Fender Tweed Deluxe 5e3 Cabinet

Some plans for a tweed deluxe cabinet have been posted on a few guitar related forums.

Fender tweed deluxe 5e3 cabinet.

Jj ecc83 12ax7 1 jj 12ay7 1 output tube s. Cab for a musicmaster bass chassis. New tweed cab for a fender excelsior. Cabs for 2 fender frontman chassis.

Tweed style cabinet manufactured with 3 4 pine. Baffle is 3 8 baltic birch. The speaker baffle board and back panels are made with baltic birch ply. The deluxe retailed for 129 50.

Power deluxe power mojo756ex output deluxe mojo768 or mojo768sp speakers. The february 1957 fender price list shows the deluxe at 129 50 which is equal to 1 145 in 2017 inflation adjusted dollars. There were several other models of the deluxe but the 5e3 is by far the most popular. Cab for a champion 600 chassis.

Cathode biased build time. The originals were constructed of box jointed pine so i planned to do the same. A faithful reproduction made to the exact specifications of the original 1959 5e3 fender narrow panel tweed deluxe style guitar cabinet. It featured the addition of a celestion blue alnico speaker a tighter bass response from the preamp a 12ax7 in v1 instead of a 12ay7 and an added standby switch.

A all tube amplifier output. These cabinets can either have cutouts for amplifier chassis or as an extension cabinet with no amp cutout leaving the top flush and adding a jack cup. Tweed deluxe 1x12 combo cabinet. The latest version was the 5e3 narrow panel version.

5 hours preamp tubes. While there are plenty of places to buy cabinets for these amps i thought it would be fun to build one. Jj 6v6 2 rectifier tube. 1 x 12 extension cab.

The fender tweed deluxe was the most popular tweed amp produced by fender and was used by many guitar players of whom many wrote music history. This cabinet is made out of solid yellow pine joined with 1 4 finger joints. Tv front cab for a 5e3 deluxe chassis. Cab for a princeton reverb chassis.

In 2016 fender issued a hand wired artist signature model fender edge deluxe based on a customized 1957 5e3 tweed deluxe part of the rig of u2 guitarist the edge. For wood you must use void free wood solid wood is preferable for authenticity however high grade birch or mahogany ply or due to the recession mdf can be used. They became collector items a long time ago and are rarley brought out these days to gigs by hobby or professional musicians. The 5e3 deluxe belongs to the narrow panel tweed fender era and was made between 1955 and 1960.

All cabinets are finger jointed. The physical condition of such old amps with tweed cotton tolex and leather handle will simply not allow that. 2x10 cab for a pro jr chassis. Jensen c12q 12 8 ohm speakers 1 cabinet.

These plans are for a 5e3 fender deluxe styled cabinet. But it may leave the tone sounding cheap. Handmade in the usa. No knotted pine cabs allowed.