The Best Fender Tweed Amp - Fender '57 Custom Deluxe Amplifier Review 🔥

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[@lucaguerzoni416]

Love it! The two volumes are interactive even with using only one input, that's where the magic comes! I want one of these so bad

[@user-mr1ku5iz8l]

One of the best amps Fender ever made. It's a classic amp.

[@bigwomp932]

Dream amp. The older I get the more Fender Guy I become. I love all my weird stuff, I love my Peaveys, I love my Sunn Beta Lead, but nothing sounds like a Fender but a Fender.

[@trickfall8752]

Got one of these a few years ago and they’re just incredible amps.

[@drjonado]

I picked one of these up a couple weeks ago. a long time dream amp. first impressions were "wow loud" if you want heavier overdrive. very full and rich tone. I ended up getting a Tone King attenuator (fits right inside), and now I can get those amazing over driven tones at more manageable volumes...I just LOVE the over drive tones. the amp is a little dark even with my tele and strat. so I run my Wampler Ecstasy overdrive pedal out front, just very slight overdrive but crank the treble on it....makes this amp sound so much better with that nice bite......amazing amp....

[@ErikSWE]

My dream amp.. Got it last year and it completely killed my GAS for any other amps. Fantastic cleans if you mix the volumes without jumping the channels.

[@twlowe19]

I got one of these this winter, and....I'm still trying to understand how it works and completely love it. Everything you do with the ridiculously few knobs shockingly changes things and gives you something new...with each guitar you plug into it. Truly odd and wonderful.

[@scottmotown]

I have been lurking this channel for years. I Am impressed with the sound quality. Your reviews helped me choose my new amp and I like that you are talented and friendly. This was a perfect example video. I can tell how that amp sounds. I appreciate you.

[@ernieb3626]

Which amp did you pick?

[@christophervincent8420]

That is an absolutely beautiful sounding amp. Talk about tone.

[@TheRange7]

Shane, this sounds so Clapton-esque I love it. Then again you make anything sound awesome. I love this one bro...thanks

[@yaguitar]

I could just listen to you jamming porch blues all day!

[@intheblues]

hey thanks man!

[@zloboslav_]

It's like it's alive! I love it! Amazing video!

[@DennisJPolson]

Great demo and playing, Shane. That Tweed had some sweet tones coming out of it today.

[@NickGranville]

I have the same amp but built by Victoria Amps. It’s incredible and probably my most used amp. Turn it up and then control it all from the guitar. It’s a great way to play

[@StuartHerbert]

Shane, you totally need to try using both volume controls at once with this amp. The channels are interactive (both jumpered and unjumpered). That’s where the magic is with the 5e3 Tweed Deluxe 🙂

[@TheGorillafoot]

That intro jam was great. Very chill.

[@rumy6871]

Shane presents gear in a musical way. He gets it. Too many wankers out there who do not have a clue.

[@brianhubley4479]

Had one of these but sold it and got the tweed deluxe " the edge " model . It has a celestion blue in it plus a few tweeks the edge wanted. The things a monster. Only thing is, the thing is so loud but sweet .

[@slimturnpike]

A Celestion Blue would take the amp to another level as a rock machine

[@scottreynolds6317]

Hey Shane! Going old school with that tweed!!! Love it!!!! 🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸

[@denAlexVA]

The Standard! Everyone needs to own one. By the way, you must be an admirer of Danny Gatton. I noticed the Joe Barden pickups!

[@bartvschuylenburg]

They’ve choosen a pretty mellow speaker, which is nice. I’ve heard tweed deluxes that were to harsh and fizzy to my taste due to an overly bright Jensen speakers. This one sounds awesome. Maybe they should release a vintage-modified version with an added spring reverb.

[@asw7696]

I have one of these, albeit an older version reissue with the Jensen speaker. It is a great sounding amp and works amazingly with an Origin Effects Revivaldrive at low home volume. However, for me it's too loud to get the driven sound at home volumes without an attenuator and too quiet to use in a band without going through a PA. For those reasons, I would not buy one for £2400 GBP. However, I picked mine up at a local auction for £930 and it's definitely worth that.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Those tweets have a very distinctive sound that bleeds classic blues... I love them.

[@jeffroq]

Great demo Shane. I have wanted one of these for ages. I ended up with a Suhr Hombre for the extra volume well happy with it. I recently got a used 57pro clone with 15 inch speaker made by Flynn Amps in Glasgow. That's fantastic I just don't see the need for the fender now.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

The Hombre is probably a better and more versatile amp. Costs less too, at least where I live

[@BSPotter]

cool, exactly the amp I'm interested in right now

[@ShlomirBareket]

I got a Lucas Miles, Made in Mentone, Melbourne, Fndr Dlx Twd, which is a vintage correct repro. The one you demo has a standby switch, which is handy, originals are even simpler! Fender did one for U2's the Edge which has a different speaker to make it more Pommy. It's the only amp on the planet that makes your guitar sound like it is supposed to sound.

