Fender Tweed Deluxe 5e3 Cabinet

The latest version was the 5e3 narrow panel version.

Fender tweed deluxe 5e3 cabinet.

It featured the addition of a celestion blue alnico speaker a tighter bass response from the preamp a 12ax7 in v1 instead of a 12ay7 and an added standby switch. The speaker baffle board and back panels are made with baltic birch ply. Jj 6v6 2 rectifier tube. A faithful reproduction made to the exact specifications of the original 1959 5e3 fender narrow panel tweed deluxe style guitar cabinet.

While there are plenty of places to buy cabinets for these amps i thought it would be fun to build one. Cab for a musicmaster bass chassis. In 2016 fender issued a hand wired artist signature model fender edge deluxe based on a customized 1957 5e3 tweed deluxe part of the rig of u2 guitarist the edge. Cab for a princeton reverb chassis.

The february 1957 fender price list shows the deluxe at 129 50 which is equal to 1 145 in 2017 inflation adjusted dollars. All cabinets are finger jointed. Tweed deluxe 1x12 combo cabinet. 5e3 was fender s internal model designation for the 1957 tweed deluxe.

5 hours preamp tubes. The deluxe retailed for 129 50. They became collector items a long time ago and are rarley brought out these days to gigs by hobby or professional musicians. Cab for a champion 600 chassis.

Tv front cab for a 5e3 deluxe chassis. A all tube amplifier output. The originals were constructed of box jointed pine so i planned to do the same. No knotted pine cabs allowed.

2x10 cab for a pro jr chassis. Some plans for a tweed deluxe cabinet have been posted on a few guitar related forums. These plans are for a 5e3 fender deluxe styled cabinet. 1 x 12 extension cab.

Handmade in the usa. Baffle is 3 8 baltic birch. 2 x 10 compact cab for a 50 s fender deluxe chassis. The fender tweed deluxe was the most popular tweed amp produced by fender and was used by many guitar players of whom many wrote music history.

But it may leave the tone sounding cheap. Cabs for 2 fender frontman chassis. There were several other models of the deluxe but the 5e3 is by far the most popular. Cathode biased build time.

For wood you must use void free wood solid wood is preferable for authenticity however high grade birch or mahogany ply or due to the recession mdf can be used. The fender tweed deluxe is a guitar amp that was built by fender from 1948 to 1966 in different versions. Jj ecc83 12ax7 1 jj 12ay7 1 output tube s. Tweed style cabinet manufactured with 3 4 pine.

Jensen c12q 12 8 ohm speakers 1 cabinet. These cabinets can either have cutouts for amplifier chassis or as an extension cabinet with no amp cutout leaving the top flush and adding a jack cup. The 5e3 deluxe belongs to the narrow panel tweed fender era and was made between 1955 and 1960. This cabinet is made out of solid yellow pine joined with 1 4 finger joints.