TheGuitologist

In this video we'll open some backlog viewer mail and look at some interesting and unusual tubes sent in by a viewer. Flatwoods Monster stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PeOMIwk8Y *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

Here are my thoughts on the new "Get Back" Beatles documentary series on Disney+. It was directed by Peter Jackson of "The Lord of the Rings" fame. It's about 9 hours in total and follows the creative process of The Beatles through the final phase of their career together. What comes out is, I believe, the truest, most honest portrayal of the creative process ever committed to film. SPOILER ALERT! #TheBeatles #GetBack #reaction *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll look at a vintage DeArmond Model 1802 Weeper Wah Guitar Pedal sent to me for repair. The owner says he bought it on Reverb and can't get it to work. We'll figure out what the problem is and review the circuit, comparing it to wahs from other companies such as the Vox V847 and the Dunlop Crybaby. Finally, we'll demo the pedal through an amp I built using my PRS. #Guitar #Repair #Electronics *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

Gordon from the Boaz One team stops by my house to show me one of the FIRST production models to roll off the assembly line, and Boaz himself shows us around the makeshift factory he has set up in his work space. I test #3 through one of my own amp builds. 0:00 First Impressions 19:04 "Strat" Module 26:43 Benedetto Pickup Module 29:49 "Gibson" Module 38:25 "Tele" Module 44:37 More Discussion *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll repair and test a late 1950s vintage piece of electronics test equipment. This is an Eico 950B. It tests electrolytic capacitors, mica, poly, or paper "signal" capacitors, and it also tests resistors, and will allow comparisons via a bridge circuit between two components with the use of a Magic Eye tube. We'll recap it and test all the resistors for drift and then we'll discuss in depth how it works, and test some vintage capacitors to see how well various vintage cap types have held up. #Electronics #Restoration #Repair SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL 2: http://bit.ly/Guitologist2 *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll follow the electronic restoration of a 1959 Fender Tweed 5F1 Champ tube guitar amp. We'll go slow and show a lot of our work and do a lot of BSing about stuff. At the end, we'll demonstrate the amp using my Zio Meteorologist. #Electronics #Guitar #Restoration SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL 2: http://bit.ly/Guitologist2 *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

Contained in this video is a previously lost interview with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Carl Perkins. It is taken from a 1/4" reel to reel tape that was purchased at a small town auction in Iowa and given to me by a channel viewer. In this interview, Carl talks about the biggest disappointment of his career and how he was ALMOST the first of the Sun Records alumni to break onto TV. He was scheduled to appear on the Perry Como Show and the Ed Sullivan Show in early 1956, but a terrible accident sidelined his plans. Had he done so, he would have beaten Elvis to TV and that might have changed the course of rock and roll history as we know it. In the future, I will publish more interviews from this tape which haven't seen the light of day in over 50 years! The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family, and Johnny Cash were all interviewed by Bobby Wootton (later changed to Bobby Wooten) a KAYO radio DJ in Seattle. They were all touring together at this time. The interviews were made at the Seattle Opera House on June 16th, 1967, and were meant to be played for the troops in Vietnam. They contain some really interesting stuff. Hope you enjoy! #CarlPerkins #Interview #Documentary *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

I really hate to say it, but maybe some tube amps aren't practical or economical to keep repairing. Is this vintage 1980s Marshall JMP 2203 Lead Master Volume head one of them? I installed Sovtek 6550 tubes from CE Distribution, the wholesale arm of Antique Electronic Supply, aka TubesandMore.com, but they keep blowing up prematurely, despite biasing to 70% of max plate dissipation at idle. Then to top it off, they refused to replace the burnt out tube! The only solution is to bias much colder and rant to YouTube. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel. #Electronics #Amplifier #Repair

The CD changer in my car has been malfunctioning for a while. In this video, I'll remove it and try to figure out what the problem is. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll look at how to date vintage Avedis Zildjian cymbals. I have five vintage cymbals in my collection - a 20" Ride, a 21" Ride, and 3x 18" crashes - so we'll look at the available research and seen what's what. SOURCE: http://black.net.nz/avedis.html *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

This channel viewer went all out and sent me something enormous. HUGE thanks to Sig Haynie for sending me this! I'm blown away. This drum set is a 1990s Mapex Mars Pro kit in two-tone blue burst. It's a 6-piece kit with maple and birch shells - very nice! Toms are 10-12-14-16. Bass is 22". Snare is 14". But the kicker is, he sent a total of 3 snares with it, including a piccolo snare and an early 70s Ludwig, a nice vintage Ludwig cymbal stand, and several very nice vintage Zildjian cymbals. I'm not sure how to date the vintage Zildjian cymbals by the stamps, so maybe some of you can help me in that. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, which is the THIRD in our series on this 1959 Guild 66-J guitar amplifier, we will install a choke and change the rectifier tube from a 5Y3 to a GZ34 (5AR4). We'll talk generally about what a choke is and whether it's a benefit to have one in a guitar amplifier. We'll also look at how much a simple change of a rectifier type can affect the voltages inside your amplifier. Guild Amp PART 1: https://youtu.be/CJenYLb5JjY Guild Amp PART 2: https://youtu.be/7jnT5OlvWfQ 0:00 Introduction 1:59 RCA Radiotron Designers Handbook 8:15 Choosing a Choke 11:21 Chokes Explained on a Whiteboard 15:22 Installing the Choke 20:00 Testing the Choke Effect on Hum 21:09 Comparing 5Y3 and GZ34 rectifier #Electronics #Repair #Guitar *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

