Poll: What is your favorite 50s-era Fender tweed amp (or clone thereof)?

I probably don't have enough experience to vote, but I voted for a 5f4 Super. I'd love to hear a 5e7 Bandmaster, which is essentially a Super with 3 speakers instead of 2, to see if I like it better. But for now, I'm voting for the Tweed Super. Small enough to be portable. Can be clean, clear, and punchy, but can offer some nice breakup, too, at less than ear-bleeding levels (I'm looking at you, Tweed Twins).

Aesthetically, though, all the tweed Fenders are my favorites.

 

My fav is whatever one Rory Gallagher was using at any given time. When he moved away from his bassman and his twins, histone wasn't as good, imo.

 

My 60 Deluxe 5E3. Stupidly sold it but built a clone with some mods in it. I found it to be very versatile after the learning curve with the interactive controls. It loved single coils and humbuckers alike.

 

The best sounding tweeds I ever had (I've had a few) were a couple of '57-'59 Pros and a '59 high power Twin.

 

I love the 5b3 deluxe. This one is a Lil Dawg. My favorite amp hands down.

 

I used to have a '57 Deluxe, a Tweed Bassman RI, and several old Marshalls all at the same time.
Years later I played a Victoria Tweed Twin.
I've also played two or three other old Tweeds but only know one was a Pro, not even sure which version.
And I have a Kendrick 5f1.
Basically the late Bassman (including the Twin) to Marshall is my favorite DNA from the Tweed family.

I've never played any of the earlier octal pre Tweeds though and I might like those too, I have loved some early Ampeg octal pre/ amps.
When i had the 57 Deluxe I also had a '50s Ampeg Jet, which pretty much killed the Deluxe.

 

I built a Mission Amps 5E3 chassis kit in 2007. I picked up a Mojo cabinet on eBay and an alnico Sig 12 from Weber. Put one coat of Minwax honey pine poly on the tweed.

I immediately sold off my only other amp, a Mesa Studio 22. The Mesa was a good amp, just too complicated for me, too many knobs.

What a great feeling it was to build an amp, go through all the checking and initial start up procedures, and finally plug in a guitar and let it rip. This is still with the amp plugged in to an outlet controlled by a wall switch so I can chop the power without touching it. I launch into The Mar Keys' Grab This Thing, and it sounds so good, so perfect, I just can't stop grinning.

It's still my only amp thirteen years later, and it still makes me grin. Many thanks to Bruce Collins at Mission for his help getting started.

 

I would vote for a 1949 Dual Professional followed by a high powered tweed twin.

 

Never played any of them but I’d still take a Vibro-whatever...or any of them really.

 

Little tweedy boys! If we are all likin this stuff, we should all be aware of the heavy challengers. Valco products, Supro, National and amps they made for others. I just traded my awesome Supro 54 Spectator for a 57ri Champ. I don't know who got the better deal, Supro 50's amps are awesome and vibe heavy. And sound magnificent. And if you want NEW in a VINTAGE vein, look at Vintage 47 for an incredible tweed frickazie.

I have a 57 ri champ, an EC Champ, another ri quasi Clapton no vibrato champ.. They sound best when using my special 1x8 cabinets with Jensen special design Alnicos. Some more bottom.

 

I love the tweed sound, but have never played anything other than amp sims. So I’m not going to vote.

 

I voted Tremolux over Deluxe because of the big box, plus I'd love to hear a 5G9. I also voted for the Super, as Inplayed a 5F4 clone that sounded fantastic.

I also voted for high power Twin and the Bassman for obvious reasons.

 

By far the greatest amp I have ever owned and gigged (and of course, STUPIDLY sold) was a 5e7 Bandmaster built by Mark Norwine into a burnt out Fender Blues Deluxe chassis/cabinet. It had an EV12L speaker in it, was loud enough on 3 to make animals in Africa stampede... and it weighed like 100lbs (which is why I sold it in a fit of G.A.S.).

That was far and away the most incredible and intoxicating Fender clean tone I have ever had. Even at low volume it sounded unreal... I could sit and noodle on it at low (and high) volumes for hours at a time. It loved every guitar and pedal I threw at it. And now I'm sad remembering how I stupidly sold it... lol

 

I like your ornamental Cactus, I'd have one too except there are so many in my neighborhood.

 

AMP SIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yelled in Yosemite Sams voice.

 

You guys tired of me gushing over the High Power Twin yet?