{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 132: &quot;Start Dark&quot;","description":"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 questions on all-things-tube amp.&amp;nbsp; Want to be a part of our show? Just email us a question or voice memo to podcast@fretboardjournal.com. Some of the topics discussed:&amp;nbsp; 1:31 What's on Skip's workbench: Valco amps with a resistor and a normal speaker instead of a field coil 3:46 This week's sponsors: Emerald City Guitars, Amplified Parts, Stringjoy,  StewMac, Izotope, and&amp;nbsp;Grez Guitars. 5:04 Thrift store: Revere Ware  8:01 What's the deal with this Leslie Model 18 circuit  15:41 Daisy chaining four Pignose amps to a backpack, tuna salad  20:46 What to do with these orange capacitors? Vacuum Tube Valley, Mexican Martinis  25:38 Skip has a nice mono hi-fi speaker cabinet for sale  27:07 Do speakers ever go out phase on their own?  28:32 Fender Princeton Reverb vs. Tremolux gain stages  31:22 The truth about vintage Sano amps (gumbo recipe found  here)  35:47 Seventh-grade Skip; the glider that never touched down  40:11 A source for El Pato in Australia (link:&amp;nbsp;productdistribution.com.au)   41:16 Ampeg Jets and Rockets &quot;with the knobs that point straight up&quot;  43:04 Spotlight on Paradise, California  48:32 Powered vintage speakers, El Pato chili&amp;nbsp; 53:05 Film cap orientation hack and the EH Hum Eliminator\/Debugger&amp;nbsp; 58:35 Spotlight on glue&amp;nbsp; 1:03:04 The joys of using lithium-ion batteries onstage to power your tube amps&amp;nbsp; 1:09:43 A 1972 Princeton Reverb that doesn't like a wireless transmitter; a simple fish recipe&amp;nbsp; 1:16:11 How do the dual rectifiers work in the Angela Super Single Ended amp&amp;nbsp; 1:19:17 Rainier beer&amp;nbsp; 1:21:21 Claude Thornhill Orchestra Hosted by amp tech Skip Simmons and co-hosted\/produced by Jason Verlinde of the Fretboard Journal.&amp;nbsp; Want to support our show? Join our Patreon!&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons","author_url":"http:\/\/vintageamps.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30649963\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/30649963"}