[@DirecteurLeenhouwers]

Glorious overdrive. Great demo. Thanks

[@jthatcher962]

That intro was tasty!

[@Stlie1]

I know you avoid everything to do with slide guitar, but here's a hot tip for that amp: Push the amp a bit and use a Catalinbread Topanga pedal + a Moore Ana Delay = Pretty effing cool shortcut to Ry Cooder's elusive tone.

[@Da_Publick]

What type of slide?

[@Stlie1]

@@Da_Publick I use brass

[@GundogJake]

Great amp, I have the EC Tremolux version that hasn’t missed a beat in 10 years ownership. Super loud for 12ish watts and can do sparkling cleans used on full power.

[@jimilee459]

Dammit, I just bought the Princeton, now I gotta have this.

[@BSPotter]

i've had the DR for a while. this amp is on a very short list for me.

[@Hesohi]

A wonderful two amp pairing. Princeton + Any Tweed

[@Tweed_Tone]

I think you’re better off with the Princeton. I found this amp too be TOO loud too quick. With humbuckers it would never stay clean. The Princetons on the other hand, the 64 handwired and the 62 Chris Stapleton were amazing and imo more versatile than this 57 deluxe

[@scottl5935]

I have the 65 Princeton Reverb Reissue and the tweed 57 deluxe. Both great amps that are very different. The Princeton is definitely a go to for recording/practice and my favorite pedal platform. The tweed is its own thing with its own mojo that is a great rock sound.

[@jimilee459]

@@HesohiI have a blues deluxe and a tweed blues jr also. I agree with you 100%.

[@Mr.D34]

It has a perfect "tweed tone". Funny that it made you buy your Telecaster years ago as i thought that it sounded the best with the Telecaster 😀

[@Ryan-Hall]

Shane exalent sounds, good vibrations and Nice blues licks Commin from those fingers 🤌 TY Brother 🎸 God Bless from Tennessee to Aussie 🎸🤘🤠

[@georgejetson1923]

I have this amp and the surfybear classic reverb unit.....talk about a match made in heaven.

[@friedrudibega6384]

Yeah, that is incredible. Great demo. The only thing that would sound better is two of them.

[@antoniohosino145]

ITS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DELUXE REVERB 12 “ SPEAKER AS WELL , THE PRINCETON REVERB HAD A 10 “ WITH A VOLUME BOOSTER SWITCH , THE TWEED AMPS ARE A BLAST FROM THE PAST 50 ‘S ROCK - N - ROLL !!!

[@msaintpc]

Intro well played!👏 I enjoyed listening to it.👍

[@ernieb3626]

I love this Amp. Rhett Shull did a video of this showing a patch cable connecting the channels, which was cool as well. Great video. Thanks.

[@CathyHolton-jh1xv]

Your Tele sounded incredible through this amp.

[@jasinow]

Maybe you can demo combining the 2 channels next time. I think they are interactive and that’s what people suggest makes it even better.

[@Da_Publick]

Supposedly, this is the amp that 'wouldn't behave.' Legend has it that Leo Fender intended the Tweed Deluxe to be able to produce clean tones, even when cranked. _nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!_

[@TraylorParks-xy3qs]

Dual rig - Vox AC30 and Tweed Deluxe

[@jackbart1960]

If it's true to the 5e3 circuit it's one of Leo's best! A super cool amp to build and mod. I've built a bunch. My favorite next to the 1974x 18 watt Marshall. Solid rock tone with out the sound guy wanting to kill you ;0)

[@DDE_ADDICT]

Great recording amp.

[@neilgaydon5430]

I have that amp. It’s very frustrating - too loud for home, too quiet for a band unless you want compressed break up all the time or mic it up through a PA. The circuit is not the same as original deluxe tweeds where the vol is progressive and sounds way better than the RI. I recently tried a hand-wired ‘64 Princeton Reverb…spectacular amp. I have an original ‘66 and it was indistinguishable. The ‘57 Deluxe Tweed is not there, I tried different speakers, tubes and had an amp tech see if he could alter the circuit to how an original would be which turned out not to be possible.