I'm reposting this in honor of the 30th Anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind. This year also marks the 15th Anniversary of the completion of this tribute album by my band Electric Tooth Syndrome entitled "Whatever, Nevermind" which was finished in 2006. For this upload, I included a few pictures which were taken around the time of this recording and some pictures and short video clips of the recording process. This is the entire Nirvana Nevermind album remade, rearranged, rewritten, and completely re-imagined. Only the lyrics were left untouched. All music is completely different. Most time signatures, tempos, key signatures, melodies, and chord progressions have been altered or changed entirely. In short, while this is a Nirvana & Kurt Cobain tribute, it isn't a straight cover album in any sense. Hope you enjoy! Feel free to leave a review, good, bad, or indifferent. Tracklist: 01 “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 0:00 02 “In Bloom” 5:42 03 “Come As You Are” 10:13 04 “Breed” 13:57 05 “Lithium” 17:39 06 “Polly” 22:50 07 “Territorial Pissings” 26:27 08 “Drain You” 29:04 09 “Lounge Act” 33:23 10 “Stay Away” 37:51 11 “On A Plain” 42:27 12 “Something In The Way” 47:06 Download available here: https://www.reverbnation.com/electric... CREDITS: Music written by Brad Linzy (2006). Lyrics by Kurt Cobain (1991). Produced and Engineered by Scott Wolfe and Brad Linzy. All instruments by Brad Linzy except rhythm guitar intro on "In Bloom" by James Colby Townsend. Electric rhythm guitar on "Lithium" by Scott Wolfe. Chorus backing vocals in "On a Plain" and "Something in the Way" by Scott Wolfe. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll look at a real historical HONEY of a guitar amplifier. This is NOT a reissue! This is an ORIGINAL 1964 Marshall JTM45 Super Tremolo Amplifier Model 1962, known affectionately as the "Bluesbreaker" after the John Mayall album "Blues Breakers", on which a young Eric Clapton played. It's always nice for me to see amps like this because so few of them exist, and also because so few of them exist in my part of the world. The owner of this amp is also the owner of the Fender Champ I recently serviced. We sent the original speaker in that amp off for a recone at The Speaker Workshop due to a rubbing voice coil. While picking that amp up, he decided to bring along his Bluesbreaker, which has been sitting for over a year untouched, due to a badly punctured Celestion G12 T731 speaker, which apparently came originally in a Selmer amp? We are not sure. In this case, he wanted to avoid a recone if possible, so I'll show you how to fix a speaker puncture using a hot glue gun and we'll open up the amp and examine the guts. Then we'll plug it in and jam with some Glen Miller custom korina Gibson Futura and Flying V guitars. This is the WORST speaker puncture I've ever attempted to fix using this hot glue method. If you DO need a recone on a vintage speaker, I highly recommend The Speaker Workshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana: http://bit.ly/RECONE #repair #electronics #restoration *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

This is two videos for the price of one. First, we'll repair and restore a c.1977 Electro-Harmonix Muff Fuzz 1458 dual op amp based guitar effects pedal. This one is missing its back panel, so we'll have to make one for it. Then we'll trace the circuit and, using an identical Texas Instruments MC1458P chip from my parts stash, clone another Muff Fuzz...but this one will be better than the old one because it'll have a 9V DC power jack and a footswitch. Oh, and we'll build it inside of a Del Monte steel vegetable can and demo it with my Zio Meteora guitar and a 1959 Guild 66-J Modified amp. NOTES: the germanium diodes in the original version were replaced in the clone with silicon type. The final traced schematic is show near the end of the video if you're looking to build this pedal using this 1458 op amp. There are schematics for transistor versions available online, and another version which uses a 4558 dual op amp. Check out my video sponsor, The Speaker Workshop: http://bit.ly/RECONE #electronics #restoration #guitar *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

As promised, here is a follow-up video to the recent epic mod video I did on the 1959 Guild 66-J Masteramp. See that video here: https://youtu.be/CJenYLb5JjY In this one, we'll talk about how some vintage amps had power transformers that were under spec, so they won't provide enough voltage to the power tubes to bias to full dissipation. We'll also look at the best places to ground a virtual center tap to elevate heaters. In this case, I found it was the phase inverter cathode, not the output tube cathodes. #electronics #vintage #GuitarAmp *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

Had this amp in for repairs a while back. I was shocked at first by the red paint on all the components. Now it's back in for another round of repairs. Owner said he heard a "pop" while playing and lost all sound. We'll track down and repair the source of the fault and install some new output tubes and rebias. Help sick kids get SICK GUITARS: https://squishyguitarproject.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL 2: http://bit.ly/Guitologist2 *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video we'll do an electronics service, repair and modification on a rarely seen amp from 1959 that is remarkably similar to the tweed Fender Tremolux of the day. This amp was badged as "Guild Masteramp" Model 66-J originally, but who really made it? We'll explore the history of the amp and modify it to add some modern features like effects loop and cascaded gain stage that expand the tonal range and usefulness for live and recording. Was this amp made by Multivox amps in New York or Ampeg of New Jersey? Or maybe both? #Electronics #Repair #GuitarAmp *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

