Tube Amp Archive

The smaller the amp the less you want a tone stack. I'll restate what vibratoking said: if you really want 5E3 then build it stock, it's one of the few perfect amps. If you really want a 5F10, 6G3, or 5E4A or 5F4 then you should build those, easy to add a mid-pot, and you can always cathode bias th...

No Supro experience but regards the tweeds I agree with the above posts. The chassis space is too tight to start adding bells and whistles. Anyway your guitar volume is the gain control. I play a'58 5E3 the Fezz Parka way: Turn the volume of which ever channel you are plugged into right up, turn th...

Okay here's my $0.02. If you like tweed tone, and want some amount clean before breakup, AND a TMB tonestack - capable of driving a 2 x 12", I'd opt for the 5F6-A circuit. Yes you most certainly should be able to build it - much easier starting out with a TMB tonestack than trying to shoehorn one i...

All you Tweed experts (or just amp tinkerers in general), I have a few questions for you, if you are up for it. I've been doing a lot of research on amp building, started reading Dave Hunters The Guitar Amp Handbook, and listening to loads of tweed and supro amps on youtube. I've come to the conclus...