Dialing In Six Classic Tweed 5F1 Champ Tones with the RYRA Tramp Amp

[@GerardRebours]

I enjoy - among many other things - the fact that Jay's guitar(s) are always perfectly tuned.

[@aitken1965]

Every guitar player needs an amp like this. Straight in, no effects, no b.s..

[@JayLeonardJ]

Yeah!

[@stringlocker]

Yeah but you know we got to get a new speaker maybe a couple mods definitely a delay pedal oh yeah and an Overdrive. And we are definitely going to have to try a hundred different kind of tubes

[@sam-ww1wk]

@@stringlocker Ha ha, true. I have one and it sounds killer and fun with nothing in front of it, but really wakes up with delay and a splash of fuzz or od. It's honestly a perfect pedal platform for practicing with a hand-wired legit tube circuit. How awesome is that. I've swapped tubes too and they all sound great. It's just pure, simple, fun.

[@mccauley6027]

Julian lage definitely has my favorite champ tones

[@JayLeonardJ]

He's a living legend. Love his touch and phrasing!!

[@KrenarCilkuGuitar]

Nocturne sounded great, Jay! Lage's perfomance on that one has been a life changer for me! So glad to hear you play it!

[@andrewclemons8619]

The best 5f1 presentation I've seen. Really touched all the bases on this one

[@pml394]

the champ plays champ

[@yaanno]

At 8:16 is tone heaven for jazz players. A friend is gigging and recording exactly like this - paired with a Princeton amp. Sweet smoky sound. One is crunchy and compressed and the other is beautifully open. He has a decent pedalboard too. I was astonished these tone you shared. Thank you for the excellent recording!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it, thanks :)

[@lorenzo6mm]

2024 and using a (modified, reduced plate dissipation/ Watts) VHT Special 6 for exactly what you did here with this Champ circuit. Thank you. For your efforts about all The glorious tones you can coax out of a Class A single ended, no tone stack tube design. It's all there.❤❤

[@john808welk]

Oh man, the Lage bit was spot on.

[@rockyourrepairedamp9850]

Super demo Jay- I am happy to see how many Julian Lage fans you have on your channel.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks so much!!! I think he is the modern face of the Tweed Champ sound and he just knows how to make them sing soooo good :)

[@mojostrat58]

Champs are Great Amps...I see the Tone King in the background...Played a Sky King for a couple years and moved to a Custom Plexi and never looked back...

[@davidsharp3675]

Fantastic run through Jay. Love your unique playing. 😎👍

[@Mark-y9o4q]

I'm sitting here stunned--excellent tone and touch! Enjoyed it, thanks.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Really appreciate it, thanks!

[@miguelteixeira1979]

From the top of my head: Julian Lage - Ryland, Jeff Beck - cause we've ended as lovers, Aerosmith - dream on, ZZ top- la grange.

[@ianngalbraith]

Lage’s Ryland is almost too good 👍🏻

[@mikefromusa6902]

I have a small stash of old silver/black panel fender amps, but my 5f1 I made from a kit gets A LOT of attention.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Yeah, such an simple and fun circuit to play and work on!

[@jonkomatsu8192]

Heck only one song, although many examples exist, need be mentioned when the venerable Champ comes up: "Layla."

[@alpha-male1959]

Wicked video on the 5f1. Great playing also I just picked up a mojotone 5f1 with a Jensen 8”

[@macherte]

Fantastic playing!

[@binface9]

Reminded me that I must learn to play Dream On.

[@ElDiabloHuma]

Beautiful playing man

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks :)

[@darwinsaye]

Nice with the J Beck

[@ZitherBeast]

This is simply FANTASTIC stuff. Very impressive, truly fun to watch.

[@KevinHowardMusic]

I just ordered one of these. This demo was a big reason why

[@JayLeonardJ]

I really appreciate it. Hope you dig it!

[@LRHutch]

❤. Great video Jay. I have a 52 Tweed clone, yep it's darn nice. I swear you look like my first cousin from Chicago.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Sounds like a super handsome dude, haha

[@nathanbreton8481]

I love this amp, got one a few months back, simply perfection to the highest standards

[@JayLeonardJ]

Congrats, been really loving mine! Use it a TON :)

[@tomfoolery2082]

Hey Jay , tht dude sounds good . All of it , guitar , amp , ur playin . All good . Love the channel.

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

I just hand built one using old transformers 3 tubes and extra parts It sound just as nice as well

[@JayLeonardJ]

Awesome!

[@edwardbosloper2445]

Fantastic video! Love champ amps

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks so much!!

[@rudya4970]

The Jeff Beck bit was 💯 % spot on!

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks so much. Love that tune.

[@roscius6204]

Yep, the reality of amps used V perception. Pignose needs the same reverence. Sounded great BTW.

[@jeremycotta9746]

Seriously amazing demo! Are you going to demo the The Elegante too?

[@JayLeonardJ]

You know it :)

[@tomfoolery2082]

One more time . Lol the "dream on" intro . From here it wld be hard to tell , urself from the Aerosmith recording . Thts pretty cool.

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks!

[@abysmillard78]

Sounds sick!

[@graziolivenier]

Great video! All of yours are, great to follow you. What is the difference between this and the Fender 57 champ?

[@JayLeonardJ]

The parts are a little more upper end on this one, different speaker, and the Ryra also has the on/off built into the volume knob as opposed to a separate switch.

[@graziolivenier]

@@JayLeonardJ thank you !

