Tweed Phantom—
an Amp that Never Was,
but Should Have Been
I've tried countless amps over the last 30 years. This is where I have settled. The Super—Deluxe sends long roots back to tweed-era Fender amps, but this is an amp that Fender never made. A cousin to a "Double Deluxe" with its twin-speaker configuration and 30W cathode-biased output section, the Super—Deluxe satisfies the player who wants the sonic spectrum of a 5E3 Deluxe but in a package that affords more headroom and a broader spread of sound.
Technical Rundown
- 5E3 Deluxe circuit, with enhanced power amp section
- Allen Amps 180mA Deluxe-style power transformer
- Mercury Magnetics 5F4 output transformer
- Sprague Atom electrolytic capacitors
- 2W metal oxide power supply resistors
- GZ34 rectifier
- 6L6GC power tubes
- 12AY7 and 12AX7 preamp tubes
- 1W carbon film signal resistors
- Mallory 150 coupling caps
- cloth-insulated hookup wire
- tweed-covered, finger-jointed pine 5F4 Super cabinet
- Weber VST C10Q speakers (not pictured yet)
