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1958 Fender Tweed Pro 5E5A Best Stratocaster Amp. Super Amplifier Pre CBS
Estimated price for orientation: 2 350 $
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Description Brand: Fender Type: Electric Guitar Amplifier MPN: Tweed Pro 5E5A Number of Channels: 2 Amplifier Type: Combo Model: Fender 5E5-A Impedance (ohms): 8ohm Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube UPC: Does not apply
The original cabinet was cut down to make a head and bottom (poorly). So, I had a custom cabinet manufactured for it. The cabinet is very nice, aged, and lacquered. Completely accurate with finger jointed pine, and even stained internally like Fender did. This is not a Mojo production cabinet like everyone is using today. It was custom built. This amp has all of it's original transformers, and amazingly is still working well with it's original yellow Astron coupling capacitors. (You amp heads know these capacitors do have a unique tone signature). This is a really great sounding Pro. I play guitar, but I know you harp guys would love this. I have the original 15 inch Jensen P15N with a bell that was in it when I got it. I currently have a different vintage P15N in it (pictured) with original cone that is the best sounding one I have found for this amp. It has a 1959 date code, original cone and sounds really great in this amp. The original P15N with the bell was re-coned and sounds darker. It could be re-coned again, or keep it around in case you seek a darker tone. You have a choice of which of these P15N's you want. I have pictured them both. I believe Weber could correctly re-cone the one with the bell.The lettering on the chassis is about 65%. You can read most of it except the power and standby. The control panel is very difficult to photograph. I added a label for power and standby switches. It comes off easily if you don't want it. 3 prong power cord has been added, so the polarity switch is defeated. It has a nice set of vintage tubes in it. (Note that the tubes pictured are no longer in it). Those 6L6GA's can't handle the higher voltage of the 8087 transformer. I will change the power tubes and get new pics). I have chosen to install matched power tubes that are correctly biased using the original fixed bias circuitry. These are easy to add a bias adjustment to, but I chose to keep that original. The power supply cap job has been done using the preferred Sprague atom caps, and the other electrolytics replaced as well, with Sprague Atoms. It is ready for another 50 years!The Fender Tweed Pro, Tweed Super, and Tweed Bandmaster all start out as the same chassis, and same circuit (except for 2 resistors and the specific output transformer 8 or 4 ohm). You don't see these Pro's come up too often. This one really shows well with this nice custom cabinet and is an amazing sounding amp. It does not have any sonic "issues". I would never replace the yellow Astron coupling capacitors when they are still working OK. Overall the amp really sounds fantastic. Only selling to reduce the herd to a reasonable level.Note Stratocaster only shown for scale. Strat is not included!
Description
| Brand: | Fender | Type: | Electric Guitar Amplifier |
| MPN: | Tweed Pro 5E5A | Number of Channels: | 2 |
| Amplifier Type: | Combo | Model: | Fender 5E5-A |
| Impedance (ohms): | 8ohm | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Amplifier Technology: | Vacuum Tube | UPC: | Does not apply |
The original cabinet was cut down to make a head and bottom (poorly). So, I had a custom cabinet manufactured for it. The cabinet is very nice, aged, and lacquered. Completely accurate with finger jointed pine, and even stained internally like Fender did. This is not a Mojo production cabinet like everyone is using today. It was custom built. This amp has all of it's original transformers, and amazingly is still working well with it's original yellow Astron coupling capacitors. (You amp heads know these capacitors do have a unique tone signature). This is a really great sounding Pro. I play guitar, but I know you harp guys would love this. I have the original 15 inch Jensen P15N with a bell that was in it when I got it. I currently have a different vintage P15N in it (pictured) with original cone that is the best sounding one I have found for this amp. It has a 1959 date code, original cone and sounds really great in this amp. The original P15N with the bell was re-coned and sounds darker. It could be re-coned again, or keep it around in case you seek a darker tone. You have a choice of which of these P15N's you want. I have pictured them both. I believe Weber could correctly re-cone the one with the bell.The lettering on the chassis is about 65%. You can read most of it except the power and standby. The control panel is very difficult to photograph. I added a label for power and standby switches. It comes off easily if you don't want it. 3 prong power cord has been added, so the polarity switch is defeated. It has a nice set of vintage tubes in it. (Note that the tubes pictured are no longer in it). Those 6L6GA's can't handle the higher voltage of the 8087 transformer. I will change the power tubes and get new pics). I have chosen to install matched power tubes that are correctly biased using the original fixed bias circuitry. These are easy to add a bias adjustment to, but I chose to keep that original. The power supply cap job has been done using the preferred Sprague atom caps, and the other electrolytics replaced as well, with Sprague Atoms. It is ready for another 50 years!The Fender Tweed Pro, Tweed Super, and Tweed Bandmaster all start out as the same chassis, and same circuit (except for 2 resistors and the specific output transformer 8 or 4 ohm). You don't see these Pro's come up too often. This one really shows well with this nice custom cabinet and is an amazing sounding amp. It does not have any sonic "issues". I would never replace the yellow Astron coupling capacitors when they are still working OK. Overall the amp really sounds fantastic. Only selling to reduce the herd to a reasonable level.
Note Stratocaster only shown for scale. Strat is not included!