SDG 5E3 clone kit and Weber Revibe sound clips

milocj · April 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM

Please don't pick on me as this is the first time I've ever done this.

Here are a few soundclips of my GE Smith Tele into the Revibe and through my 5E3 clone. I finished the Revibe a few weeks after building the 5E3. The Revibe kit was purchased from Weber a couple of years ago in the prototype stage and I finally got around to finishing it. All of the internal parts came from Tonecraft Amp Repair.

Please excuse the playing. The recordings were just done quickly to send as samples to a few friends so there are some mistakes (although I can't play a whole lot better).

This was recorded with a mic in front of the amp and into a 4-track cassette. Then I transferred it to Audacity on the computer and converted it to an MP3. No additional eq was added.

milocj · April 16th, 2008, 04:27 PM

I think I had the wrong link for sharing.http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6465945

I told you I was new at this

giogolf · April 16th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Great sound, nothing to pick on there. I really dig the vibe.

jumpnblues · April 16th, 2008, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milocj

I think I had the wrong link for sharing.http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6465945

I told you I was new at this

Man, milocj, nothing wrong with that at all. Great playing, great tone, great sounding reverb and trem. Great job on the build (I couldn't do it). Very nicely done.

Tom

Ricky D. · April 17th, 2008, 12:24 AM

That sounds HUGE! Big, fat notes. Some people play their whole lives without sounding that good.

tjalla · April 17th, 2008, 04:32 AM

Very cool! Sounded great, thanks for sharing. Another reminder that I gotta get me a weber kit one of these days...

JohnnyCrash · April 17th, 2008, 05:21 AM

Very cool!!

I'd personally like to hear more of the amp naked - by itself. The trem and 'verb together were really cool too.

What speaker is in your 5E3? The Fender American Vintage pickups (or whatever your particular GE Smith has) and the 5E3 had a very nice bottom end together... I like it!

Ah man, everytime I have trem I play that same CCR song too... it's addicting.

milocj · April 17th, 2008, 08:00 AM

Thanks guys.
I actually have more of the amp by itself but the clip was getting long. I can try to pop some more of that up today after work. I don't think I ever found any clips of 5E3s set clean so I figured that's what I would throw up for my first attempt.

I'm using a Weber alnico Blue Dog in it. I whimped out on paying the extra $50for a Celestion Blue, plus my favorite local store had the Weber in stock.

Here are some links to photos of the two builds.
5E3:
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...t=DSC01865.jpg
Revibe:
http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...t=DSC01917.jpg

Larry F · April 17th, 2008, 09:29 AM

I would really like to hear the reverb without the tremolo. If it is not too much trouble to post that, That would be great.

milocj · April 17th, 2008, 10:42 AM

I think there's a brief spot a couple of minutes into the clip (that sounds suspiciously like "Old Love") that was reverb only.

If nobody minds listening to mediocre playing I don't have any problems trying to add a few more clips of amp alone and amp with reverb alone after work tonight.

lewis · April 17th, 2008, 11:04 AM

Did you substitute any parts from your Weber order?
Thanks for sharing the sound clip and photos.

milocj · April 17th, 2008, 11:51 AM

Lewis,
That's kind of a long story, but yes. When I bought the Revibe "kit" from Weber it was still in the prototype stage and only came with a chassis and eyelet board. On top of that the eyelet board wasn't complete or correct.

I had to make my own filter cap board/doghouse set-up and also the small SS rectifier board that I screwed to the inside end of the chassis. At that time I ordered the power transformer, small caps and resistors individually from Ted and all of the Spragues, jacks, pots, output transformer, and choke from Jon at Tonecraft. Surgery and some other things put this on the backburner for me for a couple of years.

Now that they actually have the whole kit worked out at Weber I bought a new eyelet board. I cut the end off of it that would have held the rectifier and power supply section because that was already wired up in my chassis. I just ordered all new board components (cloth pushback wire, Orange Drops and US made carbon comp resistors) from Tonecraft and started the board from scratch rather than stripping components off the other board.

There are a lot of under board connections jumpering all the eyelets on this thing and I basically did a "point to point" type deal where I bent a lot of leads under the board and up into the next eyelet rather than using wire jumpers. I'm really glad it worked on the first try.

milocj · April 17th, 2008, 07:11 PM

It's been awhile since I surfed, and the fingers weren't working great after all day at work, but here are two more samples. Hopefully they'll get the idea across of what the builds sound like and are capable of.

