1958 Fender Deluxe Tweed Narrow Panel Vintage Tube Amp 5E3 w/ Jensen P12R
$8,999.99
$8,999.99
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Up for sale, a 1958 Fender Deluxe, freshly serviced and in perfect working order. This amp retains the original tweed, transformers, and Jensen P12R speaker. Few circuits are more desired and emulated than the narrow panel Tweed 5E3, and this amp sounds much like it looks; punchy, mean and delivering roaring, harmonic-rich overdrive. Extremely responsive to player inputs and delivering a glassy, rounded clean tone at lower volumes, the amp really sings when pushed, and bridging the channels yields sweet buzzy qualities with ideal midrange bite that one often can't coax out of any other Tweed circuit. This amp reacts well to a host of effects pedals and different guitars, but truly shines with the guitar plugged straight into the amp, using the volume knob to coax clean rhythm tones and singing leads with the twist of a knob.
The original Triad transformer pair is intact, and the circuit has been freshly recapped, with high quality Sprague Atoms in the power supply and premium Jupiter-branded caps in the preamp that faithfully reproduce the tonal qualities of the original yellow Astrons. Two of the three original CTS pots are intact, with visible date codes from the 27th week of 1958. Tubes include a vintage RCA 5Y3 rectifier, a matched pair of JJ 6V6 power tubes, and modern valves in the preamp.
The original Jensen P12R alnico magnet 12" driver is intact, with the Jensen foil sticker on the bell cover. The date on the edge of the speaker frame is from the 47th week of 1956. The tube chart is quite well-kept, with a "HJ" date stamp which translates to October of 1958.
The chrome on the chassis is bright and clean, with all of the original white silkscreen text present, retaining the original chicken head knobs. The original ambered tweed and oxblood grillcloth are present, with various marks of wear on the enclosure. The two original back panels were inexplicably painted black and stripped back to the original tweed, while the rest of the tweed was unaffected.
The original Triad transformer pair is intact, and the circuit has been freshly recapped, with high quality Sprague Atoms in the power supply and premium Jupiter-branded caps in the preamp that faithfully reproduce the tonal qualities of the original yellow Astrons. Two of the three original CTS pots are intact, with visible date codes from the 27th week of 1958. Tubes include a vintage RCA 5Y3 rectifier, a matched pair of JJ 6V6 power tubes, and modern valves in the preamp.
The original Jensen P12R alnico magnet 12" driver is intact, with the Jensen foil sticker on the bell cover. The date on the edge of the speaker frame is from the 47th week of 1956. The tube chart is quite well-kept, with a "HJ" date stamp which translates to October of 1958.
The chrome on the chassis is bright and clean, with all of the original white silkscreen text present, retaining the original chicken head knobs. The original ambered tweed and oxblood grillcloth are present, with various marks of wear on the enclosure. The two original back panels were inexplicably painted black and stripped back to the original tweed, while the rest of the tweed was unaffected.