[@darrenfoxwell7831]

Thats a surprise.I have a 5e3 I built in a 3 day course in Jan this year and it has an amazing clean in low volume bright channel and so quiet I did find only days ago a blues driver of all things into bright #1 jumped to normal channel a really good loud clean and push it with the guitar and bd-2 volumes to get some dirt really mind blowing I have the weber 12A125 in it its got really good bass. I get what your saying about compressed break up.Maybe try the bd-2.Sounds like the circuit in the ri is questionable might try one out of interest good luck cheers

[@rumy6871]

I just swallowed two bottles of Tums because this video filled me with so much damn gas.

[@intheblues]

🤣

[@craiger2399]

I would love to see if you can get similar sounds on the Blues Deluxe and compare them. I'm under no illusions that they will sound the same, I'm just interested in hearing the comparison.

[@newmanfertig886]

You can't.

[@jamalabdul2009]

A simple great sounding amp!! Definitely proves you can get more with less!!!😎😎🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@Glen-jn5fs]

Beautiful intro playing my friend!!!

[@intheblues]

Thanks mate!

[@gregcameron5079]

You forgot to jumper the channels and mix the volumes

[@thomasmorris2245]

Great Sound Ben - This would be a great Amp to have- ( Super Tight )

[@DMSProduktions]

Who is Ben??

[@murthisrikanth]

I think you missed a trick not showing the interaction of the volume controls. And may be could've shown with the channels jumpered.

[@YeeHawSnaps]

Do a video on how your American original is aging with the nitro

[@addictedtogear]

I should not have watched this….damn you Shane!!

[@intheblues]

haha, sorry mate!

[@yotamyoffe5078]

As always sounds amazing But this time you missed the big deal, the whole point of the amplifier is that with the help of the volume of the second channel, you change the nature of the sound and the amount of gain so that you can achieve many different and amazing tones with it. In addition, you can jump the two channels and get more types of tones. Also, the tone knob is not only a tone but also adds gain which gives more versatility. In short, this amazing amplifier deserves one more demo in my opinion ;)

[@joeinterrante7873]

Shane you and I have owned and sold a lot of the same amps. What is your current desert island amp? Thank you.

[@philhood4604]

The OD sound is just like my T Rex Mudhoney pedal

[@guitareMTL]

Sounds like my fender greta. Snd a bit like my dsl5c ckean channel when cranked. Awesome, but not the tone you want all the time.

[@toddsteele72]

At the very least, I need an effects loop to route a reverb/ delay through.

[@davidkastin4240]

You do I don't 😂 I like to switch amps I'm using on the fly, I have 19 pedals on my board all active and 9 different amps.

[@michaelmarchei8539]

lol Not really. Delay and reverb can sound amazing through cranked tweed or other vintage amp

[@TheRealDavidFarmer]

You really don’t need an effects loop unless you’re using heavier preamp distortion. Fenders at the edge of breakup don’t need a loop at all. People need to stop repeating the wrong info they learned on social media.

[@matt6l6]

Did you jump the channels at all? That makes the amp even more versatile!

[@jasonstacey9460]

The speaker is disappointing to me, not a fan of those. Most amp techs don't seem too impressed with the quality of the filter caps and such.

[@GreenDistantStar]

A great little amp, but I really can't see me buying a 12 watt amp with no reverb or gain control for a Vaucluse monthly mortgage payment.

[@DMSProduktions]

Well you MUST be doing OK if you're already IN Vaucluse!

[@darrenfoxwell7831]

May I suggest maybe playing one first you might learn what gain is

[@GreenDistantStar]

@@darrenfoxwell7831 yes you may, but you would be in error. I would more accurately call a Twin's breakup as 'rumble' rather than 'gain'. Were I to run a sine of its clipping point, that's what I'd call it. YMMV. But what do I know? I've only been playing for 50+ years and have owned dozens of amps. Like I said, it's a great little amp, there's a lot to like, but its price-point has me squirming. For that money, I'd want more flexibility, those things that are missing as noted.

[@ront335]

Just curious, what kind of guitar to you mostly play, Shane?

[@jjulch]

Did you not try a jumper wire the inputs?

[@cliffdykes1171]

Excellent, amps not bad either

[@DMSProduktions]

Always found these a bit dark & flubby! Adding the pedal cleaned up a lot of the low end flub! The fact that this was louder than the Princeton probably comes down TO speaker efficiency! It has a LOUDER speaker than the Princeton! Good demo dude! \m/

[@halbertking2683]

I wish I was a catfish , swimin in the deep blue sea .

[@4jrbirdman]

Can't you jump the channels?

[@slimturnpike]

Yep and that's where the magic is.

