5E3 Demo - 59' Tweed Deluxe Style Amplifier

[raindogred]

your take on tone-exactly right. I like playing devils advocate:) these days there is so much hype in the media about tone. Alot of it is sales pitch designed to sucker players to buying their product. I found this vid as I'm interested in doing a kit amp like this-i like valve amps. BUT For fun you should build a simple gainclone kit chip amp, whack a decent preamp in front stick up a mic, connect to good speaker-you would be surprised how good ss amps can sound

[raindogred]

I''m basing it on 30 years of playing and owning guitars and amps. LOTS of jazz and blues players use/used SS amps for clean tones. Lets not even get into digital - you'd be amazed how much stuff you hear on the radio these days uses amp modelling. A classic tube amp-no arguments-awsome. But how many players slap a $150.00 solid state effects pedal in front - what are you really hearing. don't believe the hype you read in guitar mags. A decent SS amp will keep most folks happy

[punkeratheart]

@raindogred You're right, with a SS pedal in FRONT, it's like playing through a SS amp, mic'ed through a tube PA. I occasionally have the need for a little extra gain, and I have a nice little ALL TUBE boost unit that I will put up front. Beyond that, I use passive pickups and an all tube amp. It does sound a lot better to me, especially for overdriven sounds (which is most of what I use). It's well worth it to me for recording. Live, I'll use a SS power amp with a tube pre if 30 watts won't do.

[liamzuid]

are there any no tube tweed amps?

[Theloniousfunkk]

Do you choose your amps solely on what material it is covered with?

[liamzuid]

No.

I just want a non tube amp i don't care about the cover as long as the amp doesnt fall apart.

[Theloniousfunkk]

There is nothing tweed about a non-tube tweed amp, except for maybe the covering, unless your looking for a modeling amp, which could get similar sounds.

[clehneis]

not recommended man. If you want solid state then go with a marshall. They have some decent sounding 30 watt solid state amps but nothing touches a good tube amp....ever.

[raindogred]

I disagree -- Beatles used a Vox Conqueror on the white album - Back In The USSR, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Birthday, Monkey, Helter Skelter, Revolution #1 - all classics used this amp. Dimebag used SS amps and heaps of other metalheads. If you willing to spend over a grand or build diy kit liek the one in this vid. Otherwise a decent ss amp will get most people out of trouble. what most people want is "tone" - you can't buy it with expensive amps and guitars - it come after lots of practice.

[clehneis]

Sorry man your totally incorrect. Tone comes from the equipment but it can only be released and manipulated based on how well you play. How dynamic you are etc. Dimebag's tone was absolutely awful but the guy got away with it because he could shred and it went with his music. That scooped out midrange fizzy shitty tone dimebag had was from solid state amps. It only works for one genre of music. Nothing beats a good tube amp period.

[slpplexi1969]

@clehneis I had one of the 10 watt ones. It was crap. I sold it a month after I got it.

[Nu9v9]

go try the fender champion 30 also called champion 110, that amp kick ass his big brother is the deluxe 112 65 watts but thats too much. both solid

[NXC78]

The mini Fender Deluxe Twin is tweed and solid state. It also runs off a nine volt battery.

[clehneis]

no.

[mellifiedman23]

sure... just cover your Crate solid state with some tweed and rock-on!!! a super-dumb question that i felt deserved an even dumber reply!!!

[EstudioBlack]

can i find the out transformer? or can i made one? please tell me

[LeviMan2001]

ever looked at the pignose g40 v? it has a very neil young type tone to it.

[cum2roll]

Get a kit. I'm sure E-bay has them. I've been wanting to do that. I think they're a couple hundred bucks.

[gusamplifiers]

There are some really decent kits out there, but they are all in the $600-800 range. The cheapest one is from Weber. I make my own cabs and boards, and use all the good stuff inside. I charge about the same for mine as the kits cost.

[LeviMan2001]

how much would that go for?

[mrthingy71]

Wow, that's some great tone. Nice playing too. Thanks for the demo.