My First Amp Build! Mojotone Amp Work Shop | DIY 5E3 Tweed Deluxe
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4 жыл бұрынI got to take Mojotone's Amp Building Class and build a 5e3 Tweed Deluxe style combo amp. It was a great experience and HIGHLY recommend it to anyone that's interested in building a guitar amp for the first time.
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@sjt4225 4 жыл бұрын
Here's what I like about this: Straightforward how-to content with no artificial time constraints or obstacles. I'd rather watch this on cable TV than most of the reality television that exists today.
@rickc2102 4 жыл бұрын
It's a lot more real.
@jaggertadeo7276 3 жыл бұрын
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@landonjay4143 3 жыл бұрын
@Jagger Tadeo instablaster ;)
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@edsinrise9803 4 жыл бұрын
Props for including the part where the guy says --That goes on the outside.
@TheAhirishman 3 жыл бұрын
This was cool to watch
@garycurtis5135 4 жыл бұрын
Anybody remember Heathkit? Everything from AM radios to color TV's in kit form. Very rewarding to complete a project like that. Congrats RJ 👍
@duanewilson3941 4 жыл бұрын
Amps too as I recall.
@garycurtis5135 4 жыл бұрын
@@duanewilson3941 I'm sure you're correct. I just remember the things my dad assembled
@PooNinja 4 жыл бұрын
Short wave around the world receivers 😃
@eugenekelley5348 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather made a solid state bass head a cab.
@ScottHz 2 жыл бұрын
I built a few Heathkit projects in the mid 70’s, loved it! There are many similar kits available these days, I’m currently building a digital oscilloscope kit. ;)
@davidheller8540 3 жыл бұрын
Built my first amp last month...a 5f1...first time soldering and tons of mistakes and cuss words but when I plugged it in at the end and strummed a few chords it was so incredibly gratifying.
@gangnamstylegrandpa6352 4 жыл бұрын
Great video ! Loved it ! Been playing guitar for 56 years , and I still don't know how an amp works ! Believe it or not , I learned a lot of basics watching your video !
@johnwalker4105 4 жыл бұрын
I built my 5E3 at Mojotone and I was in the class with Rhett Shull. I had not heard of him then. The amp is great and I loved learning from the guys from Mojotone.
@winstonroland1679 4 жыл бұрын
Hey John, I was in the same class. In Rhett video, I was the old guy with the white beard in the front row. Loved the class, Mojotone guys are great. And the Mojotone headquarters are impressive.
@janusmakita2222 4 жыл бұрын
Did this exact amp build in Chicago at Specimen a few years back. Indeed one of the most satisfying things I've ever done is to flip that switch and get sound out of something I hand built. Loved it.
@TheWickerShireProject 2 жыл бұрын
"HOLY CRAP I BUILT THIS!" Best line! lol
@DeathCapAmplification 4 жыл бұрын
I took this course about a year ago in Baltimore, Md at a friend’s local repair shop. Same course, amp, and instructors. It was a great course for a beginner. I’ve built amps prior to and after this course but it was nice to have the instructors for questions, ideas, etc. I highly recommend the course for anyone looking to getting started in the hobby. It’s extremely rewarding to play through an amp your built yourself. There’s nothing like it. Good video man. Great job.
@maxwellpolish 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, RJ. It was a pleasure meeting you in class and looking forward to years of enjoyment from our 5E3's! I'm already planning for another Mojotone build!
@strumlead8741 2 жыл бұрын
RJ thanks so much taking your personal time building this beauty and sharing it on your channel. Sounds great, and glad you have that 50's Fender-style tweed amp now!
@GuitarFuYou Жыл бұрын
Literally my dream vacation. Go build an amp!
@aaronparker1614 4 жыл бұрын
After hanging with my amp tech and watching him work, if found that it’s not the actual work (soldering, wiring, etc..) that’s difficult. It’s understanding the how and why all the different components work together to achieve different tones.. brilliant video R.J.!!
@climber7565 4 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!! thanks for sharing this! Congratulations!
@FingerBob 4 жыл бұрын
Literally one of the best sounding amps I've heard
@guydouglas6094 3 жыл бұрын
That was good to watch. And the amp sounded good. I can see why you enjoyed building that.
@Bass-guitarist 4 жыл бұрын
You will get so much enjoyment from this amp as your own hands constructed it! Well done, great job!
