I am going to start getting rid of excess “stuff”. This includes some tube guitar amps (built by me, excluding the Ampeg) and one solid state;
Mid 50’s Fender Champ clone, chassis only, needing cabinet and speaker. ~5watts The little amp came to me a while back after sitting for years and some of the parts had been stripped. I turned it into a little Champ Class A single ended amp. It gives about 5 watts of power and unlike Fender’s new reissue version, this has a 5Y3 tube rectifier as the old models did and this gives serious tone. It breaks up nicely when turned up high, but many don’t want or need this. Blues guys depend on it.
Mid 50’s Fender Pro clone also needing cabinet and speaker ~24 watts;
The Fender 1954 Tweed PRO model 5C5 had some liberties taken with it. Instead of using the old 6L6G tubes, I used old 807’s a military transmitting version of the 6L6 that is more rugged and can handle higher anode voltages( because I have a million of them and they are cheap), allowing for a bit more power without sacrificing anything. I also added a choke to the power supply giving it more regulation for the loud bass notes. Instead of one tone control, I added another so now there is a coarse and fine tone control, plus 4 inputs and 2 volumes. The tone controls work on both inputs collectively. The output transformer came out of an old AMI juke box running 6L6s and I bought it from a fellow in Midrand. This amp is good for about 25+ watts and looks cool if I say so myself. Like the Champ, at a high volume, it breaks up nicely. I used the original tubes, 6SC7's and 5U4G (except for the 807’s) from the 50’s for tone and originality.
A Fender Deluxe clone (donor amp chassis came from an organ and I used EL84 tubes instead of the original 6V6’s because of space and they are very similar to one another) in a wooden cabinet with a 12 inch vintage Jensen speaker. ~15 watts
AN Ampeg B25XT combo from 1965, working, could stand a going through, but this is a difficult amp to work on because of design and space so since it works, I never did it. It is a gorgeous old amp that runs on 115 volts. 60 watts
Also have an immaculate 50 watt Marshall solid state MGDX50 amp with a pedal. It sounds like a solid state amp and I hate it.
I had not played the 5C5 in a few months until today since someone is interested in this and the Champ. I'm starting to have second thoughts about selling it because I again realized how nice it sounds, but I gave my word and I'll keep it. It really sounds nice.
If I knew how to post a picture I would.
Peace, Mark
Mid 50’s Fender Champ clone, chassis only, needing cabinet and speaker. ~5watts The little amp came to me a while back after sitting for years and some of the parts had been stripped. I turned it into a little Champ Class A single ended amp. It gives about 5 watts of power and unlike Fender’s new reissue version, this has a 5Y3 tube rectifier as the old models did and this gives serious tone. It breaks up nicely when turned up high, but many don’t want or need this. Blues guys depend on it.
Mid 50’s Fender Pro clone also needing cabinet and speaker ~24 watts;
The Fender 1954 Tweed PRO model 5C5 had some liberties taken with it. Instead of using the old 6L6G tubes, I used old 807’s a military transmitting version of the 6L6 that is more rugged and can handle higher anode voltages( because I have a million of them and they are cheap), allowing for a bit more power without sacrificing anything. I also added a choke to the power supply giving it more regulation for the loud bass notes. Instead of one tone control, I added another so now there is a coarse and fine tone control, plus 4 inputs and 2 volumes. The tone controls work on both inputs collectively. The output transformer came out of an old AMI juke box running 6L6s and I bought it from a fellow in Midrand. This amp is good for about 25+ watts and looks cool if I say so myself. Like the Champ, at a high volume, it breaks up nicely. I used the original tubes, 6SC7's and 5U4G (except for the 807’s) from the 50’s for tone and originality.
A Fender Deluxe clone (donor amp chassis came from an organ and I used EL84 tubes instead of the original 6V6’s because of space and they are very similar to one another) in a wooden cabinet with a 12 inch vintage Jensen speaker. ~15 watts
AN Ampeg B25XT combo from 1965, working, could stand a going through, but this is a difficult amp to work on because of design and space so since it works, I never did it. It is a gorgeous old amp that runs on 115 volts. 60 watts
Also have an immaculate 50 watt Marshall solid state MGDX50 amp with a pedal. It sounds like a solid state amp and I hate it.
I had not played the 5C5 in a few months until today since someone is interested in this and the Champ. I'm starting to have second thoughts about selling it because I again realized how nice it sounds, but I gave my word and I'll keep it. It really sounds nice.
If I knew how to post a picture I would.
Peace, Mark
