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
Some Deluxe Reverb Thoughts
I just fixed one of these amps that I had purchased a month or so back and wanted to share some of the experience. (I do this for fun, remember. I’m not a guy who is going to tell you how to build circuits better). The amp was a exact remake of the AB763 circuit … Read more
Coupling Capacitors and Vintagicity
A comparison of four different coupling caps as used in Fender amps and thoughts on why new sucks worse than old.
