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Homebuilt Clone: Fender Deluxe 5E3 (Tweed era) - $650 (Grover Beach)
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Geeluxe 5E3:
I’m in a downsizing phase of my inventory of guitar amps and will be offering a few other amps too. In late 2024, I personally built this clone of a late 50’s Fender (Tweed) Deluxe 5E3. The stock circuit has been reconfigured to tame the flubby low end that is known to these Tweed screamers. A stock circuit 5E3 has no negative feedback (NFB). A very cool and useful mod on this amp is a mini switch that gives you three choices:
1) Normal: Full Tweedy wildness.
2) NFB and capacitor bypass for the second preamp tube for maximum civility.
3) Capacitor bypass only: An “in-between” mode.
More details at the following link: https://robrobinette.com/5e3_Modifications.htm#Switched_Negative_Feedback
Amp is cathode biased; therefore, no bias adjustments are necessary.
My cost of parts for this build was just under $1000. Therefore, this amp is built with very high-quality parts sourced from the finest vendors, and with the exception of the second preamp tube, all other tubes are NOS (G.E., RCA, & Sylvania). Due to the nature of the eyelet circuit board, the amp is very easily serviceable and also very mod friendly should you choose to do so.
Please contact me for more details and photos if interested.