Are we really running out of vacuum tubes? This week, special guest Thomas Cravener of Amplified Parts joins us to talk about the 2022 new tube shortage, plus a lot more.
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Some of the topics discussed this week:
:27 A cool guy's Traynor and tube stuff from the Forest Service in Chester, California
1:47 A '60s Heathkit IG-5237 still sealed in the box (stereo FM signal generator)
4:07 The Fretboard Journal's 50th issue, the Fretboard Summit in Chicago, the legacy of Dumble
10:08 This week's sponsors: Amplified Parts, Calton Cases, and Jupiter Condenser Co.
11:12 This month's Patreon giveaway: A Fuzz Face from Hello Sailor! Effects
13:17 Fire season in Northern California
14:53 An Ampeg B-12XY with an internal 5-watt amp for speaker-driven reverb, Guild Thunderbird amps
18:26 Reserve your new TAVA t-shirt (link)
19:26 Tube naming, revisited
20:41 Last episode's smoking Earthsound Research G-2000... fixed?; more fuse talk
23:34 Skip explains his WD-40 stance; Red Green
27:53 Kevin from Ohio, eBay score Patreon perks, EIA codes
32:49 Special guest: Thomas Cravener, V.P. Sales and Marketing at Amplified Parts: Russian/Chinese tube supply; Amplified Parts is still buying/selling NOS tubes; Psvane tubes; building Mallory Capacitors (YouTube link)
56:59 Gibson GA-8; do I need a matched set of 6V6s in a parallel single-ended amp?
1:02:34 Using alcohol in cooking; kale as shoe repair
1:05:57 Building a Masco Audiosphere A-8 off the schematic (6V6 or 6L6)
1:10:15 Jupiter caps at Amplified Parts; the low acceptable DC voltage on leaky coupling caps
1:12:57 A Flot-A-Tone with a howling problem
1:15:36 A Masco head from the 50/50 Club gets reunited with its cab
1:18:00 Trying to match the dynamics and distortion of an Ampeg B-25 and a Marshall Plexi clone; post-power inverter master volume mods, buying pedals off Amazon
1:23:51 What would Skip buy: A silver-paneled Princeton Reverb, a high-quality clone, or a new hand-wired one from Fender?
1:27:20 Howling Flot-A-Tone revisited, 6SC7 tubes
1:27:10 1966 Fender Pro Reverb with a big increase in plate voltage right after using the standby switch; standby switch 101; GZ34 vs 5U4 rectifier tubes; roasted potatoes
1:37:29 Taming the treble on a Marshall Mercury (we'll attach the schematic to the fretboardjournal.com show notes page so you can see what we're discussing)
1:42:16 Skip's learning curve: Did he work on ultra-collectible amps when he was still starting out? a '53 Tweed Deluxe with no original parts; William Penn and His Pals' "Swami" (YouTube link)
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