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 repair show.
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Some of the topics discussed this week:
3:53 Real musicians ARE gearheads (redux)
5:47 Our sponsors: Grez Guitars; Emerald City Guitars and Amplified Parts!
6:40 Tom Gunterman gets two Grez's
8:21 Yellow Jacket tube converters
10:27 Standel amps (redux); Todd Clinesmith; National Dobro amps; driver transformers and pre-war amps
17:35 Using an A/B/C switcher box to flip the phase on amp channels
21:45 Thanks to Chicago's own @vintagetubeamplifiers for stocking the TAVA room at the Fretboard Summit
23:28 Building a clone AB763 with more headroom, ultralinear transformers
29:20 Yellow Jacket YJRs; eggs in ramen
Note: This was supposed to come out in mid-August (pre-Fretboard Summit), but your overextended co-host messed it up. Sorry. We'll get back on schedule. -Jason
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