@amoruzz Жыл бұрын
Good job and congratulations! MOJOTONE 👍
@russellesimonetta3835 4 жыл бұрын
Great job!! I,m freaking jealous. Sounds great to me but I love authentic fender sounds. Lots of guys like to put celestions in those but the circuit is a great one.
@fredn2735 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome RJ ,sounds great !
@Xpyburnt_ndz 4 жыл бұрын
Gr8 build! I've been looking into these and I think you've sold me on one! Happy New Year RJ!
@ArturMenezes 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, RJ! I feel the same satisfaction you mentioned when I changed the pickups on my strat. Somehow it makes you more connected to the gear when you build or at least modify it. Happy new year!
@JasonFerguson1283 3 жыл бұрын
That’s a blazing tweed tone!! You should feel proud!! I think I’m going to build a smaller blackface kit.
@CamiloVelandia 4 жыл бұрын
This is a very tempting quarantine past time lol.
@RHEOSTAT380 4 жыл бұрын
Love it! looks like SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!
@MsCatdograt 4 жыл бұрын
The feeling when you build something like this, priceless :D
@bobdekett 4 жыл бұрын
Great job R.J. !
@glennscottharris 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool class. I built a Mojotone champ style kit with my Dad. The documentation did not seem to include as much stuff as in this video. It was basically the parts and the wiring diagram, which for me was pretty tough. I was actually not successful initially and had to get some help from an amp guru... but eventually I got it working and it's a cool little amp and it was an interesting learning experience. Building amps is hard.
@hoboroadie 4 жыл бұрын
It can help you appreciate hiring a craftsman and paying a fair price. My Tweed looks like it was built by Homer Simpson.
@dennisogburn2072 Жыл бұрын
Fun video, RJ - and it's nice to hear you talking about things, since I'm just used to seeing your awesome guitar demos with no talking..
@Deliquescentinsight 4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, it is fabulous building your own gear!
@KleyDeJong 3 жыл бұрын
Nice build man! Love it when they fire up first try!
@antonix_81 3 жыл бұрын
Great job man! Didn't know you built it too! building an amp is super cool👌🏻😁
@steveg.3022 4 жыл бұрын
Really cool ! Now I want to build one!
@TheFeelButton 4 жыл бұрын
You do a great job on these style of vids. What a pleasant way to get a nice amp! Cheers!!
@johnw5734 4 жыл бұрын
I use Mojotone parts for my guitars. Good stuff. I have one of the last Metro Amp 800 series Marshall kits I purchased years ago and never finished. Watching you build the Tweed is jazzin' me up to get it done.
@chrisjeemusic 4 жыл бұрын
That was cool! Would love to try this sometime!
@pittbrat7963 4 жыл бұрын
very nice job! DIY audio and music will def lift off into this new decade. Kits like this are excellent to experiment with. Soldering it to perfection and combined with better transformers(they are the pivotal part) you would be surprised where you can go...!
@christiandude3149 2 жыл бұрын
Well done.... nice Amp!
@shootfromthehipband 4 жыл бұрын
I did a Metro JTM 45 build in 2010. I’m proud of myself ..and it sounds killer
@paulcowart3174 4 жыл бұрын
With the guy's from Metropoulus amps ?
@shootfromthehipband 4 жыл бұрын
No but their tutelage,their instructions easy to follow but did hit a couple of snags and between the forums and their help I got it done ...
@rockabilly12 4 жыл бұрын
Good job RJ.
@strat0871 4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year RJ, best wishes (music and life!) Cheers from France.
@darrenfoleymusic3336 3 жыл бұрын
I built electrical components for streetcars, and it was never this cool. Well done brother!
@yourmomsdildodrawer 4 жыл бұрын
Cool vid. I built the 5E3 weber with 2-12's in it and it's been a solid good sounding amp for for about 12 years now. Enjoy!
@thegaindane 4 жыл бұрын
Well done, sir 👍😁
@teledunc 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I have been thinking about getting one of these kits. I would love to take their course.
@thebigredwagon 4 жыл бұрын
It sounds so good!
@EricMerrow 4 жыл бұрын
seems like a super cool project! Good job on getting yours to work, man!