Some rock and roll deaths deserve a mention from me, and some deserve a tribute. This is a tribute to one of the true pillars of early rock and roll, Don Everly - a man who, along with his brother, Phil, put Western Kentucky on the map and made vocal harmonies a staple of the genre long before The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel were even thought of. In fact, those vocal groups probably owe their existence to the Everly Brothers. Paul Simon cited them as a main influence, and the duo has performed Everly songs live, and even invited Don and Phil onstage at concerts to pay tribute. May they both rock in peace and may their voices hold the pediment of heaven aloft. Click here to see my bootleg of the Sept. 2, 2000 concert in Central City, Kentucky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYgTl_beFY8 This concert was captured by me on a Sony microcassette on September 2, 2000 at the Everly Brothers Homecoming Concert in Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The Everly's were joined on stage by the late. great Buddy Emmons on steel guitar. Other performers on the day were Jessica Andrews, John Prine and Trace Atkins. I also recorded the John Prine set, which is available here: https://youtu.be/vzK5aAW4tD4 The photos are courtesy of Daniel Patmore, taken on the day. http://www.patmorephoto.com/ The Band Pete Wingfield - Keyboards Phil Cranham - Bass Tony Newman - Drums Albert Lee - Guitar Buddy Emmons - Steel Guitar *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll examine a recent guitar shipment I received where the sender spent almost $150 to get it from Missouri to Kentucky, USA. We'll do some price comparisons on the major shippers like UPS, FedEx and USPS and suggest ways to reduce shipping costs when you're shipping your next guitar. Help sick kids get SICK GUITARS: https://squishyguitarproject.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL 2: http://bit.ly/Guitologist2 *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

I found this Whirlpool Duet Model WFW9150WW01 front loading washing machine on the curb in my neighborhood the other day. The former owner was outside when I picked it up and he said it was leaking. Let's drag it home and see if we can fix it. This video might be helpful if you're looking to repair models WFW9150WW00 and WFW9150WW02 as well. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll look at whether wood, brass, or bone replacement bridge pins make a noticeable difference in the tone of a high end acoustic guitar. I was replacing the strings on my 1956 Martin D-21 and wanted to upgrade the non-original plastic bridge pins to something better, so we'll compare the tone of the guitar with rosewood, brass, and finally bone pins, first by strumming with a pick, and then by fingerpicking. Leave a comment and vote for your favorite. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video, we'll repair and restore a really nice 1962 Fender 5F1 Tweed Champ tube amp. We'll talk a little bit about the circuit and show how to restore one of these in the least invasive way possible by restuffing the Astron electrolytic capacitors. At the end, we'll demo the tone with my Zio "Meteorologist" Meteora copy and my PRS CE24. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

In this video we'll follow the service of a vintage 1965 Gibson GA19-RVT Falcon tube guitar amplifier. The owner wanted a full service and a check of the non-working reverb. He also wanted me to modify the amp by removing the "tone-sucking network" also known as the Sprague couplet. This is a tone-shaping R/C network that shapes the tone in these amps to keep them clean with Gibson style humbuckers, but also robs the amp of gain and tone. We'll remove this network and work on beefing up the weak reverb as much as we can. At the end, we'll demo the amp and show why these are some of the most RIPPING sleeper amps of the 1960s. *SHOW YOUR SUPPORT* 1: Donate via Paypal: https://paypal.me/guitologist?locale.x=en_US 2: Buy Merch: http://bit.ly/GuitologistMerch 3: Send in Viewer Mail. (Contact Me for details at bradlinzy@gmail.com ) 4: Purchase an ad! (Rate sheets available upon request at email above.) 5: Buy something from a sponsor and tell them I sent you. 6: Stand in the middle of the street naked screaming "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" Then when the cops arrive, tell them about my channel.

I see the vultures are parading all around you. Decapitated, your amazement overcame you. Your haunted image, dirty image is resounding. These changing sand dunes are your heirlooms in this caterpillar state of mind. Live forever fossilized inside a mine, like an iron trilobite. Your sweet disease is a cryogenic freezer filled with meat, and still-life melodies. I see the sun-beams are parading all around you. Invigorated, smiling faces stimulate you. Your burning image, shining image is rejoicing to see the door swing open freely from this captivating cage called life. Live forever fossilized inside a mine, like an iron trilobite. Your sweet disease is a cryogenic freezer filled with meat, and still-life melodies. But, something’s happening, there’s a curse upon the land. Your brand-new pair of boots are buried in the sand. And as your shoeless feet begin to bake upon your broken, kindled dreams, you find a camera and take a photograph to preserve the legacy of crumbling paths that disintegrate with age.... as the memories fade - ever seeking to be buried in the shade, like a nameless castaway...