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Barry first found music when he borrowed his sister's record collection when he was about eight and was hooked. When Caroline started it was a new beginning, and he listened to all the stations, but Caroline was his favourite by far. Later he became a singer in a band, then started doing discos when he was 18. He joined Caroline in 1977, touring the country with the Caroline Roadshow for 10 years, having great fun. Barry helped with tender trips and worked on the Ross Revenge in '84 and '85. ...
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Some of the topics discussed this week:
1:26 The Esparto fireworks storage facility explosion (link); salvaging organ pedals
6:22 Jason's life updates: Issue 57; Fretboard Summit (link); trail running; watching the 2025 Western States Endurance Run
11:46 Standel amplifier quirks, voltage regulator tubes, Dave's Hot Chicken kale slaw
16:36 Our sponsors: Grez Guitars; Emerald City Guitars and Amplified Parts! Amplified Parts is having a Fourth of July sale right now (act fast)
19:17 The Fretboard Summit Pinewood Derby race
22:03 Honorary sponsor: Tin Can Valley Letterpress (link)
23:10 Recommended reading: Matthew Zapruder's 'Story of a Poem' (Amazon link)
25:22 An Ampeg V4 / V4B bias circuit baffler
28:07 Single-ended amp 101; Stouffer's Hotel cherry chocolate cake
41:19 Channel jumping on a Silvertone 1482 and other amps; Neil Young
46:00 Music recommendation: Round Eye from Shanghai
47:11 Why do these homebrew 5F1 clones have blackened input jacks?
49:31 The Fender 400PS schematic
54:18 Harmony 420 amps, making a pre-amp out of a Heathkit volt meter
1:00:05 The Fretboard Journal's Dumble short film with Ben Harper (YouTube link)
1:01:46 Dave Hill at the 2025 Fretboard Summit!
1:02:34 Redwood cabinets on Gibson Falcons; Lima, Peru's Los Saicos band
1:12:21 A-Z Darts in Sacramento (link)
1:16:04 Getting a mono tube hi-fi for music playback
1:23:56 Listener Yann at Body and Soul Instruments (Instagram); the new Robert Johnson book (Amazon link)
1:25:24 Keeping the 12v DC power supply on old PA amps? Doug Hoffman
1:30:54 How far should I mod this 1980 Fender Deluxe Reverb?
1:37:24 Ishi in Two Worlds (Amazon link)
Recorded July 4, 2025.
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