@ksgtrpkr 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@billmiller7138 4 жыл бұрын
Nice job! Good on you! 've repaired and modified amps, never built one. I'd like to do a tweed Deluxe!
@Steven_SK 4 жыл бұрын
Nice job!
@jeffbenson6102 4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations RJ, that is a fun class. I went to the Phoenix class with Phil. I love these amps!
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@bradly373 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid. Awesome playing also
@markprentice1961 4 жыл бұрын
Good Job R.J. Last month I got a 5f11 vibrolux from Mojotone and I love it. Going to get me the 5e3 deluxe next! Lets see some videos of you rolling some different speakers through it. Right now I'm using a Fat Jimmy c1025 in my 5f11.
@hammer5475 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds killer!
@sboy1955 2 ай бұрын
That’s awesome, I’m interested!
@MichaelJordan-fp6qw 3 жыл бұрын
R.J., thanks for posting this! I'm always looking for bargains on amplifiers but have been pondering the Mojotone route for quite awhile and may do the the 5E3 kit and class. Also, thanks for showing how well that Epi Les Paul sounds! Would love to get a new LP but can't swing for a Gibson. Thanks again! MJ
@baDWolf_75 4 жыл бұрын
I want to do this one day. I think it would be beneficial to have a working knowledge of how amps function. Thanks for sharing your experience!!!
@kimhansen6384 4 жыл бұрын
Classic, but one day is not good enough - in reality that means: Never.
@Stereostupid 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tone
@dryocum 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!!!!!! Brother
@thunderoz1254 4 жыл бұрын
Great work. Thank you for your documentary.
@lesgreen5801 4 жыл бұрын
very satisfying - wish I had a course like that local to me in the UK
@raymondheath7668 4 жыл бұрын
Great Job! I am in the process of building a home brew push/pull 6AQ5 amp. Wish there was a class for that local!
@juddaustin399 4 жыл бұрын
The scariest time for me is installing the speaker! I've built a Tweed pro, a Tweed bassman, a Tweed super and I've modded one of those brown vibroverb RIs with an ab763 circuit. Tons of fun!
@brownsfan7753 4 жыл бұрын
That was really cool! I’ll bet you’ll put that baby to good use!!
@rshock 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been thinking of getting one of those kits as well. I think I’ll just do it! Thx
@mikestormm 4 жыл бұрын
RJ well done! The hardest part is not building, but troubleshooting if something goes wrong.
@ckjjclan 4 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@simonkormendy849 11 ай бұрын
Good onya for giving amp-kit building a go, RJ, you did a great job of it, I wouldn't mind getting the chance to do something like this at least once in my life, I'm currently working on a diy scratch-build Soldano SLO 50 amp-build project.
@RonnyHogland 4 жыл бұрын
Great work! Looking forward to see a sound comparance with Rhetts 5e3.
@saddestchord7622 4 жыл бұрын
I'm doing this if they ever come to Dallas.
@thomascoulter6121 4 жыл бұрын
Just a tip. Jensen speakers take a long time to break in. Probably due to the weak magnet. When they do break in they are great. Many guys think they stink and replace them right away. Give them time. The complex highs and more lows will come. I have 2 and the second one is taking longer than expected to sound like the 1st one. 5e3 is the greatest circuit ever. A couple minor tweaks to make it rip. I swapped first 2 coupling caps to .02uf to minimize low end fart and added a grid stopper PI input resistor. Also, I tweaked/reduced my tone control cap to taste because the original value steals too much mids and gain. Just wanted top end to reduce. Great to see guys building these. Everyone needs one.
@Periskop1 4 жыл бұрын
You're hooked! and there's no coming back:-) Now you can try to build your own from scratch,a 5C1 clone would be the simplest to do and they sound really nice.
@dnantis 3 жыл бұрын
R.J. do you know you can mod the Tone Stack from just only Tone control to Bass & Treble EQ which is a lot better for that amp ! Just move the RED power light to a new location to your like, then on that hole (since it a bigger diameter) spot weld or use rivet a small round quarter size piece of thin metal .. the add another potentiometer and find a Fender schematic that has either Bass and Treble or Bass, Mid, Treb tone stack then look at the cap values on tha Bass and Treb pots and copy that to your amp and all done !! Now this can improve your tone ! .....or you can also move the Ground Switch to another place (maybe use a smaller switch) the move the power switch to the place were the ground was before and then you can add another tone pot to complete FULL EQ of Bass, Midrange and Treble all in a row !! Then copy the 3 pot tone stack wiring exactly as many Fender amps have !!! Wow !! That amp will be a killer with such a little mod ! Listen to this mod here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbiFesqEtLuvoZ8.html Hope you mod yours someday ! Mods you can do ..... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fd6nqJqU0tLcgn0.html
@garykcarpenter 2 жыл бұрын
Wow dude, great to see R.J. hadn't kept up lately since escaping social media nonsense.