Amp by itself
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6469537

Amp with reverb alone (I should have turned more wet signal up)
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6469531

April 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	SDG 5E3 clone kit and Weber Revibe sound clips Please don't pick on me as this is the first time I've ever done this. Here are a few soundclips of my GE Smith Tele into the Revibe and through my 5E3 clone. I finished the Revibe a few weeks after building the 5E3. The Revibe kit was purchased from Weber a couple of years ago in the prototype stage and I finally got around to finishing it. All of the internal parts came from Tonecraft Amp Repair. Please excuse the playing. The recordings were just done quickly to send as samples to a few friends so there are some mistakes (although I can't play a whole lot better). This was recorded with a mic in front of the amp and into a 4-track cassette. Then I transferred it to Audacity on the computer and converted it to an MP3. No additional eq was added. Last edited by milocj; April 16th, 2008 at 04:28 PM.

April 17th, 2008, 09:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
Larry F Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Iowa City, IA Age: 56 Posts: 2,665	I would really like to hear the reverb without the tremolo. If it is not too much trouble to post that, That would be great. __________________ larry

April 17th, 2008, 11:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
lewis Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,922 28 Photos	Did you substitute any parts from your Weber order? Thanks for sharing the sound clip and photos. __________________ "I'm a maestro, I'm a maestro," Taj Mahal, 8/20/05.

April 17th, 2008, 07:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	You asked for it It's been awhile since I surfed, and the fingers weren't working great after all day at work, but here are two more samples. Hopefully they'll get the idea across of what the builds sound like and are capable of. Amp by itself http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6469537 Amp with reverb alone (I should have turned more wet signal up) http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6469531

April 16th, 2008, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	I think I had the wrong link for sharing.http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6465945 I told you I was new at this

April 16th, 2008, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
giogolf Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 198	Great sound, nothing to pick on there. I really dig the vibe.

April 17th, 2008, 12:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ricky D. Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Age: 57 Posts: 969	That sounds HUGE! Big, fat notes. Some people play their whole lives without sounding that good.

April 17th, 2008, 04:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
tjalla Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,950 7 Photos	Very cool! Sounded great, thanks for sharing. Another reminder that I gotta get me a weber kit one of these days...

April 17th, 2008, 05:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	Very cool!! I'd personally like to hear more of the amp naked - by itself. The trem and 'verb together were really cool too. What speaker is in your 5E3? The Fender American Vintage pickups (or whatever your particular GE Smith has) and the 5E3 had a very nice bottom end together... I like it! Ah man, everytime I have trem I play that same CCR song too... it's addicting.

April 17th, 2008, 08:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	Thanks guys. I actually have more of the amp by itself but the clip was getting long. I can try to pop some more of that up today after work. I don't think I ever found any clips of 5E3s set clean so I figured that's what I would throw up for my first attempt. I'm using a Weber alnico Blue Dog in it. I whimped out on paying the extra $50for a Celestion Blue, plus my favorite local store had the Weber in stock. Here are some links to photos of the two builds. 5E3: http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...t=DSC01865.jpg Revibe: http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...t=DSC01917.jpg

April 17th, 2008, 10:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	I think there's a brief spot a couple of minutes into the clip (that sounds suspiciously like "Old Love") that was reverb only. If nobody minds listening to mediocre playing I don't have any problems trying to add a few more clips of amp alone and amp with reverb alone after work tonight.

April 17th, 2008, 11:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 456 3 Photos	Lewis, That's kind of a long story, but yes. When I bought the Revibe "kit" from Weber it was still in the prototype stage and only came with a chassis and eyelet board. On top of that the eyelet board wasn't complete or correct. I had to make my own filter cap board/doghouse set-up and also the small SS rectifier board that I screwed to the inside end of the chassis. At that time I ordered the power transformer, small caps and resistors individually from Ted and all of the Spragues, jacks, pots, output transformer, and choke from Jon at Tonecraft. Surgery and some other things put this on the backburner for me for a couple of years. Now that they actually have the whole kit worked out at Weber I bought a new eyelet board. I cut the end off of it that would have held the rectifier and power supply section because that was already wired up in my chassis. I just ordered all new board components (cloth pushback wire, Orange Drops and US made carbon comp resistors) from Tonecraft and started the board from scratch rather than stripping components off the other board. There are a lot of under board connections jumpering all the eyelets on this thing and I basically did a "point to point" type deal where I bent a lot of leads under the board and up into the next eyelet rather than using wire jumpers. I'm really glad it worked on the first try.