The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

By The Fretboard Journal

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Subscribers: 67
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 145

Nathan Couch
 Feb 24, 2020
I know nothing about amps and have no business listening to this and yet I enjoy it immensely. Listening to Skip call people idiots and sighing is what keeps me listening.

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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.

Episode Date
Ep. 141: "I've Got an Alamo That I Want to Forget"
Nov 28, 2024
Ep. 140: "Tiny Bits of Tingle"
Nov 05, 2024
Ep. 139: "I'm Going Negative"
Oct 18, 2024
Ep. 138: "Check for Ticks"
Sep 24, 2024
Ep. 137: "Walk Around the Yard"
Aug 20, 2024
Ep. 136: "Release the Curd"
Jul 27, 2024
Ep. 135: "Liquor, Candy, Model Airplane Magazines..."
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 134: "A Little Debbie Swiss Roll"
May 29, 2024
Ep. 133: "A Spicy Tomato Sauce"
May 03, 2024
Ep. 132: "Start Dark"
Apr 02, 2024
Ep. 131: "Sandy Soil"
Mar 04, 2024
Ep. 130: "America's Hat"
Feb 16, 2024
Ep. 129: "Summer of the Comet"
Feb 04, 2024
Ep. 128: "The Smells Were Overwhelming"
Jan 20, 2024
Ep. 127: "The Rogue Hoe"
Dec 29, 2023
Ep. 126: "They Do Eventually Die"
Dec 16, 2023
Ep. 125: "Put Your Hands on the Hood"
Nov 21, 2023
Ep. 124: "Night Train"
Nov 07, 2023
Ep. 123: "Salt to Taste"
Oct 11, 2023
Ep. 122: "A Low Ceiling Situation"
Oct 10, 2023
Ep. 121: "Plaid Bell Bottoms"
Sep 21, 2023
Ep. 120: "One Call"
Sep 01, 2023
Ep. 119: "Painting Some Dots"
Aug 07, 2023
Ep. 118: "Pirate Ale" (Special Guest: Ben Harper)
Jul 20, 2023
Ep. 117: "Tommy, Time for Dinner"
Jul 04, 2023
Ep. 116: "Or Something"
Jun 16, 2023
Ep. 115: "The Group W Bench"
May 23, 2023
Ep. 114: "Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers"
May 08, 2023
Ep. 113: "Too Much of Something Somewhere"
Apr 12, 2023
Ep. 112: "Adjust for Minimum Smoke"
Apr 03, 2023
Ep. 111: "A Tree, the Roof of a Trailer and a Deluxe Reverb"
Mar 16, 2023
Ep. 110: "Need a Ride?"
Feb 08, 2023
Ep. 109: "The First Podcast Puddle"
Feb 01, 2023
Ep. 108: "Put a Pot Under It"
Jan 12, 2023
Ep. 107: "Nip It In the Bud"
Dec 22, 2022
Ep. 106: "That's When You Know You're Doomed"
Dec 06, 2022
Ep. 105: "You Started a Chainsaw" (Special guest: jdflyback)
Nov 22, 2022
Ep. 104: "I Bought a Headache"
Nov 14, 2022
Ep. 103: "If You Want Something, You Have to Do Something"
Oct 27, 2022
Ep. 102: "I Relapsed"
Oct 11, 2022
Ep. 101: "One Piece at a Time"
Sep 27, 2022
The Truth About Vintage Amps, Ep. 100
Sep 13, 2022
Ep. 99: "EQ and You"
Aug 24, 2022
Ep. 98: "Reserve Champion"
Aug 11, 2022
Ep. 97: "Do I Want the Red or the Gold?"
Jul 17, 2022
Ep. 96 "The Problem Is the Problem"
Jun 21, 2022
Ep. 95: "What's the Implication?"
Jun 04, 2022
Ep. 94: Tex Amps
May 27, 2022
Ep. 93: "Permissive Parents"
May 09, 2022
Ep. 92: "I'll Be There Briefly"
Apr 19, 2022
Ep. 91: "I'm Still Frying Garlic"
Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 90: "Seeing Foxes In the Daytime"
Mar 10, 2022
Ep. 89: "Champions Adjust"
Feb 24, 2022
Ep. 88: "Wake Up"
Feb 08, 2022
Ep. 87: "Waxy... and Leaking"
Jan 24, 2022
Ep. 86: "You Run Hot"
Jan 11, 2022
Ep. 85: "Remington Starfire"
Dec 20, 2021
Ep. 84: "What's Past the Weeds?"
Dec 07, 2021
Ep. 83: "No, But I Will"
Nov 22, 2021
Ep. 82: "The Velvet Touch"
Nov 05, 2021
Ep. 81: "Eat Ice Cream"
Oct 22, 2021
Ep. 80: "Dairy Goats in a Minivan"
Oct 08, 2021
Ep. 79: "New Departure"
Sep 24, 2021
Ep. 78: "Business Conducted on the Internet"
Sep 09, 2021
Ep. 77: "Helen Reddy"
Aug 28, 2021
Ep. 76: "Eliminate the Impossible"
Aug 14, 2021
Ep. 75: "We're Staying Positive"
