Vintage Fender Tweed Champ and Swart Space Tone

Quick side by side comparison of my '59 Tweed Champ and the Swart Space Tone. EBMM Albert Lee running through a Whirlwind A/B Selector box.

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Music

Tags:

• Fender
• Tweed
• Champ
• vintage
• Swart
• Space
• Tone
• 6v6
• amp
• EBMM
• Albert
• Lee

[nachodelico]

I prefer the champ...nice video!

[Noitpure]

@nachodelico Thanks!!!! : ) Best, T

[Evyanaf]

Really liked your playing!

[Noitpure]

@Evyanaf Thank you!  : )

[TheRealRayJ]

Champ by a mile. Your playing rules them all however. 

[Noitpure]

@TheRealRayJ I blush...Thank you! : )

[Windbreaker9]

the swart is totally and utterly destroyed by the champ in your clip. the champ sounds way fatter and a shedload more organic in my opinion.

[itsonlyrcknroll]

How bout running both in stereo out of a nice compression pedal... that way both my left ear and my right ear can be in aural nirvana at the same time without having to make a pointless decision about which of these equally amazing amps sounds ...better? Great side by side comparison though, and as in all your videos great playing.

[UKToneKing]

@zeroceiling I have a 1974 vibrochamp and it rocks big time, I payed £425 for it and it is all original including the tubes, it is also in mint condition and it sounds amazing, think of princeton reverb without the reverb and u are their, also the silverface ones have the same circuit as the blackface so u are paying for cosmetics really, still it would be nice to have a blackface as well and a tweed

[zeroceiling]

@MOJONIXION

no..it is not...it is a $700-$800 amp and about $1200 with a reverb tank.

Remember they are comparing two 5 watt amps...so those are the prices...I just sold mine...I should know..

[zeroceiling]

@UKToneKing

Not that Champ...I just got rid of a Swart and got about $750.00...I am now looking to trade my Les Paul Special and cash for a 58 Champ...(cheap compared to others on ebay at $850.00)...but they usually go at around $1000 or so...unless you are talking about later Champs..and even those (except for the XD) are right up there.

But best Fender amp deal right now...Mustang I $99.00

I will agree that in this clip I just felt plain old bad for the Swart...not even close..

[UKToneKing]

I would take the champ, mainly as it is half the price of the swart and sounds as good, some of them swart amps aree way overpriced and u can pick a vintage fender up much cheaper

[spentonmediocrity]

the champs sounds more relaxed and smoother....the notes kinda bounce out of the speaker,the Swart sounds decent ,it's chimier but more stiff sounding.

dunno though...a better comparison would have you use the same tubes and speaker with each amp

[hcgazoo]

They both sound fantastic different but both good. Your playing is excellent regardless of amp.

[MOJONIXION]

I Like the swarts but it is a $1800 amp.

[Muziekschuur01]

I hear a speaker wich is loose and responsive and another speaker that is new and still somewhat stiff.

Your playing is great.

The Swart amp is sounding great, the speaker could use 24 hours of testtone so it looses up somewhat. A week of gigging should take care of this too.