Greetings Gretschites!! l can't think of a time when a Lacquered Tweed amp hasn't stopped me in my tracks to admire it's timeless elegance...whether beaten & weathered or brand new...whether it be a Victoria, Peavey, Fender or a No Name hand made boutique kit build...l have always gassed hard just being in the same room as one...show us yours...have you done some mods etc..i'd love to see all the different makes amongst the brethren here...PLENTY OF PICS PLEASE!!!!!:D

Here's my '12 Twinolux.

Here's my Blankenship Fatboy individually handmade by Roy Blankenship in North Hollywood - special 240V version 25watts with 6L6's.

Smells like Tweed to me!:D
Mine is Jim Frenzel's FM-5E3 DP Deluxe Plus head. I decided to go for the Black Cage. As Jim said, it was 'inspired by the 50's Fender Deluxe 5E3, with added a Marshall JTM45 channel, replaced the 6V6 with 6L6 and boosted the power to 25w...' .

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Here's my Blankenship Fatboy individually handmade by Roy Blankenship in North Hollywood - special 240V version 25watts with 6L6's.

That's a serious looking tweed!!! i've admired that amp of yours for a while...thanks for posting some quality close ups..that vintage series celestion must throw out some serious tone!! is that your gigging amp..what sort of music are you playing through it.

:eek:Hey Darko...if she smells like tweed l guess that's alright with me...l was going to send you to your room for punishment, but you probably have a guitar & amp in every room...perhaps we can call it a Twenzel!!:D

That's a serious looking tweed!!! i've admired that amp of yours for a while...thanks for posting some quality close ups..that vintage series celestion must throw out some serious tone!! is that your gigging amp..what sort of music are you playing through it.

I don't play gigs, this is purely for personal use. The tragedy is I have to keep this amp at work where I can turn it up during lunch breaks. It sounds great when it's cranked, but it's way too loud for home (we share a wall with a young couple with a baby), so I had to buy a Vox AC4TV and use the 1/4 watt setting to avoid neighbour complaints. I sometimes go in to work on Saturdays purely so I can play through the amp for a few hours. The music I like to play is Classic Rock mainly, anything with power chords and lots of harmonic distortion. In my playing days in the 60's I had a Strauss 300W valve amp with 6 KT88 valves and 8 Celestion G12M's. I miss that amp.

I don't play gigs, this is purely for personal use. The tragedy is I have to keep this amp at work where I can turn it up during lunch breaks. It sounds great when it's cranked, but it's way too loud for home (we share a wall with a young couple with a baby), so I had to buy a Vox AC4TV and use the 1/4 watt setting to avoid neighbour complaints. I sometimes go in to work on Saturdays purely so I can play through the amp for a few hours. The music I like to play is Classic Rock mainly, anything with power chords and lots of harmonic distortion. In my playing days in the 60's I had a Strauss 300W valve amp with 6 KT88 valves and 8 Celestion G12M's. I miss that amp.

:eek:300w valve power w/ 8 celestion G12M's...a great excuse for very selective hearing!!:D

Homebrew 5F2A Tweed Princeton in a Gretsch Cowboy style cabinet.

The amp has the following mods:
* Tone control bypass switch.
* Switchable cathode bypass cap on V1a to select between 25uf/25 (5F2A), 1uf/25 (boost) or no cap (just 1.5K resistor - 5F1 Champ).
* VVR control.
* Switchable NFB

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww18/nad-100/Gretsch%20Amp%20Build/13.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww18/nad-100/Gretsch%20Amp%20Build/12.jpg

Here's my Hot Rod Deville. I bought it brand new, but damaged in shipping. The cabinet and speaker baffle were crushed. I built a solid pine cabinet and covered it with linen tweed. Then I hit it with amber shellac and several coats of lacquer.

Oxblood grill grill cloth and a leather handle finished it off.

This is my new 5F1 TwinChamp 68.
Mods:
50s tuberadio cab.
Two Weber speaker 6"+ 8"



http://up.picr.de/10970960it.jpg
http://up.picr.de/10970962gj.jpg
http://up.picr.de/10970961sv.jpg

That is beautiful, Valdez. It's a work of art:cool:

That is beautiful, Valdez. It's a work of art:cool:

You said it. Exactly what I was going to say. ART. Stunning.

The brown power cable! Valdez, you're good!

The brown power cable! Valdez, you're good!

Yes, thats cool! And the original 50s bakelite plug!

K, this is not a TRUE Tweed amp, but it's the closest I have (and with the Mods I've done, it's getting very Tweed sounding)

My Classic 30. Mods to date: WGS Reaper (G12H30 replacement) replaced the stock Blue Marvel. Tube Tamers to eradicate the tube rattle, custom tube set to get more of a Tweed sound, a tone cap change (along same lines). Planned is lacquering the tweed.