[@jamespatke9021]

You didn’t even explore how the two channels are interactive, and then you could jumper with a patch cord.

[@intheblues]

Correct

[@maksymlapin5751]

Nice) what the track you play?

[@MreenalMams]

Its beautifull

[@michaelmarchei8539]

Does it Neil young tho ??

[@darrenfoxwell7831]

Hell Yes It Does Its a 5E3 Dude

[@darrenfoxwell7831]

Yes Its a 5E3 dude

[@shanebrbich5698]

What’s that? Go Woke and tell you how to vote?

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@shanebrbich5698That's how all the out-of-touch celebs try to regain their cultural relevence lol

[@darwinsaye]

I can’t seem to find what is “Custom” about this model. Seems just like a standard Tweed Deluxe.

[@sboy1955]

Hand wired

[@stratslinger3921]

Hey Shane, do you still have your Marshall DSL40CR?

[@intheblues]

Yes, it's to the left of screen. I am not getting rid of that amp. :)

[@atsurokihara5525]

I’ll only ever play these through modeler amps sadly. Too expensive!

[@elbibwen3019]

Is it possible to bridge channels with patch cable, like old Marshals, and use both volumes at the same time ?

[@uswede]

This is what I was wondering, too.

[@rodolpheponthus2948]

Yes. In fact Marshall copied this Fender design.. Bassman more precisely

[@StuartHerbert]

Yes, and you can use both volumes even without jumpering the channels. That’s where the magic is with the Tweed Deluxe.

[@fredmanteghian5913]

Sounds like it’s distorting a little. 😅

[@jeremydrissi]

Realy nice video but why did you put those ugly pickups to a Telecaster ? Why ??? If you want HBs just get a Les Paul 😂

[@Badhands55]

I like it, but not 2400$ like it-if I was gonna spend that, I’d get Mike Clark to make me something

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Went up to 2,600 USD 2 days ago. ha

[@3cardmonty602]

Is this amp durable?

[@masterchef3019]

Tweed amps are pretty durable, not as durable as an amp head, but they can take a little rough treatment

[@chzzyg2698]

Love that tone, but I'd have to sell a kidney to pay off just half of it.

[@OriginalOldSkoolFunk]

@chzzyg2698 You could pay it off all at once if you sold both kidneys...but wait... Never mind. Real bad idea.

[@JD-te2pv]

Nice but pricey.

[@rinkydinky-ob9pe]

Not great value for money €2,660 ! Still , I’m sure it contains high quality parts , it’s not like fender use cheap stuff

[@7171jay]

@Rinky Actually Fender does use cheap parts and cheap construction techniques in many of their amps which is part of the reason this amp costs a bunch more money. An original Tweed Deluxe will cost you about $10,000 so this reissue at a quarter of the price could be seen as bargain in comparison or like many people you can simply ride the angry train not understanding why amps that are built with old school methods in the USA cost what they do.

[@npet6842]

The don't give you much for four grand .

[@artysanmobile]

I have to say, the sound where bass strings modulate high strings with absolutely awful sounding distortion, is not at all to my liking. I’ve heard lots of lesser amps with this exact lack of ‘grace’. Honestly terrible breakup.

[@sboy1955]

Yea, you either love it - or hate it

[@sboy1955]

But either way - many great songs came from this amp.

[@artysanmobile]

@@sboy1955 I’ve had amps like that. The drive channel on my Mesa MK IV combo for example. The player can hide a lot of that but I found myself tiring of all the effort. My 60s plexi never does it. My ancient Mesa MK I doesn’t. Even my lowly Fender HRD doesn’t. Magnetones don’t do it. It’s the first thing I check for in an amp I might want. Thanks for the open mind.

[@artysanmobile]

@@sboy1955 No doubt.

[@sboy1955]

@@artysanmobile - oh yea, you listed off some serious tube jewelry there 👍🏽. Obviously you know what you like, not sure I would like a raw tweed tone either but a lot of that has to do with my playing style.

[@richardelson3261]

Any tweed demo needs a room mic.

[@intheblues]

Why?

[@richardelson3261]

adding an in-room mic as well sounds better to me for tweed tones. just a preference@@intheblues

[@kristofer603]

For $2599 I expect Reverb as well.And even with that I won’t be buying this amp in this life time.

[@realtruenorth]

I wish it had reverb to, but the original didn't have reverb, they are trying to stay original. I think Fender should have 2 version. One with added tube/spring reverb

[@brianhubley4479]

I have had originals from the 50's of this amp and reissues and the edge model. They sound so good you just don't need reverb. If you do get a boss fender reverb pedal . I did, but it just sits in it's box .