@mwagliardo 4 жыл бұрын
Nice job RJ! Please do a demo in your studio with your guitars, would like to hear the amp put through the paces.
@GazMoz78 4 жыл бұрын
Good job man! Entertaining video too :-)
@MARK5-FX 4 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year!
@marksc1929 4 жыл бұрын
...very cool...thank you 👍
@JesusRocks26 3 жыл бұрын
Killer video
@derekwood6705 4 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome
@mykneeshurt8393 4 жыл бұрын
so cool!
@scarlettbueller 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely on my bucket list along with building an Archtop with Dale Unger
@sl.is.google 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool :)
@rude_tech 4 жыл бұрын
Dude, nice! I think everyone should build at least one amp in their lives. The only one I regret building was a point-to-point wired Soldano. It worked fine, but I could never get rid of 100% of the RF interference... PCBs exist for a reason 😭
@hoboroadie 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Wire dress is so important, once you up the gain anywhere. I have seen some beautiful PCBs, mostly Motherboards, but with glorious ground planes and surface mount parts that no amount of hand skills could approach. A sloppy 5F1 with nothing but a speaker to amplify its flaws, otoh, what could go wrong? My 5E5 worked but I know now that somebody else needs to do this for me. Like if I had to entertain a stadium full of people, I would call R.J.
@gaspas 4 жыл бұрын
and i will, what happens if i can't go to the mojotone facilites... with all the questions resolved at the moment, "if someone from mexico" for example, screw up some step , can you have some kind of support?
@teleguy5699 2 жыл бұрын
@@gaspas That's the flaw. No one to QC your work
@andrewbettis4247 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like so much fun I would love to do that 1 day
@kimhansen6384 4 жыл бұрын
Yeahh, but one day is not good enough - in reality that means: Never.
@SpectreSoundStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@unfcknblvbl 4 жыл бұрын
I took the class in Phoenix and it was awesome.
@adamloake 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Would love to do something like that one day
@kimhansen6384 4 жыл бұрын
Yeahh, but one day is not good enough - in reality that means: Never.
@han36solo 4 жыл бұрын
Cool beans!
@neewollah6875 4 жыл бұрын
Whatever song that is played at 3:52 and beyond makes me Happy.
@deandee8082 Жыл бұрын
lets see if it works? fugg dood that sounds great!
@deandee8082 2 жыл бұрын
nice build man I sure do wanna do this myself, basically get the class for like $200
@AndyDion 4 жыл бұрын
It works!!!
@tomcoryell 4 жыл бұрын
Good one RJ! Sounds great! Larry Carlton used a 5E3 on a lot of the Steely Dan stuff he did.
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Such a legendary amp!
@giulioluzzardi7632 Жыл бұрын
Nice one RJ, sounds nice and clear at this end. I hope you keep us all up to speed on how it's performing and if you dig it more than other combos?
@grandudetonesnob7107 4 жыл бұрын
Plug the resolectric into that and throw down some wicked slide when you get home!
@1willywonker 4 жыл бұрын
your very own handwired amp Great
@madbam 4 жыл бұрын
SO awesome....I would love to do that someday...I have built guitars and very small amps but never a fully functional big amp like that...excellent job
@kimhansen6384 4 жыл бұрын
Yeahh, but some day is not good enough - in reality that means: Never.
@madbam 4 жыл бұрын
Kim Hansen I only say someday because the funds aren’t there yet. I have other responsibilities more pressing atm
@kimhansen6384 4 жыл бұрын
@@madbam Sorry.
@madbam 4 жыл бұрын
@@kimhansen6384 No worries...all good
@patprop74 2 жыл бұрын
Damm now that a class id like to do.
@meesterdinglefritz2064 8 ай бұрын
Holy smoke, this guy can talk??!! Great video :)
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