Split Ground Bus Single "star" ground busīuild a two tube 1 watt Deluxe Micro Amp: Oneġ2AY7 + 12AU7 = Tweed micro fun. LED Pilot Light: Simple LED circuit using 6.3vĪdd Reverb: 3-tube compact reverb circuit fromĬircuit from the Black Face Princeton ReverbĮxtraordinaire John Mergili of Other 5E3 ModificationsĥE3 Point-to-Point Layout If you want to build your Hum Dinger Adjustable Heater Artificial Ground:Įlevate 6.3v Heater Center Tap: Reduce heater Humbucker Switch: Keep the 5E3 from 'farting out' Input Jack Jumper Switch: Jumper the input Select the Normal High or Bright High channel Jack Fender Style Wiring: Use Cliff jacks for the guitar inputs. Rectifier: Voltage Drop and Sag Using a Solid State Rectifier and Sag Safely bleeds off high voltage DC after power downĬheap amplifier insurance. Standby Switch 'Pop Reduction' and Current Surge Protection. Reduce the tone and volume control interaction and make the tone control moreĬontrol: Add a mid tone control that goes from tweed flat to blackface midīaxandall or James TB Tone Stack: A very effective tone stack. Pentode / Triode switch to cut power tube output for lower volume In External Box: External box goes between your amp and speaker to dump 90% of
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What Fender and the Edge did to customize the Edge Deluxeĭumble Tweedle Dee Mods Some interesting modsĭump 3/4 of the amp output for lower volumeĭump 90% of the amp output for true bedroom level output Rectifier Switch: Harsh or Mellow rectification Local Negative Feedback Tune your cascaded high gain preamp tone My second favorite mod, create some real difference between the Normal and Bright channelsĬascaded Inputs for High Gain Channel Make your Power transformer high voltage secondary. Voltage Tap Adjustable Fixed Bias: Get your fixed bias voltage from the Switched Bias: Fixed Bias / Cathode Bias so you can choose 'High and Tight' Phase Inverter Grid Stopper Resistor Keep the phase inverter from freaking Volume + Vox Cut Control? I love this thing To make the 5E3 more pedal friendly and for low volume practice. NFB increases clean headroom and civilizes the My favorite mod: Normal / No Cathode Bypass Cap / Negative Feedback - Adding
If you open an amplifier you MUST verify no voltage remains in the capacitors before WARNINGĪmplifiers have large capacitors that store enough electricity to kill These are the best 5E3 demos I've ever heard. Here's another excellent demo of a home-built, (in a cake pan no less) Listen to this very well recorded demo of aī 5E3 kit. In how the Deluxe amplifier evolved from the 1940's to 2015 see With many of my favorite mods incorporated.įor more 5E3 info see How the 5E3 Deluxe WorksĪnd My 5E3 Deluxe Build. Take a look at the RobRob Deluxe which is a 5E3 Deluxe I encourage everyone to build or buy one. I'm trying to make the amp more versatile. I'm not trying to improve the 5E3 so much as Original 5E3 Deluxe but if you have a Deluxe clone like me then
Is this for everyone? No, for sure not.Photo by Rob Robinette Fender 5E3 Deluxe Amplifier Modifications The EXP Gen can control up to 4 pedals at once and has momentary, latching, auto, and tap tempo modes. The Signal Path Selector is capable of a lot.blending, parallel routing, signal path flipping, loop feedback/oscillation, presets, midi control, 3-1 splitting, and more. This may not be exciting to everyone but Cooper FX dropped these (I think very cool) utility devices today that are a lot smarter than some of the similar stuff out there. Scientist The Atmosphere-(Loop B) CBA MOOD-Arcades GRAIN card Buffer SONG 2 Digitone-Signal Path Selector-(Loop A) Cooper FX Arcades LOFI card VHS-Dr. SONG 1 Digitone-Signal Path Selector-(Loop A) Alexander Sugarcube-Cooper FX Arcades LOFI card Reverb -(Loop B) CBA MOOD-Gen Loss V2 OP here-signal path is a little strange I guess.
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