[@EduardoLSchmidt]

J, love all the tones anda the play! Congrats!! Witch mic do you use to record the champ?

[@JayLeonardJ]

A Cascade Fathead II

[@EduardoLSchmidt]

@@JayLeonardJ Thanks!

[@claycohen4330]

Sounds great! I’m trying to pick a good microphone for my champ for one step above my e609 / 57 sounds - any tips? What kind of mic is that? Didn’t catch it in the vid

[@JayLeonardJ]

It is a Cascade Fathead II. Really fun mic :) That being said, I love micing with a 57 :)

[@holmes1978]

Very nice ❤❤❤❤

[@JayLeonardJ]

Thanks 🤗

[@jpalberthoward9]

The entire Derek and the Dominoes album was made with 2 small amps. Clapton had the Tweed Champ, and Duane Allman had the blackface Princeton Reverb. This is according to Tom Dowd. The tones on that album require no explanations or justifications. Now that volume of any kind is a Federeal offense, it's more important than ever to have an awesome amp that can deliver the tones at a level that will keep Karen from coming and screaming at you. The Tweed Champ is among the first choices. It's unbelievable how much harmonic complexity can come from such a simple circuit. It's the embodiment of the idea that less is more. I don't have a Champ, I have a 1956 5F2A Princeton, and it sounds like God shouting from the mountain top, only at volume levels that don't bring flashing blue and red lights into my driveway, at least not during the daytime. I did 3 mods to mine, all easily reversible. I removed the tone control and replaced it with a master volume. This gives me a volume control on both the 12AX7 and the 6V6. It lets me move the headroom and the edge of breakup any where I like at any volume. It helps to keep the anti loud nazis off my back and still be able to sound like a real amp. It's also extremely touch sensitive, and my right hand is my distortion control. No pedals needed. I also used a push pull pot for the master volume, Which is connected to the feedback loop. I can run it stock, or I can disconnect the loop, and get a more raw, almost Vox kind of response. The last thing I did was to add a 25/25 bypass cap across the cathode of the 2nd half of the 12AX7. This increases the gain dramatically when cranked, but when you back it off, the sweet clean thing comes right back. I have a nearly infinite range of tones avaliable, from clean to dirty, and there's not a bad sound to be had anywhere within that range. If you can't make this one sound good, you can't play. Period. These 3 changes have dramatically increased the versatility of this amp, and I routinely turn down offers from people trying to buy it from me. I tell them "You can't have this one, it's mine, but if you want to comission me to build you one, I can make you an exact duplicate of it from a re issue for what you're offering me for this one" I saved all of the original parts, and put them away safely, just in case somebody wants to trade me their house for it or some ridiculous collector insanity like that. But as far as I'm concerned, this one is a keeper. The next time it changes hands will be at my estate sale.

[@andrijamilutinovic4348]

4:20 name of the song ?

[@Goth108]

Does anyone know which microphone he is using there? Looks a lot like a Beyerdynamic M130, but it's probably something else?

[@JayLeonardJ]

It is a Cascade Fathead II :)

[@omorganstudios]

Maybe use it as a monitor for a modeler pedal??? Cabinet may color it too much? Great vid✌👍

[@JayLeonardJ]

There will be a lot of color from the cab and speaker, but that might be exactly what you are looking for :) Maybe turn off the Cab and Power Amp sim in your modeller and you can find some really cool tones from there!

[@jlore6344]

What’s the name of the song starting around 8:35? I learned from watching you but want to learn the rest and cannot think of the name. Love the sounds you get from this little champ BTW.

[@rockyourrepairedamp9850]

I believe it’s Nocturne By Julian Lage

[@jlore6344]

Thank you, that sounds correct. Actually I was thinking it was a song on Julian’s recent album Squint, and track 8, “quiet like a fuse” was close but not it.

[@davide88rn]

Is that with 12ax7 or 12ay7 in the preamp?

[@JayLeonardJ]

I believe mine has a 12AY7 in that slot.

[@pablors90]

4:20 song?

[@JayLeonardJ]

"Rocky Mountain Way" - Joe Walsh

[@pablors90]

@@JayLeonardJ it’s not! 😂

[@Marc-uw4mt]

@@pablors90 Funk #49 - James Gang

[@vaughnhollund5316]

I imagine this amp has no dynamics when the drummer starts playing?

[@JayLeonardJ]

Depends on the drummer ;)

[@mastrochristo]

"One amp, six guitars, six tones.."

[@snörre23]

All a guitar player ever needs. They should have just built that and a deluxe without changes over the last 7 decades instead of all that terrible crap.

[@darwinsaye]

Then the company never would have survived the period of live music in the 60s before PAs were advanced enough to amplify little amps to stadium volumes. Those “crap” amps you don’t like were developed to be able to be heard in increasingly loud venues at a time when PAs were only good for amplifying vocals.

[@wyattdoodat]

I know the noun "retard" isn't PC but...sometimes no other word will do.

[@Goth108]

Spoiler: This amp costs about the same as the Fender '57 Custom Champ, which is available new from all bigger retailers.

[@ericrinehardt9373]

Different tubes, different speakers, different capacitors. Horses for courses

[@davidthaot]

is it me or the 🎤 look like a penny?

[@JayLeonardJ]

I'm thinking "steampunk shower head" 😄

[@dezionlion]

Your teles are first class! The rest of your guitars sound awful!

[@hyde7751]

average tele stan right here