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Greetings Gretschites!! l can't think of a time when a Lacquered Tweed amp hasn't stopped me in my tracks to admire it's timeless elegance...whether beaten & weathered or brand new...whether it be a Victoria, Peavey, Fender or a No Name hand made boutique kit build...l have always gassed hard just being in the same room as one...show us yours...have you done some mods etc..i'd love to see all the different makes amongst the brethren here...PLENTY OF PICS PLEASE!!!!!:D

Here's my '12 Twinolux.
Having this at the beginning of such a thread is tantamount to throwing a Royal Flush out on the first hand of a poker game. I've never played a better amp that a Twinolux.

Having this at the beginning of such a thread is tantamount to throwing a Royal Flush out on the first hand of a poker game. I've never played a better amp that a Twinolux.


Thanks for the verbal endorsement Mark!!! l value your feedback & as l said in a prior thread; your review had a bearing on my decision...l just love the simplicity of the tweed look & the 'tweed' tone as evidenced by the varying examples already shown...l've been gassing for a point to point finger-joined pine tweed for as long as l can remember....it's obviously a costly investment but l plan on keeping this for the rest of my days...it didn't fall off the back of a truck, but l got it at a price that l couldn't refuse...very blessed indeed...it'll be a players amp, so she'll get a lot of love from a lot guitarists l know & mix with....to say that it's the best you've played is a big statement though!! it's probably not every bodies cup of tea but it's a perfect fit for me...two amps are probably being culled so the Rivera & the EC will stay..cheers mate!! :)

Hey Mark: for the record!! l never was much of a poker player!!:rolleyes:

Thanks for the verbal endorsement Mark!!! l value your feedback & as l said in a prior thread; your review had a bearing on my decision...l just love the simplicity of the tweed look & the 'tweed' tone as evidenced by the varying examples already shown...l've been gassing for a point to point finger-jointed pine tweed for as long as l can remember....it's obviously a costly investment but l plan on keeping this for the rest of my days...it didn't fall off the back of a truck, but l got it at a price that l couldn't refuse...very blessed indeed...it'll be a players amp, so she'll get a lot of love from a lot guitarists l know & mix with....to say that it's the best you've played is a big statement though!! it's probably not every bodies cup of tea but it's a perfect fit for me...two amps are probably being culled so the Rivera & the EC will stay..cheers mate!! :)
The thing I liked best was that you could get a good clean sound out of it but still have the texture of a tweed amp.

That is beautiful, Valdez. It's a work of art:cool:

Yeah, that is true merging of art & science. I'm seriously impressed, Valdez!

The thing I liked best was that you could get a good clean sound out of it but still have the texture of a tweed amp.

Totally agree!!!:D

This is my new 5F1 TwinChamp 68.
Mods:
50s tuberadio cab.
Two Weber speaker 6"+ 8"



http://up.picr.de/10970960it.jpg
http://up.picr.de/10970962gj.jpg
http://up.picr.de/10970961sv.jpg


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We're all stunned by it's striking simplicity & beauty!!! now that's ''MOJO''...beautifully & tastefully put together!!!! well done Valdez

Smells like Tweed to me!:D
Mine is Jim Frenzel's FM-5E3 DP Deluxe Plus head. I decided to go for the Black Cage. As Jim said, it was 'inspired by the 50's Fender Deluxe 5E3, with added a Marshall JTM45 channel, replaced the 6V6 with 6L6 and boosted the power to 25w...' .

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Mine smells more tweedy than yours:eek:

:eek:
We're all stunned by it's striking simplicity & beauty!!! now that's ''MOJO''...beautifully & tastefully put together!!!! well done Valdez

That is beautiful but it really needs a Philco or Magnavox or an old radio logo

I built this one that I'm pretty fond of:

http://www.gad.net/GAD/Guitar/BYOC-Champ/GAD-Champ-Front-800.jpg

http://www.gad.net/GAD/Guitar/BYOC-Champ/GAD-Champ-Back-800.jpg

Just got word that my Mission 5E3 kit shipped. I'm stoked! I'm going to be a soldering fool this week.

Hand built tweedy-goodness by Clark....

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/755/dsc0009kk.jpghttp://img194.imageshack.us/img194/193/dsc0013wl.jpghttp://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9899/dsc0012tun.jpghttp://img52.imageshack.us/img52/24/dsc0014ii.jpg

Here's my Hot Rod Deville. I bought it brand new, but damaged in shipping. The cabinet and speaker baffle were crushed. I built a solid pine cabinet and covered it with linen tweed. Then I hit it with amber shellac and several coats of lacquer.

