fender reissue tweed deluxe

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skyking

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I just read on the fender forum that they're about to ship these amps. They are ptp wired and I guess they're from the custom shop like the twin. The list price is supposed to be around 2,500 dollars. With all of the clones and kits out there, is fender a little too late and a lot more expensive than the other smaller builders out there, or is the nameplate enough for you to want to buy one? Just want to get some of you guys thoughts. I think its about time they did this, but with all the kits out there I think I would rather go that route than pay for the fender.
 
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The Mission Amps 5E3 kit is $629, including cabinet & speaker. For another $299, they'll sell you a "completely built & tested" chassis. You do the math...

Better yet, Scott of Celtic Amps has a 6V6 Aislinn in stock for $800 (as of 12/31/06).

I can't see paying an extra $1,300 just for the Fender logo.

YMMV

Chip
 
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I havent seen anything official on the price but if it listed for around 2500 you could probably walk out the door for much less. I'm sure we will start hearing more on it soon. I just read two threads off of fender forum and the tele forum.
 
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This is whats going around...

Fender Recreates Legendary ’57 Deluxe™ Amp
-- A Premium, Hand-Wired Recreation of One of the World’s Most Timeless and Collectible Tube Guitar Amps --

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (January 18, 2007)—Fender amp-heads, rejoice! In a nod to countless requests from fans worldwide, Fender will begin producing authentic, hand-wired recreations of the amazing ’57 Deluxe™ guitar amp. This highly-collectible, 12-watt, all-tube amplifier with 12” speaker will be hand-built, one by one, at the Fender factory in Corona, Calif.

For the uninitiated, the original Fender Deluxe™ amps of the 1950s were medium-powered units designed to let guitarists “hold their own” in a small group. As blues, western, and rockabilly bands began getting louder and wilder, the overdriven tone of a cranked-up Deluxe found its way onto countless live and recorded performances. Over the past five decades, players of every conceivable style have employed ’50s-era Deluxe amps for their unmistakable warm, rich tube tone.

“We are really proud to be giving discerning guitarists and tube amp enthusiasts what they’ve been asking for,” noted Fender’s Marketing Manager of Amplifiers, Shane Nicholas. “This is such a soulful, timeless amp, so we took great pains to nail the perfect sound and vibe.”

Like the original models, the ’57 Deluxe recreation will feature a hand-wired, all-tube late 1950s 5E3 circuit design, 12” Alnico-magnet Jensen® P-12Q speaker, a 5Y3GT rectifier tube (to provide natural “sag”) and a finger-joined solid pine cabinet to resonate with a warm, woody tone. And cosmetically, this lacquered tweed amp is virtually undistinguishable from the original, save for a “standby” switch in place of the 1950s-issue “polarity” switch.

But the ’57 Deluxe is really all about its tone—packing tons of harmonically rich clean sounds at lower volumes, and a fat, compressed, wildly distorted sound that’s completely inspiring (and easy to record) when you turn it up.

“Set the knobs half-way up, and it provides gorgeous clean or overdriven tones depending on picking dynamics,” confirmed Nicholas. “But when this amp is cranked, it distorts like a sweating, snorting pig.”

The ’57 Deluxe will be available beginning in February 2007.
 
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MSRP $2569.99
Street $1799.99

Im glad that Fender is finally starting to "get it' when it comes to things but IMO it's too little too late and for too much $$$
 
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WAY too much money for a simple circuit like a 5E3...you can buy a real one for less than that.
 
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Sad thing is that some fools will be waiting in line to buy these things! :smack:
 
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ES350 said:
WAY too much money for a simple circuit like a 5E3...you can buy a real one for less than that.
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That was my first thought as well...I started looking around and it looks like real late 50's Deluxe amps are going for 3k and mor these days...a wide panel or TV Fornt can still be had for less that 2k but the narrow panels are getting up there.

That said, IMO $1800 is still too much money for a tweed Deluxe, not to mewntion like Joe said...there are guys out there doing better quality clones for less money!
 
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B Bent said:
You are such a goof!!!!!!
You are just jealous you won't be doing the Mr. Roboto out on the dance floor at Wild Bills with 5000 of Atlanta's hottest babes like me! :nana:

Let's hope Lindsey doesn't see my little joke here! :chairfall
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The show is at Wild Bills?!
 
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the guy who invented fire said:
The show is at Wild Bills?!
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Yeah kinda weird huh??

The only other time I have been there was to see Brad Paisley.

BTW: What are you doing at home? Shouldn't you be out working like the rest of us that are currently posting this morning??? :chairfall
 
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Way too much $$$ when there are many high quality 5e3's already on the market. Fender has already priced themselves out of the running.
 
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Gahh, on the right track but still off in my book. #1, Yes, the thing costs too much for what it is. #2, Tweed Deluxes have been done over so many times by other companies. #3, these other tweed deluxes will probably be better and much cheaper than Fender's counterpart. Even the Victoria model, which people say is a high price, runs $200 - $300 less than the Fender, and it probably has a stronger cab and very similar, if not better components.

Yes, most of that has been said already, but here's what really kills the deal for me at least. The speaker. I personally do not like the Italian Jensen Reissues for various reasons (not the worst, but there is so much more out there that beats it by miles). I think Fender did a great job by using the Weber 12A150A speakers (same speakers, however are manufactured by Eminence probably to make them more easily available and cheaper for Fender) in their Tweed Twin clone. If they would have gone the Weber route it would have been a better "players'" amp, but of course, its going to turn out to be almost a "collectors item" so speaker wont really matter to some people.

I do however think that this and their 3 new guitars making up their new vintage hot rod series is a big step in the right direction. Hopefully, prices will come down, but they know people will buy their stuff, so they can charge what they want. Maybe we'll be seeing some handwired blackface or brownface amps in the future. Like many people say, this is the golden age of guitar gear and I think it's only going to get better within the next few years.
 
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Let the buyers vote with their wallets.

Here's what I want to know... Where are they going to get 5Y3 rectifier tubes? What is being sold today as a new 5Y3 is a piece of crap from Russia that is relabeled and hotter than a 5Y3 should be. They are either 5V4 or 5R4 in reality.

I went to Lord Valve a while back and bought a dozen NOS 5Y3's just for that reason. If Fender wants to do this right, they'll have to offer NOS or they'll have to convince some company to make the real mccoy.

And, someone above was correct, there will be some folks out there that will be waiting in line to buy the first ones. It's their money. :)
 
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I'll be interested to hear one and see how it stacks up against my '56. :)

good points by everyone

I think F***** really had to be prodded into this. Small amps often don't pencil out when compared with larger amps. Some people will look at a 12 watt Deluxe, and say, "hey, it's almost as much as a Tweed Twin - it's not worth it."

and yes, builders like Victoria and Clark can do it just as good for less $$$$.

But there are still a lot of people who love that F****r logo, and they'll sell a ton.
 
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