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Fender - Tweed deluxe ( 5A3 )
Posted: 14 Sep 2007, 09:46
by analogguru
Here you can buy a Fender Tweed deluxe from 1951 for only $5.229,--.
https://cgi.ebay.com/1951-Fender-tweed- ... dZViewItem
If you can´t (or don´t want to) spend the money you can at least have a look at the guts - for free !
Maybe I should start to build exact replicas for only $2,614,50 ???
analogguru
Re: Fender - Tweed deluxe ( 5A3 )
Posted: 14 Sep 2007, 18:07
by soulsonic
analogguru wrote:
Maybe I should start to build exact replicas for only $2,614,50 ???
analogguru
Man, you think the booteek pedal market is already a crowded boat.....?
I think you'd probably be the millionth guy out there selling clones of old Fenders....
Posted: 14 Sep 2007, 18:26
by analogguru
Man, you think the booteek pedal market is already a crowded boat.....?
I think you'd probably be the millionth guy out there selling clones of old Fenders....
Oh sorry, I forgot this:
or this: *sarkasm*
analogguru
Posted: 25 Sep 2007, 18:23
by modman
A guy that I bought my amp from three years ago has stopped working on other than his own stuff and has a somewhat later Tweed Deluxe 5E3? chassis and enough suiting parts (not all original; no cabinet or speaker) he is willing to let go because he bought one exactly like this to work on.
I was looking into a Champ for small amp project, but cannot let this one pass I think... Just found out yesterday so still waiting on the details.
Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 04:00
by bajaman
It sold for US $4570.00 - I wonder how dry those electrolytics will be after all this time in storage
bajaman
Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 04:54
by dave_b
I gotta say, that's one pretty amp.
Modman I'm curious how that deal of yours turns out. I bought a very noncollectable 1976 Bassman head for $60US nearly twenty years ago. Frankly, that's a good amp for me since I'm not concerned about taking it out of the house.
Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 13:08
by AL
bajaman wrote:It sold for US $4570.00 - I wonder how dry those electrolytics will be after all this time in storage
bajaman
That's exactly what I was thinking. I would guess a collector bought it. It is in very nice shape for an amp that old. But that price is ridiculous. I'd be afraid to power it up.
AL
Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 21:22
by soulsonic
It would be a cool amp to have if I were a collector, but I wouldn't purchase something like that to use regularly.
I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't even sound that great, even if the caps are still good. I mean... it has a metal pentode input stage - I bet that's microphonic and noisy as all hell. I don't know about this particular model being something to go crazy over tone-wise. The 5E3 is the one to have if you're looking for a hot sound - this 5A3 looks like more of a collector's item than anything else. The age and cabinet style are probably more important than it's sound.
Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 21:43
by markm
Vintage Fender Amp prices are insane!
When I think back to some of the BF Fenders I owned that I didn't even need about 20 years ago and the prices today......well.....
Forget it.
