Tweed amps - Fender Harvard (5f10) vs Deluxe (5e3)

[sgosnell]

That is excellent work on the cabinet that Valdez posted. Getting any covering to look that neat is difficult. I can't tell how it sounds from a picture, but it certainly looks good.

[Greentone]

+1 on the beautiful cabinet work. A deluxe with a 15" speaker is a neat idea, too. Way to go.

[icr]

One day I realized I had enough left-over parts, including spare cabinet, to make another whole amp. Amp building begets amp building. So I made this 5e3 a 'baby bassman' with a 4x10 cabinet.

[Valdez]

Thanks guys.
Of caurse I bulid that cab myselfe ;-) (Have a look at my FB site)
And sorry no octal tubes in this amp, perhaps next time,
I allways have an eye on the octal Fenders.
I like that octal sound from my Elektra.
The V47 amps are looking realy great, they have inspired me for this cab. ;-)
And the baby bassman is cool as well.
This year I build a tweet stack for a client, 5E3 + 2x12".

[Greentone]

One day I realized I had enough left-over parts, including spare cabinet, to make another whole amp. Amp building begets amp building. So I made this 5e3 a 'baby bassman' with a 4x10 cabinet.

icr,

I did this once, years back. I wired the speakers like a Fender Hot Rod DeVille, i.e., an 8-ohm load (series-parallel) instead of a Bassman's 2-ohm load. This fed the output transformer from the 5e3 nicely. The result was glorious.

+1 on your amp. Best sounding "Deluxe" I ever made.

(I have a cabinet, by the way, that I want to try out with a 5e3 circuit in which I designed a 4 x 8" baffleboard. I want to use four Weber alnico 8" speakers in it with a 8-ohm load. I just need to select the 8-ohm Weber 8S alnico speakers, not the 4-ohm models.)

[ruger9]

Total mindf#ck . I always assumed Greentone just happened to look A LOT like Grant Green! Will have to take everything he says with a grain of salt from now on!

HA!!! That was my first thought when seeing that pic as well!!!!

Not to hijack the thread, but now I have to ask: Greentone- if one wanted to explore Grant Green, what collection would you recommend they start with?

[Greentone]

Ruger9,

If you are buying, get the box set of Grant's 1st four albums as a leader at Blue Note. Awesome.

If you are listening on a digital service, listen to Grant's First Stand, Sunday Morning, Greenstreet, and Grantstand.