You do a great job on these videos. Really top notch production

Best explanation ever of the deluxe.

The amp sounds fantastic and your ‘58 reissue is stunning. That’s the perfect rig in my opinion.

I love the spit and sputter of the tweeds!

I just bought a used VHT 5E3 on a bit of a whim, and after seeing this demonstration, I’m excited to try all these settings and tweaks.

Awesome !!!

Man I love that sound! It’s amazing that such an old circuit design can get such a “modern” distortion sound. Reminds me of the vintage Valco/Supro amps that Jimmy Page used because of their natural saturation and compression.

Being able to dial in a Fender Tweed Deluxe should be a college degree.

I have this amp. Bought it a year or so ago. This the best demo of how to use it. Thanks.

Awesome amp and great playing! Interesting how the channels interact.

$2500 is not quite what I would call “affordable”

Good demonstration of channel interaction on a 5E3 amp.

A Helpful starter for those new to the frankly weird interaction of Tweed Deluxe Controls. I way prefer Telecasters and P90 guitars into these but every tone is a classic. I like most to run my 50s style Teles with a compressor + reverb + short delays and ride the volume on the guitar. Everything you play sounds A star.

I have an original 57 5F1. It's so simple, single coils in channel 1, humbuckers in channel 2, and crank the volume! Takes pedals well too

Some great phrasing in the beginning. Kinda Clapton esque. What a great amp tone.

Don Felders solo on One of These Nights. That to me is the magic of the tweed deluxe and Les P

Great video. Thanks

It does sound cool. I never really liked farty tweed sound, but this one sound huge!

You are an awesome and inspiring player.

Let’s go

Primo rig - would blow most guitarists away on any blues jam stages

I have a real 59 and it’s incredible…. I would describe it pure tone… takes pedals better than anything and the cabinet (this tiny amp) sounds so 3D

I own an original 1953 tweed deluxe in an incredibly clean state. It sounds fantastic , especially with a p90 les paul

Hi. When are you using instrument 2 channel? I have Ibanez guitar with HSS pickups. What is the best channel for it? Thanks

Would it compete in volume with a Vox AC15? Thinking of a W/D setup, They complement each other, one is higher watt rated, the other is way more expensive, still I would like to get one o these...

I tried that AMP with a strat, it Just sounded Clean, but there was Not much raunchiness at all. Is that due to the single coils maybe ?

iss there a jack to unplug the speaker?

That right there is my dream amplifier. But $2,500.00 is a pretty huge hill to climb. Maybe a Mojotone or some other 5E3 clone cheaper.

Well crap, now I have another "gotta have it" amp that's over $1000 used on my list.

I have a head version, I pay 1200€ and its my best amp for rock

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I don't hear any punchy settings. I like a real clean yet overdriven sound, at like medium or low volume! Also, I'd like to hear it with some hotter pick-ups. Jus say'n. Peace!✌️

Gotta stick with my UAD Woodrow because of my living space, but love Tweeds.

A better mic placement would have helped reveal more of the actual sound of this combo.

Is the sound pretty much similar to 5e3 deluxe?

I have this amp and I would like to know how he is sitting that close to it lol. It is SO loud, like neighbors-calling-the-cops loud. Granted mine is a clone and is 15w (same as the originals) while this is a 12w, so maybe that makes a difference. I haven't been able to play any gigs with it because it overpowers the band. All of that being said, it has the warmest, fattest, most beautiful tone of any amp I've ever played. I do wonder if the 12w is more reasonable in volume.

You should be demoing with a Strat or Tele. These amps were made for Fender guitars

what if you jump the channels?

Goes from loud to extremely ultra mega loud, no low volume on this one

I’d go with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Cheaper, master volume and reverb. They also make it with a tweed covering too!

While I greatly appreciate the effort you've put into this helpful instructional video, I'm afraid I have to take exception to something you've said here. Early-on, at the 45-50 second mark, you've said that this amp will . . . "get you overdrive at a low volume". You're JOKING, right??? If not, then you must have somehow secured a completely different '57 Custom Deluxe than mine, because mine won't breakup at ANY volume, with ANY guitar or pickup style, unless using an OD pedal, or unless its literally pegged (dimed!), and that requires an attenuator, because at that volume, this "tiny little" amp will blow the glass outta the freakin' windows! In fact, its one of the most frustrating, one-trick pony amps that I have ever personally encountered. Clearly however, your mileage has varied.

Sounds incredible, but the price tag is too high vs other amp builders that make clones.

Too much yakkety yak let's hear that 2.5K box of wires and bulbs..please, oh and bring a second GTR with single coils(sorry, the price has made me moody but with good reason).

You mean- A failure in the voice coil.... 😉😉😉😉😉 Maybe, the Spider....😑😑😑

A peavey transtube sound better. Put a it in a tweed box, maybe with a Jensen speaker, tube amp is pure nostalgia/prestige/look at this point.

They need to reissue it with a zero loss effects loop.

Nice sounding amp for sure, but all that and not one demo of its clean tones.

Can get as much sound out of my blues jr tweed edition and it’s $1,500 cheaper .

It would sound so much better if you use your volume & tone knobs turned down a bit then you'll get more clean headroom, i understand breakup and natural gain but, dammit it pisses me off that everyone just thinks that your supposed to turn knobs to 10 an keep em there the whole time on the guitar, there are numbers on em for a reason. you'll be missing out on so many more sounds. When he said "dime it out" i almost puked. F'n kids you just say 57' like it's no big deal.

When you think about the labor and materials that go into it I don’t know how they get the price down to $2500. Speakers, tubes and pine for the cabinet alone are probably $500

Gibson and non original amp sounds like every non famous amp out there.

$2,349.99 + tax + shipping. Chump change.

Sorry, brakes up and falls off, sounds like phoo to me.

This guy talks way to much

It's a 57' Reissue!!!!!!! Clickbait.

Jesus Christ what a waste of time

Most playing and less speaking

Too much talking. Way too much talking.

Your description of how channels work is wrong, wrt how they filter different frequency (not about how they interact). The two channels differ only for the presence of a bright cap on the bright channel. Rob Robinette explains it well (google "rob robinette How Fender Normal/Bright/Hi/Low Input Jacks Work"). "Note that the only difference between the Normal and Bright channels is the Bright Cap and at max volume there is no difference between the Bright and Normal channels.". The difference between Hi/Low is only attenuation, no difference in filtering of frequencies. After the inputs, the signal goes through grid resistors of the same value for both inputs, and then to v1 tube. after that, signal from both inputs go through two coupling caps (one for each channel, *both of 0.1uF* value), which are responsible for low-frequency filtering. With it being the same value, the same filtering is happening for both channels. What folks do sometimes to remove the mud from distortion in a 5e3 is change the value of that coupling cap, for example with a value of 0.02uF like in the Champ -- I've done this one on the Bright channel -- or 0.0047 like in Marshals. Hope this helps.

You know its a GIbson when you tune it up, and it still sounds out of tune.