DIY Tweed Deluxe 5E3 Head (11.5dBu)

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I’ve made captures of my take on the 5E3 Tweed Deluxe circuit. The captures were done at 11.5dBu = 0dBFS through a Suhr Reactive Load, DIYRE L2A reamp, and a Steinberg UR824 audio interface. Each capture was trained at 1000 Epochs. The form factor inspired by the Lil Dawg lunchbox heads of Tweed amps. The approach to the build was based on my experience building a Plexi-style amp. The amp I built has control markings of 0-100 (simplified to 0-10) while the real amp goes from 1-12. My Amp Nomenclature vs Fender 5E3 In1 - Instrument Channel plugged in In2 - Mic Channel plugged in Vol 1 (V1) - Instrument Channel Vol 2 (V2) - Mic Channel Controls at Min - 0 on my amp - 1 on Fender 9:00 - 2 on my amp - 3 on Fender 12:00 - 5 on my amp - 6.5 on Fender 3:00 - 8 on my amp - 10 on Fender Controls at Max - 10 on my amp - 12 on Fender I typically like the tone up higher (6-8 on my amp). While watching some Larry Carlton videos on YouTube, I saw that he keeps all his active controls fairly low (3-5 on the Fender scale). The amp breaks up quickly, but the high settings on the unused channel will clean up the amp. With the V2 knob set at 9-10, V1 settings become clean-ish. Gerald Weber’s volume settings from the book “Tube Amp Talk for the Guitarist and Tech” are represented with V1-5 V2-10 settings. In1 are the clean Instrument Channel settings from the cranked V2 knob. In2 are the Mic Channel settings at maximum gain. Some electrical differences with my amp vs typical 5E3 construction: -Vishay Metal Film resistors vs traditional carbon comp -A mix of 150/MKT1813/F&T caps vs Orange Drop/Astron clones/IC caps found in other kits/builds I was updating a blog sporadically as I built the amp: https://outmodedelectronics.blogspot.com/search/label/Amp%20Build%20-%205E3?m=1

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