The second amplifier I built was this 5F4 Super. I kept it for about a year, then sold it. It wasn't long before I regretted that, and when the chance came to buy the amp back I didn't hesitate. This amp reminds me of a (slightly) smaller version of a 5E8-A low-power tweed Twin. At least with a pair of speakers that can hold together for a while, the sound is all about clean or not quite clean. It's good to have it back. Speaking of speakers, I originally had a pair of Weber VST 10A125 (30W) speakers in the amp, but I like better the tonal signature of the Eminence Ragin Cajun pair.
Technical Rundown
- Fender Electric Instruments 5F4 Circuit
- Normal channel, Bright channel, four inputs
- Volume, Volume, Treble, Bass, Presence controls
- Allen Amps TP40 200mA power transformer
- NOS GE 5U4GB rectifier
- Vishay Atom electrolytic capacitors
- 2W metal oxide power resistors
- Adjustable bias circuit
- Allen Amps TO35MT output transformer
- RI Tung-Sol 5881 power tubes
- 12AY7, 12AX7 preamp tubes
- 1W carbon film signal resistors
- Mallory 150 coupling caps
- Cloth-insulated solid core hookup wire
- Finger-jointed, solid pine cabinet from Armadillo Amps
- Floating birch ply baffle
- Eminence Ragin Cajun speakers