Oxblood grill grill cloth and a leather handle finished it off.

Fantastic restoration!! Looks better than new!

Having this at the beginning of such a thread is tantamount to throwing a Royal Flush out on the first hand of a poker game. I've never played a better amp that a Twinolux.

And the EC Twinolux at that... Basta**... ;)

real tweed circuit amps or tweed covered amps?

Tavo,
don´t make it so exciting, show us what is standing in your dusty corner.

@all
Thank you for the compliments;-)

real tweed circuit amps or tweed covered amps?

BOTH..:D

Mine smells more tweedy than yours:eek:

Sniff! Sniff! It smells tolex:D

Hand built tweedy-goodness by Clark...

Hey Noize, may I ask for a little help? Is that a Piedmont you have?
A guy is offering me a 5-6 years old, blonde Piedmont 50w head for about $1600 (and a Rockford Reverb 45w 112 combo for the same price, but I'm not a big fan of combos), what do you say?

Hey Noize, may I ask for a little help? Is that a Piedmont you have?
A guy is offering me a 5-6 years old, blonde Piedmont 50w head for about $1600 (and a Rockford Reverb 45w 112 combo for the same price, but I'm not a big fan of combos), what do you say?

Hi Stings, yes it is a Clark Piedmont (59 replica). I did not know he did a head version of it, though my knowledge of his work is quite limited. I can tell you that anything built by Mike Clark it is to the highest standard and the workmanship is second to none. I have found him to be helpful via email so perhaps he could be of assistance if you have specific questions? mikeclark@clarkamplification.com

Cheers!

Hi Stings, yes it is a Clark Piedmont (59 replica). I did not know he did a head version of it, though my knowledge of his work is quite limited. I can tell you that anything built by Mike Clark it is to the highest standard and the workmanship is second to none...

Thank you Noize!

Those are some real beauties you guys have got. Here's my old Carvin. It's nothin fancy with it's PCB but i got it cheap and i enjoy it.

Sniff! Sniff! It smells tolex:D

Tolex smells more like tweed than the Metal Cage Frenzel:D

I have though of buying a Frenzel from time to time but you don't see many used ones pop up. People must keep them great reviews on his stuff.

Did someone say Tweed??? Here's my Wall of Tweed

Victoria 80212, Victoria 45410, Victoria 35310 and Victoria Double Deluxe

5E3 clone built from kit

-My favorite is the Victoria 45410

Tolex smells more like tweed than the Metal Cage Frenzel:D I have though of buying a Frenzel from time to time but you don't see many used ones pop up. People must keep them great reviews on his stuff.

But how does it smell insde?
I think I saw one for sale on the gear pages, no long ago...

Did someone say Tweed??? Here's my Wall of Tweed

Victoria 80212, Victoria 45410, Victoria 35310 and Victoria Double Deluxe

5E3 clone built from kit

-My favorite is the Victoria 45410

:eek:Glorious!!! love em!!...congrats & enjoy!! always gas when l see a Victoria...let alone a room full!!!:D

But how does it smell insde?
I think I saw one for sale on the gear pages, no long ago...

I bought this one on the gear page and figured out what a versitile little amp it is indeed. Makes my Vibro Champ look sick and it will beat a Swart 6V6SE all day long. Here my post after I first got it.


http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1089370&highlight=gries+minnow

This was the first amp I built - a Ceriatone 5E3 Tweed Deluxe. The Cabinet is covered in Tweed Tolex.
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww18/nad-100/P62905451024x830.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww18/nad-100/P62905471024x879.jpg

The Speaker is a vintage Aussie made Rola 12UX. The magnet is huge and the speaker had to be shoehorned into the cab. But it sure sounds sweet.

Did someone say Tweed??? Here's my Wall of Tweed Victoria 80212, Victoria 45410, Victoria 35310 and Victoria Double Deluxe 5E3 clone built from kit -My favorite is the Victoria 45410

You are the Tweeder of the Year!

Lovely stuff. Some really serious, amp porn here Arf

It isn't a tweed but she sure is cool!

http://retriever-life.smugmug.com/Other/1992-Les-Paul-Classic/23913448_VZMN7d#!i=1948958130&k=cFpKs5G&lb=1&s=A

Let's try this again!

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Let's try this again!

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That's sweet !!!! is it the Tremoelectric ?

New pic for mine:

http://www.gad.net/GAD/Guitar/Misc/SG-P90s-Champ-800.png

That's sweet !!!! is it the Tremoelectric ?

It is a tremolectric along with my 1992 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus Trans Amber. The amp is one of the nicest amps I have ever played through.

