#TWEED BANDMASTER 5E7 FULL#
#TWEED BANDMASTER 5E7 PRO#

We also noticed that there was no transient spikiness, so pedal- steel licks on the back pickup need no compressor enhancement.Įven before the amp volume reaches halfway, a deliciously Stonsey overdrive and grind makes its presence felt.

#TWEED BANDMASTER 5E7 FULL#

The bottom end is lusciously full and rounded without being too loose and the midrange is extremely clear and articulate. However, the high-end also retains sweetness even when the treble and presence controls are pushed way beyond half way.Īt the other extreme the 15-inch ensures that there’s no chance of a Telecaster sounding wiry or lean. Some claim that 15-inch speakers lack treble but the Eminence brings out all of this circuit’s natural jangle, chime and cut.

#TWEED BANDMASTER 5E7 PRO#

Since a tweed Pro and a Telecaster is regarded as a marriage made in heaven (aka Fullerton) that’s where we started. The large cabinet is clearly playing a part, too, because the Pro sounds huge through its own speaker and the room-filling qualities belie its modest 26-watt power rating.

A 15-inch diameter provides a lot of speaker surface area and tested against a 12-inch Fane A60 in our Rift PR18 cabinet, the Eminence sounds both louder and brighter. The sound and response of the ’57 Custom Pro is much closer to the vintage tweed amps we have come to know and love, but the 15-inch speaker is the main event and it sets the Pro apart from all other tweeds. There’s no denying it was a pretty successful outcome in that regard, but for better or worse, the amplifier isn’t entirely ‘vintage’ in sound or function. When we reviewed Fender’s The Edge Deluxe in 2016 it seemed that the 5E3’s gain structure had been tweaked to deliver creamy overdrive at reasonable volumes. Even so, Fender is using its own-brand yellow Astron repro capacitors made from craft paper, tin foil and resin – just like the originals. Although the circuit is hand-wired on traditional eyelet board, the resistors are not carbon composite and plastic insulated hookup wire is used throughout in preference to cloth covered wire. It’s fair to say that Fender feels less bound to vintage specifications than some boutique builders. A period-correct 5U4 rectifier can be substituted for gain and feel that’s truer to vintage Pros and a 12AX7 can be used in V1 to hasten overdrive onset.

Since it’s a replica of a ’57 model, the power valves are 6L6s rather than 5881s (used from ’58 to ’60) and they get their juice from a 5AR4 rectifier valve. Period schematics also specify a 12AY7 for V2, but this reissue has a 12AX7. Already the tone stack had evolved to a Baxandall-type configuration and negative feedback was being used with a presence control in the loop along with fixed bias.įender has stayed true to vintage spec with a 12AY7 in the V1 position. Tell someone you know about this product.The model Fender has chosen here represents an evolution of the simpler Pros of the early 50s and the controls hint at things that were about to pass at the twilight of the tweed era. Notify me of updates to Tweed 5E7 310 Amp Kit This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 11 February, 2006. Lacquered and Non-stock cabinet production time is 30-45 days from our supplier.

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