Jul 30, 2021
Ep. 74: "Another Finger on Your Hand"
Jul 20, 2021
Ep. 73: "Also, Not My Suit Size"
Jul 01, 2021
Ep. 72: "You Look Older"
Jun 18, 2021
Ep. 71: "I Analyze My Spectrum"
Jun 04, 2021
Ep. 70: "Everything Matters and Nothing Matters"
May 20, 2021
Ep. 69: "Candy Cigarettes"
May 07, 2021
Ep. 68: "All Will Be Revealed"
Apr 23, 2021
Bonus: Mini Wall of Sound Builder Anthony Coscia
Apr 13, 2021
Ep. 67: "Space Food Sticks"
Apr 09, 2021
Ep. 66: "The Doves and the Turkeys"
Mar 26, 2021
Ep. 65: "Aim High"
Mar 11, 2021
Ep. 64: "Little Tiny Kites"
Feb 27, 2021
Ep. 63: "Chapter Four: Handles" 
Feb 11, 2021
Ep. 62: "Just Call Me Ike"
Jan 28, 2021
Ep. 61: "Less Than Zero"
Jan 19, 2021
Ep. 60: "10 and Up"
Jan 03, 2021
Ep. 59: "Paper Airplanes and Some Soup"
Dec 18, 2020
Ep. 58: "Beards and Flattops"
Dec 04, 2020
Ep. 57: "Turn That Baby Down to Zero"
Nov 17, 2020
Ep. 56: "I Want People to Dream"
Nov 03, 2020
Ep. 55: "Surfeit of Stuff"
Oct 22, 2020
Ep. 54: "A Great Big Tent"
Oct 14, 2020
Ep. 53: "Kids Love It"
Sep 30, 2020
Ep. 52: "Dogs Riding Bicycles"
Sep 19, 2020
Ep. 51: "Generator Edition"
Sep 14, 2020
Ep. 50: "Another Hobby, Another Hobby, Another Hobby"
Sep 05, 2020
Ep. 49: "You Could Have Just Left It in the Trash"
Aug 21, 2020
Ep. 48: "Looking Out the Window"
Aug 13, 2020
Ep. 47: "You Played for Money"
Aug 06, 2020
Ep. 46: "Man-Made Interference"
Jul 29, 2020
Ep. 45: "I Sheared a Lot of Sheep"
Jul 21, 2020
Ep. 44: "Heavy Rotation at the Prison Library"
Jul 12, 2020
Ep. 43: "We Need a Lifeline"
Jul 01, 2020
Ep. 42: "The Other Half of the Class"
Jun 20, 2020
Ep. 41: "He's a Family Man"
Jun 10, 2020
Ep. 40: "The Boogie Dumpster"
May 29, 2020
Ep. 39: "I Assumed He Was a Bass Player"
May 26, 2020
Ep. 38: "Thousand Dollars or Get a Job"
May 12, 2020
Ep. 37: "Bury It in the Yard for a Year"
May 08, 2020
Ep. 36: "They Only Gave Me One Night"
May 01, 2020
Ep. 35: "He Just Crashed Into the Ground"
Apr 27, 2020
Ep. 34: "I'm Not Waking the Baby Up"
Apr 17, 2020
Ep. 33: "I Can Deal With Nuts"
Apr 10, 2020
Ep. 32: "Let's Make Cookies"
Apr 03, 2020
Ep. 31: "And You Thought We Had Problems"
Mar 26, 2020
Ep. 30: "That's What We're Having"
Mar 19, 2020
Ep. 29: "Filter Capacitors and You"
Mar 02, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Satellite Amplifiers
Feb 05, 2020
Ep. 28: "It's the Cranberries"
Feb 05, 2020
Ep. 27: "A Big Grizzly Bear with a Duck Head On It"
Jan 15, 2020
Ep. 26: "The Benny Goodman Stare"
Dec 26, 2019
BONUS EPISODE: Larry Cragg
Dec 10, 2019
Ep. 25: "Defensible Space"
Dec 10, 2019
Ep. 24: "Half-Finished Malt Liquor"
Nov 27, 2019
Ep. 23: "He's a Hugger"
Nov 07, 2019
Ep. 22: "A Crouton in Every Bite"
Oct 24, 2019
Ep. 21: "Bases Loaded, Full Count"
Oct 10, 2019
Ep. 20: "It's a Big Tent"
Sep 27, 2019
Ep. 19: "I Have Lifestyle Tips"
Sep 13, 2019
Ep. 18: "Walk the Dog Backwards"
Aug 21, 2019
Ep. 17: "One Good Solder Joint"
Aug 15, 2019
Ep. 16: "Glue on the Windshield"
Aug 02, 2019
Ep. 15: "Yuba Peach"
Jul 19, 2019
Ep. 14: "I'll Do the Jokes"
Jun 28, 2019
Ep. 13: "Throw a Love Light Party!"
Jun 12, 2019
Ep. 12: "Painting the Fence"
May 31, 2019
Ep. 11: "Waiting For the Tater Tots"
May 16, 2019
Ep. 10: "Would It Get You Out of the Army Early?"
Apr 30, 2019
Ep. 9 - "Up on Its Feet"
Apr 19, 2019
Ep. 8 - "Alcohol and what?"
Apr 08, 2019
Ep. 7: "In French or English"
Mar 26, 2019
Ep. 6: "A Rustic Kegger Out in the Woods"
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 5: "You're a Maintenance Man"
Feb 20, 2019
Ep. 4: "Smoked Paprika"
Feb 08, 2019
Ep. 3: "Make Me Some Bread"
Jan 22, 2019
Ep. 2: "Don't buy that thing"
Jan 08, 2019
Ep. 1: "People Did Stuff"
Dec 01, 2018
Introduction
Nov 12, 2018