New pic for mine:



Haaa...SG and p90... One of the better wedding of last century , the amp looks pretty good but what is it?

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My old friend since my 18 years old : Blues jr first generation slightly that i modded last year with a Fromel kit . Never had a problem with !! Still a work horse

Let's try this again!

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Love those Supros!!!!:D

Haaa...SG and p90... One of the better wedding of last century , the amp looks pretty good but what is it?

The amp is a BYOC kit Champ clone that I built. Sounds amazing. I'd have shown my new 5E3 I just finished instead, but it doesn't look as good because it doesn't have a cabinet yet. :)

It is a tremolectric along with my 1992 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus Trans Amber. The amp is one of the nicest amps I have ever played through.


One of Bruce Zinky's designs as far as i am aware, he said he built it to be everything a vibroverb should have been after fender stuffed the vibroverb full of cheap parts.

Gets amazing reviews, i've only seen one and that was up for £1450, ouch !!!

My current Tweed:

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The tone is so-so, but it's great for storing strings, polish and parts. :D

How about my modded Peavey Classic 30 and matching 112E?

http://klfsite.com/amps/Classic30-Images/19.jpg

http://klfsite.com/amps/Classic30-Images/20.jpg

Mods: replaced the Blue Marvel speakers with Hellatones (60 in the amp, 30 in the ext cab), tone cap upgrade, added attenuator to front panel, matched set of Ei power tubes, mismatched set of Sovtek, Philips, and JJ preamp tubes that ROCKS. I added a tube guard too, but the photos above were taken before I did that.

Here's a pic with the tube guard installed. :D

http://klfsite.com/amps/Classic30-Images/23.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6132/5971457782_e7babfff54_z.jpg

Homebrew 5F1 in a Cherry cab.

oh, I couldn't resist. Here are a couple photos of my tweed collection at one time or another:
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/ruk77777/2358864015_7a15560965.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/ruk77777/IMG_1252.jpg

:eek::eek::eek::eek:...what a Tweed collection!!!! i'm in awe!!! great first post too!!!! welcome to the forum!!!

... In my playing days in the 60's I had a Strauss 300W valve amp with 6 KT88 valves and 8 Celestion G12M's. I miss that amp. http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/WestofDeerfoot/GT/notworthy.gif RESPECT!!!

I call my KT88-loaded Ampeg VT-22 (on the bench) my 'Siberian Tiger' amp - serious mojo, but there is nowhere I can really turn it loose these days!

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h230/WestofDeerfoot/VT-15/07_cab_in_progress.jpg


We now return you to your regularly-scheduled tweediness...

I've really enjoyed seeing everyone's amps. Beautiful things. But Valdez, your creation puts the cheapo looking "Greta" that Fender is now pushing, to shame. When I saw your amp, I thought "that's what "Greta" should have been."

My current Tweed:

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The tone is so-so, but it's great for storing strings, polish and parts. :D

Crooner, I have one of those too. The tone is sorta tinny. :)

My Tweed voiced amps are a pair of Silvertone 1482s. I have a bone stock '65....

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/Livingroomamp.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/Goingin.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/Gutshot.jpg

It was a closet treasure, got the original box too.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/Silvertonebox.jpg

.....and a '67 which I bought as stock but modified a little.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/DSCN3975.jpg

Before:

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/DSCN3976.jpg

After: grounded cord, new(old) CTS alnico speaker, 3/8 birch baffle, jacks on both the 4 & 8 ohm transformer taps

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww70/2266vm/Afewchanges.jpg

Tone? They do it all from country clean to raw overdrive with sweet musical feedback. Here is a compilation of short samples with different guitars.

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Here is my hand made Super tweed 5F4 amp all specs from 1956

Pictures from start to finish


http://cpamps.com/5F4/LK018/

@ruk777
OMG!!!

@Bob
I think greta is an entirely different concept but at the Excelsior my amp comes close.


@Riffraff
I like the Silvertone amps very much. A good value for money but not get in Germany.

@g6120
Nice clean work!

to complete....

soundclips from the TwinChamp 68 :

http://www.gretsch-talk.com/forum/gretsch-discussion-forum/73501-valdez-twin-champ-house.html

And picts from the TwinChamp 210 :


http://up.picr.de/9467071pak.jpg

http://up.picr.de/9467072oiw.jpg

Outstanding! Sounds great and love your playing.

That twin Champ looks amazing! What a cool idea. A+

I'm tied on these. the '49 is so thick and has a great warm clean sound. The '56 is more rock and sounds just as good - just different.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/313005_2673946896813_575123006_n.jpg

Fender Blues Jr, heavily modded
Victoria 35210
Fender BassBreaker


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