5E3 Demo - 59' Tweed Deluxe Style Amplifier

Here's a short demo of my handmade 5E3 clone. This one is in a poplar cab, finished in amber shellac. Unfortunately the camera I am using really compresses the punch of the amp, and you hear the volume go up as the notes decay. If you like the tone and would like me to make you one, drop me a line. I build amplifiers to your specs, any way you want, at good prices. www.evacuatedelectronics.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• 5e3
• tweed
• deluxe
• handmade
• fender
• amp

[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.

[NXC78]

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

[Theloniousfunkk]

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

[slpplexi1969]

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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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!!!

[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.

[clehneis]

no.