DIY Fender Princeton 5F2-A Guitar Amp
This Fender Princeton Amp circuit (5F2-A) was built into a Peavey Audition 30 practice amp. It was a friend’s amp that had seen many years of playing, abuse, and beer stains. It wasn’t used all that often – his larger amp played the shows and practices. This amp didn’t sound very good, so it probably … Read more
Some new Fender Blackface guitar amp cabs
These are a couple of new cabinets I’ve finished: One is a Blackface Fender Princeton Reverb cab with a 12″ speaker, the other is a Blackface Fender Vibrolux cab with two 10″ speakers. The Princeton Reverb cab is a dark mahogany with the customary racing stripe; the Vibrolux cabinet is an almond color with nut … Read more
Fender Princeton Reverb – Blackface AA1164 Circuit
Fender Princeton Reverb AA1164 circuit build and small mods.
6V6 Tubes vs 6L6 Tubes and more (or less)
Short thoughts on 6V6 and 6L6 Power Tubes.
Tweed Deluxe 5e3 Power Transformer Decisions
Differences in secondary voltages between the Fender Tweed Deluxe power transformer and the Deluxe Reverb power transformer. Something to consider when building your Tweed Deluxe project!
Fender 5e3 Deluxe Amp Build
Fender 5e3 Deluxe Amp The Fender 5e3 Tweed Deluxe circuit is a classic and one of the best sounding ones out there, especially for small gig and recording studio use. Here’s some details about the latest 5e3 Deluxe amp that came out of the shop. Custom Made Amps I’ve been making custom tube amps for … Read more
Fender 5F1 Champ DIY and Top Capacitor Picks
Fender 5F1 Champ DIY Project I had a bit of time between work this week, so I gutted an old Marshall practice amp and started to build a Fender 5F1 Champ circuit in the chassis. The Marshall sounded like you’d expect it to – pure junk, so there were no hard feelings about ripping out … Read more
1964 Fender Vibroverb Blackface Amp
I finished a (new build) Fender Vibroverb amp about two years ago and I love it. It’s one of the few amps that I’ve kept, partly for it being a great sounding amp, partly for it being a unique sound in the studio amp collection, and partly for having a very cool pine cabinet constructed … Read more
Fender Super Sonic Amp Mods (sound clips, mercury magnetics, caps, etc.)
Fender Super Sonic modded: an owner’s perspective with sound clips.
Vintage Guitar Amps & Electricity
It seems that some of the most popular posts on this blog are the ones about old guitar amps. No doubt for good reason, of course! Who wouldn’t love being able to grab an ebay deal and fix the thing. Well, I’ll take this post to remind you that it’s all fun and games until … Read more
