Fender fac...
Ep. 146: "Where the Spot Is"
Episode 146 of the Truth About Vintage Amps: Troubled drummers, bulk Gatorade, more typewriter and Rockford Files talk, and a bunch of amp questions....
Ep. 145: "I Have a Swimming Pool"
Episode 145 of the Truth About Vintage Amps: Kahlua brie, replicating Nirvana's In Utero sound, hissy reverb units and more!
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Ep. 144: "You've Got to Feed Those Things"
Episode 144 of the Truth About Vintage Amps: Flashing Flukes, reflections on NAMM, variable plate capacitors, hot buttered rum (and popcorn!), and mor...
Ep. 143: "The Girl Who Never Rained"
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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Ep. 142: "Paul Jerky"
It's the 142nd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps! Join Skip and Jason as they field all of your pressing guitar amp questions. Plus...recipes, m...
Ep. 141: "I've Got an Alamo That I Want to Forget"
Missing your rambling relatives this holiday season? You're in luck! Tune in to Jason and Skip as they ramble through weather reports, amp fixes, book...
Ep. 140: "Tiny Bits of Tingle"
It's the 140th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons eventually fields your questions on all-things-tube amps! ...
Ep. 139: "I'm Going Negative"
It's the 139th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amps!
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Ep. 138: "Check for Ticks"
It's the 138th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amps!
This...
Ep. 137: "Walk Around the Yard"
It's the 137th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amps! This week,...
Ep. 136: "Release the Curd"
It's the 136th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amps!
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Ep. 135: "Liquor, Candy, Model Airplane Magazines..."
It's the 135th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amps.
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Ep. 134: "A Little Debbie Swiss Roll"
It's the 134th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amp.
Ep. 133: "A Spicy Tomato Sauce"
It's the 133rd episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all-things-tube amp!
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Ep. 132: "Start Dark"
No guests or special theme this week...just an all-new, old-school episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your qu...
Ep. 131: "Sandy Soil"
Illustrator/musician/underground comix legend Robert Armstrong (Mickey Rat, Couch Potato, the Cheap Suit Serenaders!) joins Skip and Jason this week f...
Ep. 130: "America's Hat"
It's a very special, all-Canadian episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions...
Ep. 129: "Summer of the Comet"
Welcome to ep. 129 of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amp...
Ep. 128: "The Smells Were Overwhelming"
Welcome to episode 128 of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube...
Ep. 127: "The Rogue Hoe"
We're closing out 2023 with special guest Bill Krinard of Two Rock!
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Ep. 126: "They Do Eventually Die"
Transformer talk, spaghetti carbonara, goat horn jazz, and more transformer talk...it's the 126th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps!
Ep. 125: "Put Your Hands on the Hood"
It's the 125th installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons!
Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question o...
Ep. 124: "Night Train"
It's the 124th installment of the Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons: Conductive paints, speaker impedance mismatches, pizza hacks and lots of...
Ep. 123: "Salt to Taste"
Today, we celebrate the millionth download of our podcast with one of our favorite conversations to date: Longtime TAVA contributor Larry Chung joins...
Ep. 122: "A Low Ceiling Situation"
** Note to the Amp Purists: There is virtually NO amp talk on this episode. If that's what you're seeking, stay tuned for TAVA episode 123, out tomorr...
Ep. 121: "Plaid Bell Bottoms"
It's the 121st episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amp.
Ep. 120: "One Call"
It's the 120th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amp.
Ep. 119: "Painting Some Dots"
It's the 119th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, the call-in show where amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on all things tube amp.
Ep. 118: "Pirate Ale" (Special Guest: Ben Harper)
This week, we’re joined by the one-and-only Ben Harper, who has a couple of questions for Skip right before his Lyon, France concert. Ben regales us w...
Ep. 117: "Tommy, Time for Dinner"
It's the 117th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where legendary amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on guitar amps and their r...
Ep. 116: "Or Something"
It's the 116th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where legendary amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on guitar amps and their r...
Ep. 115: "The Group W Bench"
It's the 115th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps podcast, where legendary amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on guitar amps and their r...
Ep. 114: "Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers"
It's the 114th episode of the Truth About Vintage Amps, where legendary amp tech Skip Simmons fields your questions on guitar amps and their repair. <...