The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
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The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

by The Fretboard Journal

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.

100 episodes
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1
"Tremolo Thursday"
1:10:32 Mar 2, 2026
2
"Some People Can't Stand an Unused Triode"
1:22:16 Feb 16, 2026
3
"TAVA, Again...Exclamation Point"
1:25:58 Jan 17, 2026
4
Ep. 158: "Not Just Living in Their Mom's Basement"
1:05:50 Dec 24, 2025
5
"Coyote and Deer"
1:34:13 Dec 18, 2025
6
"A Hoop and a Stick"
1:46:38 Nov 26, 2025
7
"Realistic Carnival"
1:45:38 Nov 1, 2025
8
"Compromise the Windings"
1:28:09 Oct 17, 2025
9
"A C in Chemistry"
1:33:46 Sep 18, 2025
10
Ep. 152: "Gridley Bias"
56:43 Sep 3, 2025
11
"It Starts Out Cool"
1:20:23 Jul 25, 2025
12
"Throw It In the River"
1:40:52 Jul 5, 2025
13
"Have Fun" (Special Guest: Jim Campilongo!)
1:09:18 Jun 18, 2025
14
Ep. 148: "Lining Up"
1:35:12 Jun 1, 2025
15
"Kosher Sound"
1:48:27 Apr 26, 2025
16
"Where the Spot Is"
1:30:00 Apr 7, 2025
17
"I Have a Swimming Pool"
1:22:51 Mar 15, 2025
18
"You've Got to Feed Those Things"
1:36:07 Feb 24, 2025
19
"The Girl Who Never Rained"
1:30:02 Jan 29, 2025
20
"Paul Jerky"
1:19:06 Dec 24, 2024
21
"I've Got an Alamo That I Want to Forget"
1:12:27 Nov 28, 2024
22
"Tiny Bits of Tingle"
1:08:57 Nov 5, 2024
23
"I'm Going Negative"
1:22:23 Oct 18, 2024
24
"Check for Ticks"
1:19:49 Sep 24, 2024
25
"Walk Around the Yard"
1:39:23 Aug 20, 2024
26
"Release the Curd"
1:10:21 Jul 27, 2024
27
"Liquor, Candy, Model Airplane Magazines..."
1:36:18 Jun 26, 2024
28
"A Little Debbie Swiss Roll"
1:26:39 May 29, 2024
29
"A Spicy Tomato Sauce"
1:34:56 May 3, 2024
30
"Start Dark"
1:21:58 Apr 2, 2024
31
"Sandy Soil"
1:48:19 Mar 4, 2024
32
"America's Hat"
1:45:18 Feb 16, 2024
33
Ep. 129: "Summer of the Comet"
1:17:16 Feb 4, 2024
34
"The Smells Were Overwhelming"
1:43:14 Jan 20, 2024
35
"The Rogue Hoe"
51:19 Dec 29, 2023
36
Ep. 126: "They Do Eventually Die"
1:40:44 Dec 16, 2023
37
"Put Your Hands on the Hood"
1:08:40 Nov 21, 2023
38
"Night Train"
1:10:30 Nov 7, 2023
39
"Salt to Taste"
1:46:47 Oct 11, 2023
40
"A Low Ceiling Situation"
1:34:04 Oct 10, 2023
41
Ep. 121: "Plaid Bell Bottoms"
1:33:40 Sep 21, 2023
42
"One Call"
1:09:38 Sep 1, 2023
43
"Painting Some Dots"
1:17:40 Aug 7, 2023
44
"Pirate Ale" (Special Guest: Ben Harper)
1:43:44 Jul 20, 2023
45
"Tommy, Time for Dinner"
1:23:24 Jul 4, 2023
46
"Or Something"
1:19:10 Jun 16, 2023
47
"The Group W Bench"
1:28:28 May 23, 2023
48
"Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers"
1:41:00 May 8, 2023
49
"Too Much of Something Somewhere"
1:23:39 Apr 12, 2023
50
"Adjust for Minimum Smoke"
1:30:22 Apr 3, 2023
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