Expert repair and restoration of vintage tube guitar amps, harp amps, and studio equipment. Skip Simmons has a national reputation as a vintage amp specialist. Conveniently located between Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Serving amplifier owners nationwide.
Vintage amp repair, Fender amp repair, tube amp repair, guitar amp repair, amplifier repair
Based on 29 Reviews
Add ReviewSkip is an old school repair and maintenance technician. No nonsense. He is an internationally renowned (no kidding) expert on tube music instrument amplifiers. Don't call him about radios or hi-fi. If you do call him, prepare beforehand with the type of amp and it's issues.Report
I have been fortunate to have known Skip since the mid 90s. He took care of my 65 Fender Deluxe Reverb, and 58 Fender Harvard. He also built me the coolest custom tweed princeton, and a JTM45 knockoff. All of his work is fantastic. He finds the best vintage components for the amps he works on. He is an engineering genius, and generally great guy. You can't go wrong taking your tube amp to him for repairs.Report
I have been fortunate to have known Skip since the mid 90s. He took care of my 65 Fender Deluxe Reverb, and 58 Fender Harvard. He also built me the coolest custom tweed princeton, and a JTM45 knockoff. All of his work is fantastic. He finds the best vintage components for the amps he works on. He is an engineering genius, and generally great guy. You can't go wrong taking your tube amp to him for repairs.Report
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Thank you for an awesome job on a now AMAZING SOUNDING AMP!Report
Skip took my beat up non functioning Silverfaced Champ and converted it to a tweed princeton tone circuit. He also converted the cheap RCA output jack to a nice Switchcraft 1/4". He and I also discovered that the New Transformer I sent him (To replace the fried one) had 2 additional taps that were of a lower voltage. This allowed Skip's genius to come through and lower the Silverface Champ B+ down into blackface territory!
On top of all that He gave me a free 6v6 power tube, and replaced my power cord free of charge! Great man ! Great Work!
Thank you for an awesome job on a now AMAZING SOUNDING AMP!Report
Skip took my beat up non functioning Silverfaced Champ and converted it to a tweed princeton tone circuit. He also converted the cheap RCA output jack to a nice Switchcraft 1/4". He and I also discovered that the New Transformer I sent him (To replace the fried one) had 2 additional taps that were of a lower voltage. This allowed Skip's genius to come through and lower the Silverface Champ B+ down into blackface territory!
On top of all that He gave me a free 6v6 power tube, and replaced my power cord free of charge! Great man ! Great Work!
Solid people and service!Report
Solid people and service!Report
Love this place! The best!Report
Repair and restoration of vintage tube guitar and harmonica amps, vintage PA amps, and studio equipment.